Forefathers
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Forefathers (135 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Forefathers (135 Occurrences). ... Matthew 23:32 Fill
up the measure of your forefathers' guilt. (WEY NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forefathers.htm - 36k

Forefather (33 Occurrences)
... for'-fa-ther: (1) 'abh ri'shon, "first father," "chief father," hence, "early ancestor":
"turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers" (Jeremiah 11:10). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/forefather.htm - 17k

Unlike (13 Occurrences)
... Unlike (13 Occurrences). John 6:58 This is the bread which came down out of Heaven;
it is unlike that which your forefathers ate--for they ate and yet died. ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unlike.htm - 10k

Posterity (38 Occurrences)
... Posterity (38 Occurrences). Luke 1:55 In fulfillment of His promises to our
forefathers--For Abraham and his posterity for ever." (WEY RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/posterity.htm - 17k

Behaved (21 Occurrences)
... Luke 6:23 "Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in
Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets! ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/behaved.htm - 12k

Desert (322 Occurrences)
... from heaven to eat. (KJV WEY WBS NIV). John 6:49 Your forefathers ate the
manna in the Desert, and they died. (WEY NIV). John 11:54 ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/desert.htm - 46k

To-day (208 Occurrences)
... I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers,
and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God. (WEY YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/to-day.htm - 37k

Tent (333 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:44 "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as
He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tent.htm - 48k

Machpelah (6 Occurrences)
... in another place he writes of Isaac being buried by his sons with his wife in Hebron
where they had a monument belonging to them from their forefathers (Ant., I ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/machpelah.htm - 19k

Iniquities (59 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 79:8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/iniquities.htm - 25k

During (182 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the
people great during their stay in Egypt, until with wondrous power He brought ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/during.htm - 35k

Continued (148 Occurrences)
... obeyed the faith. (WEY NAS). Acts 7:45 That Tent was bequeathed to the next
generation of our forefathers. Under Joshua they brought ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/continued.htm - 34k

Remember (230 Occurrences)
... 1 Corinthians 10:1 For I would have you remember, brethren, how our forefathers
were all of them sheltered by the cloud, and all got safely through the Red Sea ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/remember.htm - 41k

Quaking (6 Occurrences)
... Quaking (6 Occurrences). Acts 7:32 "'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of
Abraham, of Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze. ...
biblethesaurus.org/q/quaking.htm - 8k

Vindication (14 Occurrences)
... Christ has become a servant to the people of Israel in vindication of God's
truthfulness-- in showing how sure are the promises made to our forefathers-- (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/v/vindication.htm - 10k

Kadesh (30 Occurrences)
... Here the people murmured for want of water, as their forefathers had done formerly
at Rephidim; and Moses, irritated by their chidings, "with his rod smote the ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kadesh.htm - 21k

Necks (28 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:10 Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks
of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/necks.htm - 15k

Utterances (9 Occurrences)
... 7:38 This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the
angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/utterances.htm - 8k

Useful (14 Occurrences)
... 13:36 For David, after having been useful to his own generation in accordance with
God's purpose, did fall asleep, was gathered to his forefathers, and did ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/useful.htm - 10k

Unceasingly (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve with a pure conscience--as my forefathers
did--that night and day I unceasingly remember you in my prayers, (WEY DBY YLT ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unceasingly.htm - 8k

Unceasing (11 Occurrences)
... goes on increasing. (WEY). 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve as my
forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is ...
biblethesaurus.org/u/unceasing.htm - 9k

Outstripped (2 Occurrences)
... how in devotion to Judaism I outstripped many men of my own age among my people,
being far more zealous than they on behalf of the traditions of my forefathers...
biblethesaurus.org/o/outstripped.htm - 7k

Oppressed (81 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers,
making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oppressed.htm - 31k

Judaism (5 Occurrences)
... how in devotion to Judaism I outstripped many men of my own age among my people,
being far more zealous than they on behalf of the traditions of my forefathers...
biblethesaurus.org/j/judaism.htm - 8k

Gaze (46 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Acts 7:32 "'I am the God of your forefathers, the God of Abraham, of
Isaac, and of Jacob.' "Quaking with fear Moses did not dare gaze. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gaze.htm - 19k

Wondrous (41 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:17 The God of this people of Israel chose our forefathers, and made the
people great during their stay in Egypt, until with wondrous power He brought ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/wondrous.htm - 18k

