Ancestor
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Ancestor (5 Occurrences)

Hebrews 7:10 for he was yet in the body of his father when Melchizedek met him. (See RSV NIV)

Genesis 10:21 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. (See NIV)

Joshua 17:1 This was the lot for the tribe of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. As for Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, because he was a man of war, therefore he had Gilead and Bashan. (See NIV)

Joshua 19:47 The border of the children of Dan went out beyond them; for the children of Dan went up and fought against Leshem, and took it, and struck it with the edge of the sword, and possessed it, and lived therein, and called Leshem, Dan, after the name of Dan their father. (See RSV)

Judges 18:29 And they named the city Dan, after the name of Dan their ancestor, who was born to Israel; but the name of the city was La'ish at the first. (DBY RSV)

Thesaurus
Ancestor (5 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the
ancestor of the horse. ... Multi-Version Concordance Ancestor (5 Occurrences). ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deuteronomy 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matthew 3:9;
23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. ...
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Zabdi (17 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Gift of Jehovah. (1.) An ancestor of Achan (Joshua
7:1, 17, 18). ... (4) An ancestor of Mattaniah (Nehemiah 11:17). Luc. ...
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Inherit (98 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To take by descent from an ancestor; to take by inheritance; to take as
heir on the death of an ancestor or other person to whose estate one succeeds ...
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Forefather (33 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line
of genealogy in any degree, but usually in a remote degree. Int. ...
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Amariah (14 Occurrences)
... Chronicles 6:10). Compare Ezra 7:3 where in the abbreviated list this Amariah
is mentioned as an ancestor of Ezra. See AMARIAS (1 ...
/a/amariah.htm - 14k

Alphabet (2 Occurrences)
... series, commonly known as the Phoenician or Canaanite alphabet, which was in use
in the region of Palestine about 1000 BC, and which is the ancestor of nearly ...
/a/alphabet.htm - 24k

Israel (27466 Occurrences)
... el): A very common term in both the Old Testament and the New Testament, and it
refers to the Israelites as the descendants of a common ancestor, Jacob, whose ...
/i/israel.htm - 101k

Ancestors (7 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia ANCESTORS. an'-ses-ters (ri'shonim, "first ones"):
The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once (Leviticus 26:45). ...
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Zephaniah (11 Occurrences)
... of Hamath" (2 Kings 25:21). (3.) A Kohathite ancestor of the prophet Samuel
(1 Chronicles 6:36). (4.) The father of Josiah, the ...
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Greek
4527. Sala -- Shelah, an ancestor of Christ, also Salmon, an ...
... Shelah, an ancestor of Christ, also Salmon, an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech:
Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration: Sala Phonetic Spelling: (sal-ah ...
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301. Amos -- Amos, an Israelite ancestor of Christ
... Amos, an Israelite ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Amos Phonetic Spelling: (am-oce') Short Definition: Amos ...
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4466. Rhagau -- Reu, an ancestor of Christ
... Reu, an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Rhagau Phonetic Spelling: (hrag-ow') Short Definition: Ragau, Reu ...
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885. Achim -- Achim, an ancestor of Christ
... Achim, an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Achim Phonetic Spelling: (akh-ime') Short Definition: Achim Definition ...
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4460. Rhaab -- Rahab, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ
... Rahab, a Canaanitess and an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Rhaab Phonetic Spelling: (hrah-ab') Short Definition ...
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284. Aminadab -- Amminadab, an Israelite ancestor of Christ
... Amminadab, an Israelite ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Aminadab Phonetic Spelling: (am-ee-nad-ab') Short ...
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4503. Rhouth -- Ruth, a Moabitess and an ancestor of Christ
... Ruth, a Moabitess and an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Transliteration: Rhouth Phonetic Spelling: (hrooth) Short Definition ...
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742. Arphaxad -- Arphaxad, a son of Shem and an ancestor of Christ
... Arphaxad, a son of Shem and an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Arphaxad Phonetic Spelling: (ar-fax-ad') Short ...
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2984. Lamech -- Lamech, a patriarch and an ancestor of Christ
... Lamech, a patriarch and an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun,
Indeclinable Transliteration: Lamech Phonetic Spelling: (lam'-ekh) Short Definition ...
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1443. Eber -- Heber, an ancestor of Christ
... Heber, an ancestor of Christ. Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable Transliteration:
Eber Phonetic Spelling: (eb-er') Short Definition: Eber Definition: Eber ...
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1. (n.) One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.

2. (n.) An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.

3. (n.) One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.

Strong's Hebrew
1162. Boaz -- "quickness," an ancestor of David, also a pillar ...
... Boaz. 1163 >>. "quickness," an ancestor of David, also a pillar before the temple.
Transliteration: Boaz Phonetic Spelling: (bo'-az) Short Definition: Boaz. ...
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4105. Mehetabel -- "God benefits," wife of an Edomite king, also ...
... << 4104, 4105. Mehetabel. 4106 >>. "God benefits," wife of an Edomite king, also
an ancestor of the false prophet Shemaiah. Transliteration ...
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3355. Yoqtan -- a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several ...
... Yoqtan. 3356 >>. a descendant of Shem and ancestor of several Arabian tribes.
Transliteration: Yoqtan Phonetic Spelling: (yok-tawn') Short Definition: Joktan. ...
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8430. Toach -- an ancestor of Samuel
... << 8429, 8430. Toach. 8431 >>. an ancestor of Samuel. Transliteration: Toach
Phonetic Spelling: (to'-akh) Short Definition: Toah. Word ...
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8459. Tochu -- an ancestor of Samuel
... << 8458, 8459. Tochu. 8460 >>. an ancestor of Samuel. Transliteration: Tochu
Phonetic Spelling: (to'-khoo) Short Definition: Tohu. Word ...
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2845. Cheth -- a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the ...
... << 2844b, 2845. Cheth. 2846 >>. a son of Canaan and probably ancestor of the Hittites.
Transliteration: Cheth Phonetic Spelling: (khayth) Short Definition: Heth ...
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6689. Tsuph -- ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel
... << 6688, 6689. Tsuph. 6690 >>. ancestor of Elkanah and Samuel. Transliteration:
Tsuph Phonetic Spelling: (tsoof) Short Definition: Zuph. ...
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2979. Yeatheray -- an ancestor of Asaph
... << 2978, 2979. Yeatheray. 2980 >>. an ancestor of Asaph. Transliteration: Yeatheray
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-aw-ther-ah'ee) Short Definition: Jeatherai. ...
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7223. rishon -- former, first, chief
... previously (1). ancestor, that were beforetime, beginning, eldest, first,
forefather most, former thing, of old time,. Or riishon ...
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