'Kinsmen' in the Bible
And Naomi said unto her daughter in law, Blessed be he of the LORD, who hath not left off his kindness to the living and to the dead. And Naomi said unto her, The man is near of kin unto us, one of our next kinsmen.
My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore; and my kinsmen stand afar off.
Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee.
And the morrow after they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius waited for them, and had called together his kinsmen and near friends.
For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
Salute Andronicus and Junia, my kinsmen, and my fellowprisoners, who are of note among the apostles, who also were in Christ before me.
Timotheus my workfellow, and Lucius, and Jason, and Sosipater, my kinsmen, salute you.