Warning (30 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 3:15 seeing that the warning still comes to us, "To-day, if you hear His
voice, do not harden your hearts as your forefathers did in the time of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/w/warning.htm - 15k

Instructed (80 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:44 "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as
He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/instructed.htm - 29k

Imitation (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:44 "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as
He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/imitation.htm - 8k

Implicated (1 Occurrence)
... Matthew 23:30 and your boast is, "'If we had lived in the time of our forefathers,
we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/implicated.htm - 6k

Impeached (1 Occurrence)
... Impeached (1 Occurrence). Acts 26:6 And now I stand here impeached because of my
hope in the fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers-- (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/impeached.htm - 6k

Infants (71 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers,
making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/infants.htm - 28k

Fulfilment (25 Occurrences)
... (ASV YLT). Acts 26:6 And now I stand here impeached because of my hope in the
fulfilment of the promise made by God to our forefathers-- (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fulfilment.htm - 13k

Fully (153 Occurrences)
... (WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV). Luke 11:48 It follows that you bear testimony to the
actions of your forefathers and that you fully approve thereof. ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fully.htm - 36k

Follows (65 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Luke 11:48 It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers
and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/follows.htm - 25k

Frivolous (4 Occurrences)
... wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits
of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/frivolous.htm - 7k

Forefather's (1 Occurrence)

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Fulfillment (19 Occurrences)
... Lord!" (WEB NAS). Luke 1:55 In fulfillment of His promises to our forefathers--
For Abraham and his posterity for ever." (WEY). Luke 9:31 ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fulfillment.htm - 11k

Trained (37 Occurrences)
... I was carefully trained at the feet of Gamaliel in the Law of our forefathers,
and, like all of you to-day, was zealous for God. (WEY BBE NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/trained.htm - 19k

Truthfulness (3 Occurrences)
... has become a servant to the people of Israel in vindication of God's truthfulness--
in showing how sure are the promises made to our forefathers-- (WEY RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/truthfulness.htm - 7k

Throughout (291 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:11 But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and Canaan--and
great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food. (WEY RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/throughout.htm - 37k

Tradition (13 Occurrences)
... and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission
of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tradition.htm - 17k

Try (84 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:10 Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks
of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/try.htm - 31k

Thankful (15 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 1:3 I am thankful to God, whom I serve from my forefathers with pure
conscience, how unceasingly I have the remembrance of thee in my supplications ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thankful.htm - 10k

Thereof (845 Occurrences)
... Luke 11:48 It follows that you bear testimony to the actions of your forefathers
and that you fully approve thereof. They slew, you build. (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thereof.htm - 35k

Telassar (2 Occurrences)
... messengers to Hezekiah, is stated by them to have been inhabited by the "children
of Eden." It had been captured by the Assyrian king's forefathers, from whose ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/telassar.htm - 9k

Relation (86 Occurrences)
... In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in
relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers...
biblethesaurus.org/r/relation.htm - 33k

Repair (26 Occurrences)
... righteous, (WEY). Luke 11:47 Alas for you! for you repair the tombs of
the Prophets, whom your forefathers killed. (WEY). 2 Kings ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/repair.htm - 17k

Rite (6 Occurrences)
... John 7:22 Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that
it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers) (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rite.htm - 8k

Remembered (120 Occurrences)
... wept. (WEB DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV). Luke 1:72 He dealt pitifully with our
forefathers, And remembered His holy covenant, (WEY). Luke ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/remembered.htm - 37k

Ransomed (27 Occurrences)
... wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits
of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers, (See RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/ransomed.htm - 15k

Eden (19 Occurrences)
... According to the inscriptions Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and Bit `Adini were destroyed
by Sennacherib's forefathers, and this is in accord with the account in 2 ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/eden.htm - 28k

Experiment (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:10 Now, therefore, why try an experiment upon God, by laying on the necks
of these disciples a yoke which neither our forefathers nor we have been able ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/experiment.htm - 8k

Earlier (48 Occurrences)
... John 7:22 Consider therefore. Moses gave you the rite of circumcision (not that
it began with Moses, but with your earlier forefathers) (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/earlier.htm - 21k

Ever-living (20 Occurrences)
... 7:38 This is he who was among the Congregation in the Desert, together with the
angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai and with our forefathers, who received ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ever-living.htm - 12k

Desperate (8 Occurrences)
... (See NIV). Psalms 79:8 Don't hold the iniquities of our forefathers against us.
Let your tender mercies speedily meet us, for we are in desperate need. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/desperate.htm - 9k

