甥
shēng
advancedRadical 生Strokes 12
How is 甥 read in the Chinese Bible?
甥 is read shēng in the Chinese Union Version. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses across 2 books, first in Genesis 29:12. Common words: 外甥.
- Occurrences
- 3
- Verses
- 3
- Books
- 2
- First in
- Genesis 29:12
Words it forms in the Bible
- 外甥wài shēng× 3sister's son
Meaning: niece, nephew; sister's child
In the text
- Genesis 29:12
雅各告诉拉结，自己是她父亲的外甥，是利百加的儿子，拉结就跑去告诉她父亲。
- Genesis 29:13
拉班听见外甥雅各的信息，就跑去迎接，抱着他，与他亲嘴，领他到自己的家。雅各将一切的情由告诉拉班。
- Acts 23:16
保罗的外甥听见他们设下埋伏，就来到营楼里告诉保罗。
Reading checked against CC-CEDICT, for the character or the word it sits in.
Rare: outside the 3,500 level-1 characters of the 通用规范汉字表 (2013), China’s official list of common characters. For learners: common by that list, but in no HSK 3.0 word of levels 1–6.