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Grandfather (1 Occurrence)
... above the father or mother in lineal ascent. Multi-Version Concordance
Grandfather (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 9:7 David said to him ...
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Grandfather's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Grandfather's (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 16:3 The
king said, "Where is your master's son?" Ziba said to the ...
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Ahitub (16 Occurrences)
... On the death of his grandfather Eli he succeeded to the office of high priest, and
was himself succeeded by his son Ahijah (1 Samuel 14:3; 22:9, 11, 12, 20). ...
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Elishama (17 Occurrences)
... Whom God hears. (1.) A prince of Benjamin, grandfather of Joshua (Numbers 1:10;
1 Chronicles 7:26). (2.) One of David's sons (2 Samuel 5:16). ...
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Kish (18 Occurrences)
... (4.) The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Esther 2:5). ... (5) The great-grandfather of
Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin (Esther 2:5). William Baur. ...
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Nergalsharezer (2 Occurrences)
... The Jews had only one word, usually rendered "father," to represent also such a
relationship as that of "grandfather" or "great-grandfather.". Int. ...
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Nergal-sharezer (2 Occurrences)
... The Jews had only one word, usually rendered "father," to represent also such a
relationship as that of "grandfather" or "great-grandfather.". Int. ...
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Obed (13 Occurrences)
... Serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21, 22), and the
grandfather of David (Matthew 1:5). (2.) 1 Chronicles 2:34-38. ...
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Jeroham (11 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Cherished; who finds mercy. (1.) Father of Elkanah,
and grandfather of the prophet Samuel (1 Samuel 1:1). ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... by single generation; -- often used before grand to indicate one degree more remote
in the direct line of descent; as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a ...
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Iddo (14 Occurrences)
... (5.) Lovely. The father of Berachiah, and grandfather of the prophet Zechariah
(Zechariah 1:1, 7). He returned from Babylon (Nehemiah 12:4). Int. ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/iddo.htm - 14k

Mehetabeel
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Whose benefactor is God, the father of Delaiah, and
grandfather of Shemaiah, who joined Sanballat against Nehemiah (Nehemiah 6:10). ...
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Mephibosheth (13 Occurrences)
... (2.) The son of Jonathan, and grandson of Saul (2 Samuel 4:4). He was but five
years old when his father and grandfather fell on Mount Gilboa. ...
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Mezahab (2 Occurrences)
... Water of gold, the father of Matred (Genesis 36:39; 1 Chronicles 1:50), and grandfather
of Mehetabel, wife of Hadar, the last king of Edom. Int. ...
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Meshullam (25 Occurrences)
... Jotham (1 Chronicles 5:13). (2.) Grandfather of Shaphan, "the scribe," in
the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 22:3). (3.) A priest, father ...
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Abiel (4 Occurrences)
... Father (ie, "possessor") of God = "pious.". (1.) The son of Zeror and father of
Ner, who was the grandfather of Saul (1 Samuel 14:51; 1 Chronicles 8:33; 9:39). ...
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Amminadab (14 Occurrences)
... He was the great-grandson of Perez, a son of Judah (Genesis 38:29; Genesis 46:12)
and the great-grandfather of Boaz, who again was the great-grandfather of ...
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Seraiah (18 Occurrences)
... 14). (2.) The grandfather of Jehu (1 Chronicles 4:35). ... 14). (5) Grandfather
of Jehu, of the tribe of Simeon (1 Chronicles 4:35). ...
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Zechariah (55 Occurrences)
... He describes himself (1:1) as "the son of Berechiah." In Ezra 5:1 and 6:14 he
is called "the son of Iddo," who was properly his grandfather. ...
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Azariah (47 Occurrences)
... (2.) Son of Ahimaaz, who succeeded his grandfather Zadok as high priest
(1 Chronicles 6:9; 1 Kings 4:2) in the days of Solomon. ...
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Absalom (93 Occurrences)
... Alarmed for the consequences of the act, Absalom fled to his grandfather at Geshur,
and there abode for three years (2 Samuel 3:3; 13:23-38). ...
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Gedaliah (31 Occurrences)
... Made great by Jehovah. (1.) the son of Jeduthum (1 Chronicles 25:3, 9). (2.) The
grandfather of the prophet Zephaniah, and the father of Cushi (Zephaniah 1:1). ...
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Ruth (19 Occurrences)
... There she had a rich relative, Boaz, to whom Ruth was eventually married.
She became the mother of Obed, the grandfather of David. ...
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Hananiah (28 Occurrences)
... (3.) One of Uzziah's military officers (2 Chronicles 26:11). (4.) Grandfather of
the captain who arrested Jeremiah (Jeremiah 37:13). (5.) Jeremiah 36:12. ...
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Uzziah (27 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 26:5), and during the lifetime of this godly monitor "be set himself
to seek God." Now it happened to him as with his grandfather Jehoash, who, so ...
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Herod (45 Occurrences)
... He was made tetrarch of the provinces formerly held by Lysanias II., and ultimately
possessed the entire kingdom of his grandfather, Herod the Great, with the ...
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Esther (48 Occurrences)
... "Kish, a Benjamite" is certainly mentioned (Esther 2:5) as the great-grandfather
of Mordecai ... The relative "who" (2:6) refers to Kish, his great-grandfather. ...
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Hur (17 Occurrences)
... Exodus 24:14). He was probably of the tribe of Judah, and grandfather of
Bezaleel (Exodus 31:2; 35:30; 1 Chronicles 2:19). (3.) One ...
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Kiseus
... kis-e'-us (Kiseus; Septuagint, Codex Vaticanus (Swete) reads Keisaios; the King
James Version, Cisai): The great-grandfather of Mordecai (Additions to Esther 11 ...
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Knee (12 Occurrences)
... Odyssey, xix. 401;, where Autolukos, grandfather of Ulysses, receives the
newborn grandchild on his knees and gives him his name. Thus ...
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Kneel (10 Occurrences)
... Odyssey, xix. 401;, where Autolukos, grandfather of Ulysses, receives the
newborn grandchild on his knees and gives him his name. Thus ...
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Neri (2 Occurrences)
... The New Testament in Greek), Textus Receptus of the New Testament, Neri; for Hebrew
neriyah): The name of an ancestor of Jesus, the grandfather of Zerubbabel ...
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Nachor (2 Occurrences)
... NACHOR. na'-kor (Nachor) the King James Version; Greek form of "Nahor" (thus the
Revised Version (British and American)). Grandfather of Abraham (Luke 3:34). ...
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Ner (17 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NER. ner (ner, "lamp"): Father of Abner (1 Samuel
14:50; 1 Samuel 26:5, 14, etc.); grandfather of Saul (1 Chronicles 8:33). ...
biblethesaurus.org/n/ner.htm - 13k

