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Eldest (17 Occurrences)
... See Elder. Multi-Version Concordance Eldest (17 Occurrences). ... The eldest of them
married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother. (WEY). ...
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Primogeniture
... 2. (n.) The exclusive right of inheritance which belongs to the eldest
son. Thus in England the right of inheriting the estate of ...
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Eliab (20 Occurrences)
... (2) A Reubenite, father of Dathan and Abiram (Numbers 16:11, 12; Numbers 26:8
Deuteronomy 11:6). (3) Eldest son of Jesse and brother of David (1 Samuel 16:6 ...
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Youngest (26 Occurrences)
... Genesis 44:12 He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the youngest. ...
1 Samuel 17:14 David was the youngest; and the three eldest followed Saul. ...
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Jesse (45 Occurrences)
... Both Samuel and Jesse fail to discern at first Yahweh's choice, Samuel thinking
that it would be the eldest son (1 Samuel 16:6), while Jesse had not thought it ...
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Inherit (98 Occurrences)
... receive as a right or title descendible by law from an ancestor at his decease;
as, the heir inherits the land or real estate of his father; the eldest son of ...
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Reuben (73 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Behold a son!, the eldest son of Jacob and Leah
(Genesis 29:32). His sinful conduct, referred to in Genesis ...
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Eli'ab (19 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:13 And the three eldest sons of Jesse had gone after Saul to the battle;
and the names of his three sons that went to the battle were Eliab the ...
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Enoch (18 Occurrences)
... Initiated. (1.) The eldest son of ... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ENOCH. e'-nok
(chanokh, "initiated"; Henoch): (1) The eldest son of Cain (Genesis 4:17, 18). ...
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Cainan (8 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Possession; smith. (1.) The fourth antediluvian
patriarch, the eldest son of Enos. He was 70 years old ...
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Abihail (6 Occurrences)
... (2.) 1 Chronicles 2:29. (3.) 1 Chronicles 5:14. (4.) The second wife of King Rehoboam
(2 Chronicles 11:18), a descendant of Eliab, David's eldest brother. ...
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Amnon (23 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Faithful. (1.) One of the sons of Shammai, of the children
of Ezra (1 Chronicles 4:20; Comp. 17). (2.) The eldest son of David, by ...
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Abiram (9 Occurrences)
... (2.) The eldest son of Hiel the Bethelite, who perished prematurely in consequence
of his father's undertaking to rebuild Jericho (1 Kings 16:34), according to ...
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Shemaiah (40 Occurrences)
... (8.) A Levite (1 Chronicles 24:6). (9.) The eldest son of Obed-edom (1
Chronicles 26:4-8). (10.) A Levite (2 Chronicles 29:14). ...
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Shem (17 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A name; renown, the first mentioned of the sons of Noah
(Genesis 5:32; 6:10). He was probably the eldest of Noah's sons. ...
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Eriaku
... It is to be noted that, in accordance with Elamite usage, the crown did not pass
to the eldest son after a king's death, but to the king's eldest brother. ...
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Eri-aku
... It is to be noted that, in accordance with Elamite usage, the crown did not pass
to the eldest son after a king's death, but to the king's eldest brother. ...
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Aaron (343 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary The eldest son of Amram and Jochebed, a daughter
of Levi (Exodus 6:20). Some explain the name as meaning ...
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Jonathan (109 Occurrences)
... in his family till the Captivity. (2.) The eldest son of king Saul, and
the bosom friend of David. He is first mentioned when he ...
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Succeed (47 Occurrences)
... 1. (vt) To follow in order; to come next after; hence, to take the place of; as,
the king's eldest son succeeds his father on the throne; autumn succeeds summer ...
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Leaving (80 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Matthew 22:25 Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them
married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother. (WEY). ...
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Heir (20 Occurrences)
... Under the patriarchs the property of a father was divided among the sons of his
legitimate wives (Genesis 21:10; 24:36; 25:5), the eldest son getting a larger ...
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Jehoram (27 Occurrences)
... (5.) The eldest son and successor of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. ... Driven to despair,
Mesha offered his eldest son upon the wall as a burnt offering to Chemosh. ...
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Brother's (46 Occurrences)
... Job 1:13 It fell on a day when his sons and his daughters were eating and drinking
wine in their eldest brother's house, (WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Firstborn (119 Occurrences)
... Dead.". First-born, Redemption of. From the beginning the office of the
priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But ...
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First-born (110 Occurrences)
... Dead.". First-born, Redemption of. From the beginning the office of the
priesthood in each family belonged to the eldest son. But ...
