Bible Dictionary: Nursing-father

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The Genesis Picture.
... In speaking of God's early care of the Hebrews Paul says, "as a nursing-father bore
he them in the wilderness."[1] That word "nursing-father" is peculiar in ...
/.../gordon/quiet talks with world winners/the genesis picture.htm

Moses Despondent
... and that he could not give them, when he almost indignantly put to God the despairing
question, 'Can I carry them in my bosom as a nursing father beareth the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture k/moses despondent.htm

Colossians i. 21, 22
... So that one would not be wrong in calling Moses both a teacher, and a nursing-father,
and a conductor (Exodus 16:3; Numbers 11:4, 5.); the man's wisdom was ...
/.../homily iv colossians i 21.htm

Britain's Mercies, and Britain's Duty
... Nor has he less deserved the great and glorious title, which the Lord promises,
that kings should sustain in the latter days, I mean, "a nursing father of the ...
/.../selected sermons of george whitefield/britains mercies and britains duty.htm

Hebrews i. 8-Jun
... for Thou saidst to me, Bear them up, as a nursing-father would bear up
the sucking-child." ( Numbers 11:12.) What then did God? ...
/.../homilies on the gospel of st john and hebrews/homily iii hebrews i 8-jun.htm

A Lecture for Little-Faith
... "Ay," said the apostle, "I have been tender over you as a nursing father," and in
another place he says he had "travailed in birth," for their souls. ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 4 1858/a lecture for little-faith.htm

Enduring to the End
... as in the sight of God, to watch over the souls of men, to weep with them who weep,
to rejoice with those who do rejoice, to be a nursing father unto young ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 10 1864/enduring to the end.htm

The Puritan Beginnings of the Church in virginia ---Its Decline ...
... and tyranny. Under such a nursing father the interests of the kingdom of
Christ fared as might have been expected. Rigorous measures ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter v the puritan beginnings.htm

From his Commission to Reside Abroad in 1820 to his Removal to ...
... a plain close manner to the unfaithful professors of truth, but had the word of
consolation to the rightly exercised, unto whom he was indeed a nursing father. ...
/.../chapter iii from his commission.htm

A Holy Life the Beauty of Christianity: Or, an Exhortation to ...
The Works of John Bunyan Volumes 1-3. <. ...
/.../bunyan/the works of john bunyan volumes 1-3/a holy life the beauty.htm

Thesaurus

Nursing-father (2 Occurrences)
Nursing-father. Nursing, Nursing-father. Nursing-fathers .
Multi-Version Concordance Nursing-father (2 Occurrences). ...
/n/nursing-father.htm - 7k

Nursing (14 Occurrences)
... In Numbers 11:12 Moses asks whether he has to take charge of the Israelites "as
a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child." The same word is found in 2 Kings ...
/n/nursing.htm - 13k

Manners (6 Occurrences)
... so Chrysostom"; the English Revised Version text, same as the King James Version
margin "Many ancient authorities read `bear he them as a nursingfather in the ...
/m/manners.htm - 17k

Manner (351 Occurrences)
... so Chrysostom"; the English Revised Version text, same as the King James Version
margin "Many ancient authorities read `bear he them as a nursingfather in the ...
/m/manner.htm - 45k

Nurse (23 Occurrences)
... In Numbers 11:12 Moses asks whether he has to take charge of the Israelites "as
a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child." The same word is found in 2 Kings ...
/n/nurse.htm - 17k

Nursing-fathers (1 Occurrence)
Nursing-fathers. Nursing-father, Nursing-fathers. Nursing-mothers . Multi-Version
Concordance ... (DBY). Nursing-father, Nursing-fathers. Nursing-mothers . ...
/n/nursing-fathers.htm - 6k

Bare (250 Occurrences)
... record. (KJV ASV). Acts 13:18 And for about the time of forty years as a
nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness. (ASV). Acts ...
/b/bare.htm - 35k

Carrieth (10 Occurrences)
... have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom,
as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou ...
/c/carrieth.htm - 9k

Swarest (4 Occurrences)
... have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom,
as a nursingfather beareth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest ...
/s/swarest.htm - 7k

Sworest (1 Occurrence)
... have I begotten them, that thou shouldest say to me, Carry them in thy bosom, as
a nursing-father beareth the sucking child, to the land which thou sworest to ...
/s/sworest.htm - 6k

Bible Concordance

Nursing-father (2 Occurrences)

Acts 13:18 And for about the time of forty years as a nursing-father bare he them in the wilderness.
(ASV)

Numbers 11:12 Have I conceived all this people? have I brought them forth, that thou shouldest say unto me, Carry them in thy bosom, as a nursing-father carrieth the sucking child, unto the land which thou swarest unto their fathers?
(See JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Subtopics

Nursing-father

Related Terms

Nursing (14 Occurrences)

Manners (6 Occurrences)

Manner (351 Occurrences)

Nurse (23 Occurrences)

Nursing-fathers (1 Occurrence)

Bare (250 Occurrences)

Carrieth (10 Occurrences)

Swarest (4 Occurrences)

Sworest (1 Occurrence)