Search results
- "whom I serve from my forefathers" (2 Timothy 1:3). It is translated "parents" (including grandparents) in 1 Timothy 5:4: "and to requite their parents."
www.biblestudytools.com/encyclopedias/isbe/forefather.html
People also ask
What does the term 'forefather' mean?
What does the Bible say about their forefathers?
What are the forefathers?
for'-fa-ther: (1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jeremiah 11:10). (2) progonos, "born before," "ancestor": "whom I serve from my forefathers" (2 Timothy 1:3).
FOREFATHER. for'-fa-ther: (1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jeremiah 11:10). (2) progonos, "born before," "ancestor": "whom I serve from my forefathers" (2 Timothy 1:3).
for'-fa-ther: (1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jeremiah 11:10). (2) progonos, "born before," "ancestor": "whom I serve from my forefathers" (2 Timothy 1:3).
They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went 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 'forefathers' instances in the King James Version (KJV).
FOREF'ATHER, noun An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree. Forefathers, King James Bible Dictionary.
Forefather (33 Occurrences)... for'-fa-ther: (1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor": "turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jeremiah 11:10). ... /f/forefather.htm - 17k. Unlike (13 Occurrences)... Unlike (13 Occurrences). John 6:58 This is the bread which came down out of Heaven;
An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree. Definitions from Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828. For a complete Scripture study system, try SwordSearcher Bible Software, which includes the unabridged version of this dictionary.
