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Elder (34 Occurrences)
... 11:16, 17). The "elder" is the keystone of the social and political fabric
wherever the patriarchal system exists. At the present ...
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Fellow-elder (1 Occurrence)
Fellow-elder. << Fellow-disciples, Fellow-elder. Fellow-feeling >>.
Multi-Version Concordance Fellow-elder (1 Occurrence). ...
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Younger (39 Occurrences)
... it. (WEY YLT). Romans 9:12 it was said to her, "The elder will serve the
younger." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE WBS NAS RSV NIV). 1 Timothy ...
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Shem (17 Occurrences)
... The words "brother of Japheth the elder" in Genesis 10:21 are more correctly rendered
"the elder brother of Japheth," as in the Revised Version. ...
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Older (43 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:1 And it came to pass, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim,
so that he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said unto him ...
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Tabeel (2 Occurrences)
... rebuilding of the walls of Jerusalem. FC Eiselen. ELDER IN THE OLD TESTAMENT.
el'-der, (zaqen): Among primitive peoples authority ...
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Presbyter
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See Bishop. ...
See further, BISHOP; CHURCH; ELDER; GOVERNMENT. Edward Mack. ...
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Presbytery (1 Occurrence)
... 2. (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district,
and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned ...
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James (40 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary. (1.) The son of Zebedee and Salome; an elder
brother of John the apostle. He was one of the twelve. He ...
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Leah (30 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. LEAH. le'-a (le'ah; Leia, "weary," "dull"(?),
wild cow"): Rachel's sister, and the elder daughter of Laban (Genesis 29:16). ...
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Greatness (63 Occurrences)
... It is also used to designate the high priest (literally, "great," Leviticus 21:10
Zechariah 3:1, etc.); also to express the "elder" of a family, eg Genesis 27:1 ...
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Merab (4 Occurrences)
... MERAB. me'-rab (merabh "increase"; Merob): The elder daughter of Saul (1 Samuel
14:49), promised, though not by name, to the man who should slay the Philistine ...
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Rebecca (28 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:15 And Rebecca took the clothes of her elder son Esau, the costly ones
which were with her in the house, and put them on Jacob her younger son; (DBY ...
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Basis (21 Occurrences)
... NAS). 1 Timothy 5:19 Don't receive an accusation against an elder, except
at the word of two or three witnesses. (See NAS). Titus ...
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Rebekah (31 Occurrences)
... to election," as Paul expresses the matter in Romans 9:11, was the cause of that
strange oracle to the wondering, inquiring parents, "The elder shall serve the ...
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Sisters (20 Occurrences)
... (WEY). 1 Timothy 5:2 the elder women as mothers; the younger as sisters, in
all purity. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Esau (89 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:1 It happened, that when Isaac was old, and his eyes were dim, so that
he could not see, he called Esau his elder son, and said to him, "My son?" He ...
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Bishop (4 Occurrences)
... Acts 20:17-28; 1 Peter 5:1, 2; Philippians 1:1; 1 Timothy 3). The term bishop is
never once used to denote a different office from that of elder or presbyter. ...
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Government (20 Occurrences)
... The most common designation of the first of these officers is "elder" (presbuteros).
In one passage (Ephesians 4:11) he is called "pastor" (poimen). ...
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Manasseh (140 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Who makes to forget. "God hath made me forget" (Hebrews
nashshani), Genesis 41:51. (1.) The elder of the two sons of Joseph. ...
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Eldad (2 Occurrences)

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Aged (63 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:1 And it cometh to pass that Isaac 'is' aged, and his eyes are too dim
for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son ...
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Calleth (261 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:1 And it cometh to pass that Isaac 'is' aged, and his eyes are too dim
for seeing, and he calleth Esau his elder son, and saith unto him, 'My son ...
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Adonijah (28 Occurrences)
... (1.) The fourth son of David (2 Samuel 3:4). After the death of his elder brothers,
Amnon and Absalom, he became heir-apparent to the throne. ...
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Serve (407 Occurrences)
... (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). Romans 9:12 it was said to her, "The elder will
serve the younger." (WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... It is also used to designate the high priest (literally, "great," Leviticus 21:10
Zechariah 3:1, etc.); also to express the "elder" of a family, eg Genesis 27:1 ...
