Genesis 2:24
Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
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Father
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Revelation 3:21
To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.
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169 occurrences in 140 verses.
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Genesis
169140 verses
Exodus
2322 verses
Leviticus
109 verses
Numbers
2219 verses
Deuteronomy
1414 verses
Joshua
1312 verses
Judges
3834 verses
Ruth
32 verses
1 Samuel
3934 verses
2 Samuel
1715 verses
1 Kings
6052 verses
2 Kings
3025 verses
1 Chronicles
5543 verses
2 Chronicles
5447 verses
Esther
21 verses
Job
66 verses
Psalms
44 verses
Proverbs
1818 verses
Isaiah
1312 verses
Jeremiah
1414 verses
Ezekiel
109 verses
Daniel
64 verses
Amos
11 verses
Micah
11 verses
Zechariah
21 verses
Malachi
32 verses
Matthew
6054 verses
Mark
1918 verses
Luke
4336 verses
John
126104 verses
Acts
1010 verses
Romans
1211 verses
1 Corinthians
33 verses
2 Corinthians
54 verses
Galatians
55 verses
Ephesians
1010 verses
Philippians
44 verses
Colossians
66 verses
1 Thessalonians
65 verses
2 Thessalonians
33 verses
1 Timothy
22 verses
2 Timothy
11 verses
Titus
11 verses
Philemon
11 verses
Hebrews
55 verses
James
44 verses
1 Peter
33 verses
2 Peter
11 verses
1 John
1312 verses
2 John
43 verses
Jude
11 verses
Revelation
44 verses
Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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אָב
ʼâb · awb
593 times translated as this KJV form1,212 total Strong's occurrences
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Strong's KJV usage: chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 2:24Strong's last: Malachi 2:10
Open full H1 profile →πατήρ
patḗr · pat-ayr'
348 times translated as this KJV form453 total Strong's occurrences
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Strong's KJV usage: :--father, parent.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 2:22Strong's last: Revelation 3:21
Open full G3962 profile →אַב
ʼab · ab
6 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: father.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Daniel 5:2Strong's last: Daniel 5:18
Open full H2 profile →ἀπάτωρ
apátōr · ap-at'-ore
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
fatherless, i.e. of unrecorded paternity
Strong's KJV usage: :--without father.
Strong's first: Hebrews 7:3Strong's last: Hebrews 7:3
Open full G540 profile →אָמַן
ʼâman · aw-man'
1 times translated as this KJV form108 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanent or quiet; morally to be true or certain;
Strong's KJV usage: hence, assurance, believe, bring up, establish, fail, be faithful (of long continuance, stedfast, sure, surely, trusty, verified), nurse, (-ing father), (put), trust, turn to the right.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 11:12Strong's last: Numbers 11:12
Open full H539 profile →בֵּן
bên · bane
1 times translated as this KJV form4,878 total Strong's occurrences
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ( ) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, (young) bullock, (young) calf, × came up in, child, colt, × common, × corn, daughter, × of first, firstborn, foal, very fruitful, postage, × in, kid, lamb, ( ) man, meet, mighty, nephew, old, ( ) people, rebel, robber, × servant born, × soldier, son, spark, steward, stranger, × surely, them of, tumultuous one, valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Leviticus 24:10Strong's last: Leviticus 24:10
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And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin.
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And he left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray thee, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow thee. And he said unto him, Go back again: for what have I done to thee?
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And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
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And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
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And Benhadad said unto him, The cities, which my father took from thy father, I will restore; and thou shalt make streets for thee in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. Then said Ahab, I will send thee away with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and sent him away.
H1
And he walked in all the ways of Asa his father; he turned not aside from it, doing that which was right in the eyes of the LORD: nevertheless the high places were not taken away; for the people offered and burnt incense yet in the high places.
H1
And the remnant of the sodomites, which remained in the days of his father Asa, he took out of the land.
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And Jehoshaphat slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoram his son reigned in his stead.
H1
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:
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For he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger the LORD God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
English meaning and historical usage.
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father
F'ATHER, noun [Latin pater. The primary sense is obvious.]
1. He who begets a child; in Latin genitor or generator.
The father of a fool hath no joy. Proverbs 17:21.
2. The first ancestor; the progenitor of a race or family. Adam was the father of the human race. Abraham was the father of the Israelites.
3. The appellation of an old man, and a term of respect.
The king of Israel said to Elisha, my father shall I smite them? 2 Kings 6:21.
The servants of Naaman call him father Elderly men are called fathers; as the fathers of a town or city. In the church, men venerable for age, learning and piety are called fathers, or reverend fathers.
4. The grandfather or more remote ancestor. Nebuchadnezzar is called the father of Belshazzar, though he was his grandfather. Daniel 5:2.
5. One who feeds and supports or exercises paternal care over another. God is called the father of the fatherless.
Psalms 118:1.
6. He who creates, invents, makes or composes any thing; the author, former or contriver; a founder, director or instructor. God as creator is the father of all men. John 8:16. Jabal was the father of such as dwell in tents; and Jubal of musicians. Genesis 4:20. God is the father of spirits and of lights. Homer is considered as the father of epic poetry. Washington, as a defender and an affectionate and wise counselor, is called the father of his country. And see 1 Chronicles 2:51. 1 Chronicles 4:14. 1 Chr 9:35. Satan is called the father of lies; he introduced sin, and instigates men to sin. John 8:16. Abraham is called the father of believers. He was an early believer, and a pattern of faith and obedience. Romans 4:1.
7. Fathers, in the plural, ancestors.
David slept with his fathers. 1 Kings 2:12.
8. A father in law. So Heli is called the father of Joseph. Luke 3:8.
9. The appellation of the first person in the adorable Trinity.
Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the father and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Matthew 28:19.
10. The title given to dignitaries of the church, superiors of convents, and to popish confessors.
11. The appellation of the ecclesiastical writers of the first centuries, as Polycarp, Jerome, etc.
12. The title of a senator in ancient Rome; as conscript fathers.
Adoptive father he who adopts the children of another, and acknowledges them as his own.
Natural father the father of illegitimate children.
Putative father one who is only reputed to be the father; the supposed father
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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