Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.
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Fathers
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1 John 2:14
I have written unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I have written unto you, young men, because ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one.
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Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?
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אָב
ʼâb · awb
485 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 15:15Strong's last: Malachi 4:6
Open full H1 profile →πατήρ
patḗr · pat-ayr'
53 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 23:30Strong's last: 1 John 2:14
Open full G3962 profile →πατρῷος
patrōios · pat-ro'-os
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
paternal, i.e. hereditary
Strong's KJV usage: :--of fathers.
Strong's first: Acts 22:3Strong's last: Acts 28:17
Open full G3971 profile →אַב
ʼab · ab
3 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: father.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Ezra 4:15Strong's last: Daniel 2:23
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parádosis · par-ad'-os-is
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
transmission, i.e. (concretely) a precept; specially, the Jewish traditionary law
Strong's KJV usage: :--ordinance, tradition.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Galatians 1:14Strong's last: Galatians 1:14
Open full G3862 profile →πατραλῴας
patralṓias · pat-ral-o'-as
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a parricide
Strong's KJV usage: :--murderer of fathers.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 1:9Strong's last: 1 Timothy 1:9
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patroparádotos · pat-rop-ar-ad'-ot-os
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
traditionary
Strong's KJV usage: :--received by tradition from fathers.
Strong's first: 1 Peter 1:18Strong's last: 1 Peter 1:18
Open full G3970 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: Isaiah 49:23Strong's last: Isaiah 49:23
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Otherwise it shall come to pass, when my lord the king shall sleep with his fathers, that I and my son Solomon shall be counted offenders.
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So David slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David.
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Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel, and all the heads of the tribes, the chief of the fathers of the children of Israel, unto king Solomon in Jerusalem, that they might bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the city of David, which is Zion.
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And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein is the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
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Then hear thou in heaven, and forgive the sin of thy people Israel, and bring them again unto the land which thou gavest unto their fathers.
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That they may fear thee all the days that they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
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And so return unto thee with all their heart, and with all their soul, in the land of their enemies, which led them away captive, and pray unto thee toward their land, which thou gavest unto their fathers, the city which thou hast chosen, and the house which I have built for thy name:
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For thou didst separate them from among all the people of the earth, to be thine inheritance, as thou spakest by the hand of Moses thy servant, when thou broughtest our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.
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The LORD our God be with us, as he was with our fathers: let him not leave us, nor forsake us:
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That he may incline our hearts unto him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his judgments, which he commanded our fathers.
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And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.
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And when Hadad heard in Egypt that David slept with his fathers, and that Joab the captain of the host was dead, Hadad said to Pharaoh, Let me depart, that I may go to mine own country.
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And Solomon slept with his fathers, and was buried in the city of David his father: and Rehoboam his son reigned in his stead.
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But camest back, and hast eaten bread and drunk water in the place, of the which the LORD did say to thee, Eat no bread, and drink no water; thy carcase shall not come unto the sepulchre of thy fathers.
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For the LORD shall smite Israel, as a reed is shaken in the water, and he shall root up Israel out of this good land, which he gave to their fathers, and shall scatter them beyond the river, because they have made their groves, provoking the LORD to anger.
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And the days which Jeroboam reigned were two and twenty years: and he slept with his fathers, and Nadab his son reigned in his stead.
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And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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And Rehoboam slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David. And his mother's name was Naamah an Ammonitess. And Abijam his son reigned in his stead.
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And Abijam slept with his fathers; and they buried him in the city of David: and Asa his son reigned in his stead.
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And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.
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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
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And Asa slept with his fathers, and was buried with his fathers in the city of David his father: and Jehoshaphat his son reigned in his stead.
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So Baasha slept with his fathers, and was buried in Tirzah: and Elah his son reigned in his stead.
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So Omri slept with his fathers, and was buried in Samaria: and Ahab his son reigned in his stead.
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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