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Vast (54 Occurrences)
... Romans 8:29 For those whom He has known beforehand He has also pre-destined to bear
the likeness of His Son, that He might be the Eldest in a vast family of ...
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Zalmunna (9 Occurrences)
... These he determined to slay to avenge the death of his own kinsmen, and called upon
his eldest son to perform this solemn public duty that he owed to the dead. ...
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Zebah (9 Occurrences)
... These he determined to slay to avenge the death of his own kinsmen, and called upon
his eldest son to perform this solemn public duty that he owed to the dead. ...
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Kir-haraseth (1 Occurrence)
... Mesha then took his eldest son, who would have reigned in his stead, and offered
him as a burnt-offering on the wall of the fortress in the sight of the allied ...
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Kirharaseth (1 Occurrence)
... Mesha then took his eldest son, who would have reigned in his stead, and offered
him as a burnt-offering on the wall of the fortress in the sight of the allied ...
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Nebaioth (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Height. (1.) Ishmael's eldest son (Genesis
25:13), and the prince of an Israelitish tribe (16). He had ...
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Naughtiness (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? ...
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Nadab (21 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Liberal, generous. (1.) The eldest of Aaron's four sons
(Exodus 6:23; Numbers 3:2). He with his brothers and their father were ...
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Necho (3 Occurrences)
... On his return march he deposed Jehoahaz, who had succeeded his father Josiah, and
made Eliakim, Josiah's eldest son, whose name he changed into Jehoiakim, king ...
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Uz (8 Occurrences)
... (2.) One of the Horite "dukes" in the land of Edom (Genesis 36:28). (3.) The eldest
son of Nahor, Abraham's brother (Genesis 22:21, RV). Uz, The land of. ...
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Omar (3 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Eloquent, the son of Eliphaz, who was Esau's eldest
son (Genesis 36:11-15). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. OMAR. ...
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Johanan (31 Occurrences)
... them (Jeremiah 43). (2) The eldest son of King Josiah (1 Chronicles 3:15),
apparently = "Jehoahaz" (2 Kings 23:30-33). (3) Son of ...
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Jeho'ram (21 Occurrences)
... inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the
band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. ...
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Jehoram's (3 Occurrences)
... inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his stead; for the
band of men that came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. ...
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Jether (8 Occurrences)
... JETHER. je'-ther (yether, "abundance"): (1) Exodus 4:18 the Revised Version margin,
King James Version, margin. See JETHRO. (2) Gideon's eldest son (Judges 8:20 ...
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Joram (26 Occurrences)
... Mesha in Kir-hareseth. Driven to despair, Mesha offered his eldest son upon
the wall as a burnt offering to Chemosh. This seems to ...
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Jahath (7 Occurrences)
... and Lahad, the families of the Zorathites (1 Chronicles 4:2). (2) A frequent name
for a descendant of Levi: (a) Son of Libni, son of Gershom, the eldest son of ...
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Jemima (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Dove, the eldest of Job's three daughters born after his
time of trial (Job 42:14). Multi-Version Concordance Jemima (1 Occurrence). ...
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Leah (30 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Weary, the eldest daughter of Laban, and sister
of Rachel (Genesis 29:16). Jacob took her to wife through ...
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Listened (120 Occurrences)
... (WEY). John 8:9 They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest,
took their departure, one by one, till all were gone. ...
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Levite (43 Occurrences)
... When the Israelites left Egypt, the ancient manner of worship was still observed
by them, the eldest son of each house inheriting the priest's office. ...
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Lord (59401 Occurrences)
... nobleman., whether a peer of the realm or not; a bishop, as a member of the House
of Lords; by courtesy; the son of a duke or marquis, or the eldest son of an ...
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Gomer (7 Occurrences)
... Complete; vanishing. (1.) The daughter of Diblaim, who (probably in vision only)
became the wife of Hosea (1:3). (2.) The eldest son of Japheth, and father of ...
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Gershon (23 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary =Ger'shom expulsion, the eldest of Levi's three
sons (Genesis 46:11; Exodus 6:16). In the wilderness the ...
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Goblet (6 Occurrences)
... (See JPS). Genesis 44:12 And he searched, and began at the eldest, and left off
at the youngest: and the cup was found in Benjamin's sack. (See JPS). ...
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Greatness (63 Occurrences)
... the high priest (literally, "great," Leviticus 21:10 Zechariah 3:1, etc.); also
to express the "elder" of a family, eg Genesis 27:1, "Esau his eldest son," the ...
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Gaddis
... GADDIS. gad'-is (A Gaddis; Kaddis; the King James Version Caddis): Surname of
John, the eldest brother of Judas Maccabeus (APC 1Macc 2:2). ...
