Besides the ordinary use of the word in its literal sense, it is applied to cousins and nephews, Genesis 14:14; Leviticus 10:4; and to kinsmen generally. Exodus 2:11; 2 Kings 10:13; 2 Chronicles 22:8 . Also employed where there is a moral likeness. Job 30:29; Proverbs 18:9 . See BRETHREN.