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- "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."
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KJV Dictionary Definition: forefather forefather. FOREF'ATHER, n. An ancestor; one who precedes another in the line of genealogy, in any degree; usually in a remote degree.
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).
Jeremiah 11:10 KJV copy save 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.
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).
forefather – meaning in Easy English. Someone who was born before you, and you came from them. Abraham was the forefather of the Jews. An ancestor.
1 1-4 God, who gave our forefathers many different glimpses of the truth in the words of the prophets, has now, at the end of the present age, given us the truth in the Son. Through the Son God made the whole universe, and to the Son he has ordained that all creation shall ultimately belong.
