The meaning of Countryman in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)kun'-tri-man (sumphuletes): "Of the same tribe" (I Thessalonians 2:14); also in idiomatic rendering (genos) for those of one's own race or kin (II Corinthians 11:26; Galatians 1:14 the King James Version, "one's own nation"). Compare Mark 6:4; Romans 9:3; and see COUSIN; KINSMAN, etc.
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