Nephew

NEPH'EW, in the A.V., should always be understood "grandchild" or "descendant" generally, as was the old English usage. Job 18:19; Isa 14:22.

NEPH'EW, in the A.V., should always be understood "grandchild" or "descendant" generally, as was the old English usage. Job 18:19; Isa 14:22.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. A grandson or grandchild, or remoter lineal descendant. [Obs.] But if any widow have children or nephews [Rev. Ver. grandchildren,]. 1 Tim. v. 4. If naturalists say true that nephews are often liker to their grandfathers than to their fathers. Jer. Taylor.

2. A cousin. [Obs.] Shak.

3. The son of a brother or a sister, or of a brother-in-law or sister-in-law. Chaucer.