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ANCESTORS

an'-ses-ters (ri'shonim, "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once (Leviticus 26:45). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. Deuteronomy 19:14 Jeremiah 11:10). In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ('abhoth).

Greek

2536. Kainam -- Cainan, two ancestors of Christ
... Cainan, two ancestors of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Kainam Phonetic Spelling: (kah-ee-nan') Short Definition: Cainan ...
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3197. Melchi -- Melchi, the name of two Israelites
... Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Melchi Phonetic Spelling: (mel-khee')
Short Definition: Melchi Definition: Melchi, one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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3967. patrikos -- paternal, ancestral
... patrikos Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ree-kos') Short Definition: paternal, ancestral
Definition: ancestral, paternal, belonging to the fathers (ancestors). ...
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78. Addi -- Addi, an Israelite
... Transliteration: Addi Phonetic Spelling: (ad-dee') Short Definition: Addi Definition:
Addi, son of Cosam, and father of Melchi, one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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5317. Phalek -- Peleg, a patriarch
... Indeclinable Transliteration: Phalek Phonetic Spelling: (fal'-ek) Short Definition:
Peleg Definition: Peleg, son of Eber, and one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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284. Aminadab -- Amminadab, an Israelite ancestor of Christ
... Aminadab Phonetic Spelling: (am-ee-nad-ab') Short Definition: Amminadab Definition:
Amminadab, son of Ram and father of Nahshon, one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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5329. Phares -- Perez, an Israelite
... Indeclinable Transliteration: Phares Phonetic Spelling: (far-es') Short Definition:
Perez Definition: Perez, son of Judah and one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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3970. patroparadotos -- one who kills one's father
... patroparadotos Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rop-ar-ad'-ot-os) Short Definition: inherited
Definition: handed down by (from) one's ancestors, inherited. ...
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3476. Naasson -- Nahshon, an Israelite
... Phonetic Spelling: (nah-as-sone') Short Definition: Nahshon Definition: Nahshon,
son of Amminadab and father of Salmon, and one of the ancestors of Jesus. ...
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4527. Sala -- Shelah, an ancestor of Christ, also Salmon, an ...
... Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Sala Phonetic Spelling: (sal-ah') Short
Definition: Sala Definition: Sala, the name of two of the ancestors of Jesus ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3695. Kasluchim -- a people desc. from Mizraim, probably ancestors ...
... a people desc. from Mizraim, probably ancestors of the Philistines. Transliteration:
Kasluchim Phonetic Spelling: (kas-loo'-kheem) Short Definition: Casluh. ...
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7223. rishon -- former, first, chief
... Word Origin from rosh Definition former, first, chief NASB Word Usage ancestors
(3), before (4), beginning (2), chief (1), chiefs (1), earlier (4), earlier ...
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2029. harah -- to conceive, become pregnant
... root Definition to conceive, become pregnant NASB Word Usage am (1), ancestors
(1), child (1), conceive (3), conceived (35), conceives (1), conceiving (1 ...
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1. ab -- father
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition father NASB Word Usage ancestors (1),
family* (1), father (571), Father (8), father's (137), fathers (333), fathers ...
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Library

Ancestors of the Blessed virgin
... I. ANCESTORS OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN. ... I could not understand at all why so little
had been written down about her ancestors and relations. ...
/.../emmerich/the life of the blessed virgin mary/i ancestors of the blessed.htm

Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. "Fist and Skull" ...
... PART I."AUTOBIOGRAPHY. CHAPTER I. Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. ... His
Opinion of Work and of Play. Birth and Ancestors. Family Circumstances. ...
/.../chapter i birth and ancestors.htm

Of God, and the Religious Rites of the Foolish; of Avarice, and ...
... Book II. Of the Origin of Error. Chap. vii."of god, and the religious rites
of the foolish; of avarice, and the authority of ancestors. ...
/.../lactantius/the divine institutes/chap vii of god and the.htm

Whether Also Other Sins of the First Parent or of Nearer Ancestors ...
... OF THE CAUSE OF SIN, ON THE PART OF MAN (FIVE ARTICLES) Whether also other sins
of the first parent or of nearer ancestors are transmitted to their descendants ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether also other sins of.htm

A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates one Succession of ...
... The Prologue. Chapter III."A Statement of the Reason Why Matthew Enumerates
One Succession of Ancestors for Christ, and Luke Another. ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter iii a statement of the.htm