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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 ...
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Ishmael (44 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary God hears. (1.) Abraham's eldest son, by Hagar
the concubine (Genesis 16:15; 17:23). He was born at Mamre ...
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Iru (1 Occurrence)
... i'-roo (`iru): Eldest son of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:15); probably to be read Ir,
the syllable "-u" being the conjunction "and" belonging to the following word. ...
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Indignation (56 Occurrences)
... 2 Kings 3:27 Then he took his eldest son that should have reigned in his
stead, and offered him for a burnt offering upon the wall. ...
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Isaac (127 Occurrences)
... i'-zak:oIT- (CS:HebrewIT+`iruIT-/cS): Eldest son of Caleb (1 Chronicles 4:15); probably
to be read Ir, the syllable "-u" being the conjunction "and" belonging ...
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Insolence (11 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down ...
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Imnah (4 Occurrences)
... im'-na (yimnah): (1) Eldest son of Asher (Genesis 46:17, the King James Version
"Jimnah"; Numbers 26:44, the King James Version "Jimna"; 1 Chronicles 7:30). ...
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Firstbegotten (1 Occurrence)
... Therefore the saints themselves, as growing in His likeness, and as possessing all
the privileges of eldest sons, including the kingdom and the priesthood, may ...
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Father (11359 Occurrences)
... 6. (n.) A dignitary of the church, a superior of a convent, a confessor (called
also father confessor), or a priest; also, the eldest member of a profession ...
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First-begotten (2 Occurrences)
... Therefore the saints themselves, as growing in His likeness, and as possessing all
the privileges of eldest sons, including the kingdom and the priesthood, may ...
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Tamar (28 Occurrences)
... Some suppose this was "Tadmor" (qv). (2.) The daughter-in-law of Judah, to whose
eldest son, Er, she was married (Genesis 38:6). After her husband's death, she ...
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Tola (5 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A scarlet worm. (1.) Eldest son of Issachar
(Genesis 46:13). (2.) A judge of the tribe of Issachar who ...
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Riphath (2 Occurrences)
... ri'-fath (riphath): A son of Gomer, the eldest son of Japhet (Genesis 10:3 1 Chronicles
1:6, where Massoretic Text and the Revised Version (British and American ...
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Rizpah (4 Occurrences)
... David accordingly delivered up to them the two sons of Rizpah and five of the sons
of Merab (qv), Saul's eldest daughter, whom she bore to Adriel. ...
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Raiders (12 Occurrences)
... inhabitants of Jerusalem made Ahaziah his youngest son king in his place; for the
band of men who came with the Arabians to the camp had slain all the eldest. ...
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Egypt (596 Occurrences)
... The Soudan, which had been conquered by the kings of the Twelfth Dynasty, was again
annexed to Egypt, and the eldest son of the Pharaoh took the title of ...
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Elioenai (8 Occurrences)
... Ezra 10:22, 27). Among these was the eldest son of Neariah, son of Shemaiah,
of the descendants of Zerubbabel. His family are the ...
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Eli'ab's (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Samuel 17:28 And Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke unto the men; and
Eliab's anger was kindled against David, and he said: 'Why art thou come down ...
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Er (8 Occurrences)
... ER. ar (`er, "watcher"; Er'): (1) The eldest son of Judah, the son of Jacob,
by Shua the Canaanite. Judah took for him a wife named Tamar. ...
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Esarhaddon (3 Occurrences)
... his lifetime, Sennacherib, king of Assyria, made his favorite son, Esarhaddon
(680-668 BC), the viceroy of Babylon; and although he was not the eldest son, he ...
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Elihu (11 Occurrences)
... See ELIAB. (2) Found in 1 Chronicles 27:18 for Eliab, David's eldest brother (1
Samuel 16:6); called "one of the brethren of D." (3) A Manassite who joined ...
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Elead (1 Occurrence)

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Eldership (3 Occurrences)

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Ending (22 Occurrences)
... (KJV WBS). Genesis 44:12 He searched, beginning with the eldest, and ending at the
youngest. The cup was found in Benjamin's sack. (WEB BBE NAS RSV NIV). ...
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Eliab's (1 Occurrence)
... 1 Samuel 17:28 Eliab his eldest brother heard when he spoke to the men; and Eliab's
anger was kindled against David, and he said, "Why have you come down? ...
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Elishah (3 Occurrences)
... e-li'-sha ('elishah, "God saves"; Elisa, Eleisai): Mentioned in Genesis 10:4 as
the eldest son of Javan, and in Ezekiel 27:7 as the source from which the ...
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