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Ancestors

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

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an´ses -tẽrs ( ראשׁנים , rı̄'shōnı̄m , "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once (Leviticus 26:45 ). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. Deuteronomy 19:14; Jeremiah 11:10 ). In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ('ābhōth ).

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Ancestors'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​a/ancestors.html. 1915.
 
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