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Taste (46 Occurrences)
... Nowack, Lehrbuch der hebraischen Archdologie, 1894. WW Davies. ELDER IN THE NEW
TESTAMENT. (presbuteros): (1) The word is used adjectivally ...
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Church (110 Occurrences)
... Jerusalem and Antioch (Acts 11:22; Acts 15:2), the conference held in the former
city (Acts 15:6), the right hand of fellowship given by the elder apostles to ...
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Ones (687 Occurrences)
... John 8:9 But they, having heard that, went out one by one beginning from the elder
ones until the last; and Jesus was left alone and the woman standing there. ...
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Jacob (361 Occurrences)
... or bad, that the purpose of God according to election might stand, not of works,
but of him that calleth, it was said unto (Rebecca), The elder shall serve the ...
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Youths (28 Occurrences)
... of containing,) To pour 'it' on the suckling in the street, And on the assembly
of youths together, For even husband with wife are captured, An elder with one ...
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Zeru'iah (24 Occurrences)
... ask for him the kingdom also; for he is mine elder brother; even for him, and for
Abiathar the priest, and for Joab the son of Zeruiah.' (See RSV). ...
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Killing (41 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:42 And the words of Esau her elder son were told to Rebekah; and she
sent and called Jacob her younger son, and said unto him: 'Behold, thy brother ...
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Kyria (2 Occurrences)
... 2 John 1:1 The Elder to the choice Kyria, and to her children, whom I love in truth,
and not I only, but also all those having known the truth, (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kyria.htm - 6k

Nero
... His mother was Agrippina the younger, the daughter of Germanicus and the elder
Agrippina, sister of the emperor Caius (Caligula) and niece of the emperor ...
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Nahor (18 Occurrences)
... 22-25; Luke 3:34). (2.) A son of Terah, and elder brother of Abraham (Genesis
11:26, 27; Joshua 24:2, RV). He married Milcah, the ...
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Owned (18 Occurrences)
... (See NAS NIV). Genesis 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house,
who ruled over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. (See NAS) ...
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Oholibah (5 Occurrences)
... Oholibah (5 Occurrences). Ezekiel 23:4 The names of them were Oholah the elder,
and Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. ...
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Ohol'ibah (5 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:4 And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister;
and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. ...
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Oldest (58 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled over
all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Oholah (4 Occurrences)
... Oholah (4 Occurrences). Ezekiel 23:4 The names of them were Oholah the elder, and
Oholibah her sister: and they became mine, and they bore sons and daughters. ...
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Opposed (23 Occurrences)
... Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (See
NAS). 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. ...
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Oho'lah (4 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 23:4 And the names of them were Oholah the elder, and Oholibah her sister;
and they became Mine, and they bore sons and daughters. ...
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Opposes (7 Occurrences)
... Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (See
RSV NIV). 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. ...
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Joseph (248 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Remover or increaser. (1.) The elder of the two sons of
Jacob by Rachel (Genesis 30:23, 24), who, on the occasion of his birth, said ...
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Jehoiakim (37 Occurrences)
... A king of Judah, elder (half-) brother and successor of Jehoahaz; reigned
11 years from 608 BC I. Sources for His Life and Time. ...
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Judgement (68 Occurrences)
... There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said,
"'My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.' (WEY). Matthew ...
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Jason (5 Occurrences)
... of the Hellenizing policy favored by Antiochus Epiphanes from whom he purchased
the high-priesthood by a large bribe, thus excluding his elder brother from the ...
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Grayheaded (4 Occurrences)
... this day. (KJV JPS ASV). Job 15:10 With us are both the grayheaded and very
aged men, much elder than thy father. (KJV). Psalms 71 ...
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Gray-headed (4 Occurrences)
... hand. (WEB). Job 15:10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged
men, much elder than your father. (WEB JPS ASV YLT). Psalms ...
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Gaius (5 Occurrences)
... DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). 3 John 1:1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I
love in truth. (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS NIV). ...
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Ga'ius (5 Occurrences)
... Gaius, (See RSV). 3 John 1:1 The elder to Gaius the beloved, whom I love in truth.
(See RSV). << Gaius, Ga'ius. Galaad >>. Reference Bible.
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Gangrene (1 Occurrence)
... In Susanna verse 52 Coverdale uses the phrase, "O thou old cankered carle," in Daniel's
address to the elder, where English Versions of the Bible has "waxen ...
