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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Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh.
Read in context →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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ʼâb · awb
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-'.
Strong's first: Genesis 2:24Strong's last: Malachi 2:10
Open full H1 profile →patḗr · pat-ayr'
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Strong's KJV usage: :--father, parent.
Strong's first: Matthew 2:22Strong's last: Revelation 3:21
Open full G3962 profile →ʼab · ab
Strong's KJV usage: father.
Strong's first: Daniel 5:2Strong's last: Daniel 5:18
Open full H2 profile →apátōr · ap-at'-ore
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 →ʼâman · aw-man'
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.
Strong's first: Numbers 11:12Strong's last: Numbers 11:12
Open full H539 profile →bên · bane
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.
Strong's first: Leviticus 24:10Strong's last: Leviticus 24:10
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And straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him.
And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death:
But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free.
And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother;
Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.
And he asked his father, How long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child.
And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, Lord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief.
For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;
Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honour thy father and mother.
And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's,
Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.
And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.
But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.
Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.
But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father.
And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
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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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