A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of ...
... Chapter I."A Statement of the Reason Why the Enumeration of the Ancestors of Christ
is Carried Down to Joseph, While Christ Was Not Born of that Man's Seed ...
/.../augustine/the harmony of the gospels/chapter i a statement of the.htm

Athanasius is Again Banished; Concerning Eleusius, Bishop of ...
... Book V. Chapter XV."Athanasius is again Banished; concerning Eleusius, Bishop of
Cyzicus, and Titus, Bishop of Bostra; Mention of the Ancestors of the Author ...
/.../chapter xv athanasius is again banished.htm

The Revocation of the Rulers.
... laws and public discipline [2593] of the Romans, and to provide that the Christians
also, who have forsaken the religion of their ancestors, [2594] should ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xvii the revocation of the.htm

Ancestry, Birth, Education, Environment: 1513(?)-1546
... a man of base estate and condition." {2b} The genealogy of Mr. Carlyle has been
traced to a date behind the Norman Conquest, but of Knox's ancestors nothing is ...
/.../lang/john knox and the reformation/chapter i ancestry birth education.htm

The Place of the Old Testament in Divine Revelation
... Possibly their ancestors, like those of Hammurabi, belonged to that wave of nomadic
emigration which swept out of overpopulated northern Arabia about 2500 BC ...
/.../the origin and permanent value of the old testament/iv the place of the.htm

Thesaurus

Ancestors (7 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia ANCESTORS. ... In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament
ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ('abhoth). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Tradition (13 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices,
rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... may be divided into lineal and collateral groups; the former are those of parents
and children, grandparents and grandchildren, and ancestors and descendants ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... n.) A male ancestor more remote than a parent; a progenitor; especially, a first
ancestor; a founder of a race or family; -- in the plural, fathers, ancestors. ...
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Ancestral (14 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by,
an ancestor or ancestors; as, an ancestral estate. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Education (4 Occurrences)
... At the earliest point at which the Old Testament gives us any knowledge of
them, they, like their ancestors, were nomads and shepherds. ...
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Levi (79 Occurrences)
... (2.) The father of Matthat, and son of Simeon, of the ancestors of Christ (Luke
3:29). ... (2) (3) Two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy (Luke 3:24, 29). ...
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Gods (310 Occurrences)
... 3. Gods of the Nations: (1) The ancestors of Israel "beyond the River" had their
gods (Joshua 24:14 f). While there is no mention of idolatry before the Deluge ...
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Teraphim (14 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Givers of prosperity, idols in human shape, large or small,
analogous to the images of ancestors which were revered by the Romans. ...
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Parentage (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Descent from parents or ancestors; the relation of
a child to a parent; parents or ancestors considered with respect to their ...
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Bible Concordance

Ancestors (7 Occurrences)

Acts 28:17 It happened that after three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, "I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people, or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
(See NIV)

Genesis 49:26 The blessings of your father have prevailed above the blessings of your ancestors, above the boundaries of the ancient hills. They will be on the head of Joseph, on the crown of the head of him who is separated from his brothers.
(WEB DBY NAS)

Leviticus 26:45 but I will for their sake remember the covenant of their ancestors, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt in the sight of the nations, that I might be their God. I am Yahweh.'"
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV)

Deuteronomy 19:14 Thou shalt not remove thy neighbour's landmark, which they of old time have set, in thine inheritance which thou shalt inherit, in the land that the LORD thy God giveth thee to possess it.
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1 Kings 19:4 But he himself went a day's journey into the wilderness, and came and sat down under a juniper tree: and he requested for himself that he might die, and said, "It is enough. Now, O Yahweh, take away my life; for I am not better than my fathers."
(See NIV)

Jeremiah 11:10 They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.
(See NAS)

Daniel 11:24 Peaceably even into the fertile places of the province He cometh, and he hath done that which his fathers did not, nor his fathers' fathers; prey, and spoil, and substance, to them he scattereth, and against fenced places he deviseth his devices, even for a time.
(See NAS)

Subtopics

Ancestors

Related Terms

Tradition (13 Occurrences)

Relationships (1 Occurrence)

Father (11359 Occurrences)

Ancestral (14 Occurrences)

Education (4 Occurrences)

Levi (79 Occurrences)

Gods (310 Occurrences)

Teraphim (14 Occurrences)

Parentage (1 Occurrence)