Nahor (18 Occurrences)
... 12 spies (Numbers 13:14). (1) Son of Serug and grandfather of Abraham
(Genesis 11:22-25 1 Chronicles 1:26). (2) Son of Terah and ...
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Nimshi (5 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia. NIMSHI. nim'-shi (nimshi): The grandfather of Jehu
(2 Kings 9:2, 14). Jehu's usual designation is "son of Nimshi" (1 Kings 19:16). ...
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Jehudi (3 Occurrences)
... His name is noteworthy, as also is that of his grandfather Cushi (ie "Ethiopian"),
and the two are said to point to a foreign origin. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Josiah (51 Occurrences)
... at the Beginning 2. Finding of the Law 3. The Great Reform 4. Disaster at Megiddo
The name given 6 years before the death of his grandfather Manasseh resumes ...
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Lot (145 Occurrences)
... On the death of his father, he was left in charge of his grandfather Terah (31),
after whose death he accompanied his uncle Abraham into Canaan (12:5), thence ...
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Grandmother (3 Occurrences)

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Grandfathers (1 Occurrence)

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Grandeur (3 Occurrences)

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Grand (1 Occurrence)
... 4. (superl.) Standing in the second or some more remote degree of parentage or descent;
-- generally used in composition; as, grandfather, grandson, grandchild ...
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Tobias
... See TOBIT, BOOK OF. (2) Tobias, Codex Alexandrinus Tobio the father (according to
Josephus, grandfather) of HYRCANUS (which see) (2 Maccabees 3:11). ...
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Raguel (1 Occurrence)
... b) that Reuel was the father of Hobab and Jethro, that Jethro was the father-in-
law of Moses, and that the word "father" is used for grandfather in Exodus 2:18 ...
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Relationships (1 Occurrence)
... remoter ancestors. The wishes of a great-grandfather are respected long after
his death as the wishes of a father (Jeremiah 35:16). 2 ...
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Ephraim (168 Occurrences)
... The first incident recorded regarding him is his being placed, along with his brother
Manasseh, before their grandfather, Jacob, that he might bless them (48:10 ...
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Elnathan (5 Occurrences)
... el-na'-than ('elnathan, "God has given"): (1) The grandfather of Jehoiachin (2 Kings
24:8). (2) A courtier of Jehoiakim; he was one of those sent to Egypt to ...
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Elihu (11 Occurrences)
... 37). (2.) The son of Tohu, and grandfather of Elkanah (1 Samuel 1:1). He
is called also Eliel (1 Chronicles 6:34) and Eliab (6:27). ...
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Dodo (5 Occurrences)
... do'-do, (dodho, dodhay, "beloved"): (1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of
Issachar, one of the judges (Judges 10:1). (2) "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar ...
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Dodai (4 Occurrences)
... do'-do, (dodho, dodhay, "beloved"): (1) The grandfather of Tola of the tribe of
Issachar, one of the judges (Judges 10:1). (2) "The Ahohite," father of Eleazar ...
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Matthat (2 Occurrences)
... mat'-that (Matthat, Maththat): The name of two ancestors of Jesus in Luke's genealogy
(Luke 3:24, 29), one being the grandfather of Joseph, the husband of Mary ...
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Maaseas
... MAASEAS. ma-a-se'-as (Maasaios; the King James Version Maasias): Grandfather of
Baruch (Baruch 1:1); called Mahseiah in Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 51:59. ...
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Mehetabel (3 Occurrences)
... (2) Grandfather of that Shemaiah who played a treacherous part against Nehemiah
at the suggestion of Tobiah and Sanballat, by trying to persuade Nehemiah to ...
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Methuselah (7 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Man of the dart, the son of Enoch, and grandfather
of Noah. He was the oldest man of whom we have any ...