Distinct (5 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Hebrews 1:1 God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct
messages and by various methods through the Prophets, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distinct.htm - 8k

Distress (169 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Acts 7:11 But there came a famine throughout the whole of Egypt and
Canaan--and great distress--so that our forefathers could find no food. (WEY DBY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distress.htm - 36k

Devotion (17 Occurrences)
... how in devotion to Judaism I outstripped many men of my own age among my people,
being far more zealous than they on behalf of the traditions of my forefathers...
biblethesaurus.org/d/devotion.htm - 12k

David's (142 Occurrences)
... David's village?" (WEY NIV). Acts 7:45 That Tent was bequeathed to the next
generation of our forefathers. Under Joshua they brought ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/david's.htm - 37k

Dance (18 Occurrences)
... Luke 6:23 "Be glad at such a time, and dance for joy; for your reward is great in
Heaven; for that is just the way their forefathers behaved to the Prophets! ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dance.htm - 15k

Dearly (30 Occurrences)
... In relation to the Good News, the Jews are God's enemies for your sakes; but in
relation to God's choice they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dearly.htm - 16k

Deuterocanonical
... He declared that "these books are not canonical, but have been called by our
forefathers ecclesiastical." Augustine included these books in his list which he ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/deuterocanonical.htm - 14k

Decided (54 Occurrences)
... Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has
conferred this honour on His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and disowned ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/decided.htm - 22k

Dealt (130 Occurrences)
... among men. (KJV WEY WBS NAS). Luke 1:72 He dealt pitifully with our forefathers,
And remembered His holy covenant, (WEY). Luke 2:48 ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/dealt.htm - 37k

Disowned (10 Occurrences)
... Acts 3:13 The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our forefathers, has
conferred this honour on His Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up and disowned ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/disowned.htm - 9k

Deutero-canonical
... He declared that "these books are not canonical, but have been called by our
forefathers ecclesiastical." Augustine included these books in his list which he ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/deutero-canonical.htm - 14k

Model (9 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:44 "Our forefathers had the Tent of the Testimony in the Desert, built as
He who spoke to Moses had instructed him to make it in imitation of the model ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/model.htm - 10k

Messages (5 Occurrences)
... (WEY). Hebrews 1:1 God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct
messages and by various methods through the Prophets, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/messages.htm - 7k

Methods (2 Occurrences)
... Hebrews 1:1 God, who in ancient days spoke to our forefathers in many distinct
messages and by various methods through the Prophets, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/methods.htm - 6k

Meaning (41 Occurrences)
... Christ has become a servant to the people of Israel in vindication of God's
truthfulness-- in showing how sure are the promises made to our forefathers-- (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/meaning.htm - 18k

Parting (27 Occurrences)
... they at last left him, but not before Paul had spoken a parting word to them, saying,
"Right well did the Holy Spirit say to your forefathers through the ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/parting.htm - 15k

Petitions (24 Occurrences)
... night and day. (WEB). 2 Timothy 1:3 I thank God, whom I serve as my
forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/petitions.htm - 13k

Pitifully (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Pitifully (1 Occurrence). Luke 1:72 He dealt pitifully
with our forefathers, And remembered His holy covenant, (WEY). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pitifully.htm - 6k

Promises (35 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Promises (35 Occurrences). Luke 1:55 In fulfillment of
His promises to our forefathers--For Abraham and his posterity for ever." (WEY) ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/promises.htm - 16k

Permitted (31 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers,
making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/permitted.htm - 15k

Perishable (9 Occurrences)
... wealth, such as silver or gold, that you were set free from your frivolous habits
of life which had been handed down to you from your forefathers, (WEY NAS RSV ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/perishable.htm - 9k

Policy (3 Occurrences)
... Acts 7:19 He adopted a crafty policy towards our race, and oppressed our forefathers,
making them cast out their infants so that they might not be permitted to ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/policy.htm - 9k

Prejudicial (1 Occurrence)
... together, he said to them, "As for me, brethren, although I had done nothing
prejudicial to our people or contrary to the customs of our forefathers, I was ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/prejudicial.htm - 7k

Bequeathed (1 Occurrence)
... (imp. & pp) of Bequeath. Multi-Version Concordance Bequeathed (1 Occurrence). Acts
7:45 That Tent was bequeathed to the next generation of our forefathers. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/bequeathed.htm - 6k




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