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Gray (16 Occurrences)
... Job 15:10 With us are both the gray-headed and the very aged men, much elder
than your father. (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Gallio (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The elder brother of Seneca the philosopher, who
was tutor and for some time minister of the emperor Nero. ...
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Gershom (16 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Expulsion. (1.) The eldest son of Levi (1 Chronicles
6:16, 17, 20, 43, 62, 71; 15:7)=GERSHON (qv). (2.) The elder of the two sons of ...
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Gird (44 Occurrences)
... KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV). 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be
subject to the elder. Yes, all of you gird yourselves with ...
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Womb (84 Occurrences)
... The one people will be stronger than the other people. The elder will serve
the younger." (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Wellbeloved (3 Occurrences)
... They will reverence my son. (KJV). 3 John 1:1 The elder unto the wellbeloved
Gaius, whom I love in the truth. (KJV). Isaiah 5:1 Now ...
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Well-beloved (5 Occurrences)
... firstfruits of Achaia unto Christ. (KJV WBS). 3 John 1:1 The elder to the
well-beloved Gaius, whom I love in truth. (WBS). Song of Songs 1 ...
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Intreat (13 Occurrences)
... of life. (KJV). 1 Timothy 5:1 Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a
father; and the younger men as brethren; (KJV). Exodus 8:8 ...
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Farm (9 Occurrences)
... WEY). Luke 15:25 "Now his elder son was out on the farm; and when he returned
and came near home, he heard music and dancing. (WEY). ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... A name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deuteronomy 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matthew 3:9;
23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. ...
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Fellow-feeling (1 Occurrence)
Fellow-feeling. << Fellow-elder, Fellow-feeling. Fellowheirs >>. Noah Webster's
Dictionary ... << Fellow-elder, Fellow-feeling. Fellowheirs >>. Reference Bible.
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Fellow-disciples (1 Occurrence)
Fellow-disciples. << Fellowdisciples, Fellow-disciples. Fellow-elder >>. ... (ASV WBS
YLT). << Fellowdisciples, Fellow-disciples. Fellow-elder >>. Reference Bible.
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Teaches (24 Occurrences)
... Before honor is humility. (WEB NIV). Isaiah 9:15 The elder and the honorable man
is the head, and the prophet who teaches lies is the tail. (WEB NAS RSV). ...
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To-day (208 Occurrences)
... There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said, "'My
son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.' (WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT). ...
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Thigh (38 Occurrences)
... Genesis 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled
over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. ...
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Resist (23 Occurrences)
... He doesn't resist you. (WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV). 1 Peter
5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. Yes ...
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Resists (4 Occurrences)
... Therefore it says, "God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble." (WEB).
1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, you younger ones, be subject to the elder. ...
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Razis
... ra'-zis (Rhazeis): "An elder of Jerusalem," "lover of his countrymen," and for his
good will toward them called "father of the Jews," accused before the Syrian ...
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Ruled (84 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Genesis 24:2 Abraham said to his servant, the elder of his house, who ruled
over all that he had, "Please put your hand under my thigh. ...
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Resisteth (3 Occurrences)
... giveth grace unto the humble. (KJV ASV WBS). 1 Peter 5:5 Likewise, ye younger,
submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be ...
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Ephraim (168 Occurrences)
... 27:1). The intention of Joseph was that the right hand of the aged patriarch should
be placed on the head of the elder of the two; but Jacob set Ephraim the ...
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Elderhood (4 Occurrences)

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Eye-witness (2 Occurrences)
... 1 Peter 5:1 So I exhort the Elders among you--I who am their fellow Elder and have
been an eye-witness of the sufferings of the Christ, and am also a sharer in ...
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Entertain (8 Occurrences)
... WEY). 1 Timothy 5:19 Never entertain an accusation against an Elder except
on the evidence of two of three witnesses. (WEY NIV). Hebrews ...
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Eber (16 Occurrences)
... Genesis 10:21 To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder
brother of Japheth, to him also were children born. (WEB ...
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Eldership (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) The state of being older; seniority. 2. (n.) Office
of an elder; collectively, a body of elders. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Desirable (49 Occurrences)
... Genesis 27:15 and Rebekah taketh the desirable garments of Esau her elder son, which
'are' with her in the house, and doth put on Jacob her younger son; (YLT). ...
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