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Mahseiah (2 Occurrences)
... Standard Bible Encyclopedia MAHSEIAH. ma-se'-ya, ma-si'-a (machceyah, "Yah a refuge"):
Grandfather of Baruch (Jeremiah 32:12) and of Seraiah (Jeremiah 51:59). ...
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Matthan (1 Occurrence)
... mat'-than (Textus Receptus Matthan, Westcott and Hort, The New Testament in Greek
Maththan): An ancestor of Jesus, grandfather of Joseph the husband of Mary ...
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Mordecai (52 Occurrences)
... His great-grandfather, Kish, had been carried to Babylon along with Jeconiah, king
of Judah (Esther 2:5-6). For nearly 60 years before the scenes narrated in ...
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Me-zahab (2 Occurrences)
... mez'-a-hab, me-za'-hab (me zahabh, "waters of gold"; Codex Vaticanus Maizoob, Codex
Alexandrinus, Mezoob): Grandfather of Mehetabel, the wife of Hadar, the last ...
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Putiel (1 Occurrence)
... PUTIEL. pu'-ti-el (puTi'el, "contemned by El"): Father of the wife of Eleazar, Aaron's
son, and thus grandfather of Phinehas, Eleazar's son (Exodus 6:25). ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/putiel.htm - 7k

Belshazzar (8 Occurrences)
... 5:2), or grandfather, Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from the temple in
Jerusalem, and he and his princes drank out of them. In ...
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Boaz (25 Occurrences)
... right to take Ruth in marriage. The son of Boaz and Ruth was Obed, father
of Jesse, and grandfather of David. 1 Chronicles 2:11, 12 ...
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Claudius (3 Occurrences)
... Judea was added to the tetrarchies of Philip and Antipas; and Herod Agrippa I was
made ruler over the wide territory which had been governed by his grandfather...
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Cushi (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Samuel 18:32 (twice). (2) The great-grandfather of Jehudi, a contemporary
of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:14). The name Jehudi itself ...
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Agee (1 Occurrence)
... The parallel in 2 Samuel 23:32, 33 reads "Jonathan, Shammah the Hararite." If we
read "Jonathan (son of) Shammah," then Agee is the grandfather of Jonathan. ...
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Addo
... ad'-o (Codex Alexandrinus, Addo; Codex Vaticanus, Eddein) = Iddo (Ezra 5:1; Ezra
6:14): The father (Zechariah 1:1, 7 grandfather) of Zechariah the prophet (1 ...
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Abdi (3 Occurrences)
... ab'-di (`abhdi, probably by abbreviation "servant of Yahweh"): (1) A Levite, father
of Kishi and grandfather of King David's singer Ethan (1 Chronicles 6:44 ...
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Ahithophel (17 Occurrences)
... Some hold that he was the grandfather of Bathsheba, and make much of this in forming
their estimates of him. Does the evidence sustain this view? ...
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<< Aaron's
... it. It is used both in the singular and in the plural to denote a grandfather
or more remote ancestors (eg Jeremiah 35:16, 15). ...
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Abdon (8 Occurrences)
... of the Israelirish community there. This Abdon is described as brother to
Ner, the grandfather of King Saul. (3) One of the messengers ...
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Ananiah (2 Occurrences)
... Jerusalem. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ANANIAH. an-a-ni'-a `ananyah,
("Yah has covered"): (1) Grandfather of Azariah. He assisted ...
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Ahaz (42 Occurrences)
... been 25 years of age when he began to reign 16 years after (2 Kings 18:2). If the
accession of Ahaz be placed as early as 743 BC, his grandfather Uzziah, long ...
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Asiel (1 Occurrence)
... a'-si-el, as'-i-el (Asiel; the King James Version Asael (Tobit 1:1)): (1) Grandfather
of Jehu, one of the Simeonite "princes" mentioned in 1 Chronicles 4:35 as ...
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Amariah (14 Occurrences)
... (1) A Levite in the line of Aaron-Eleazar; a son of Meraioth and grandfather
of Zadok (1 Chronicles 6:7, 52) who lived in David's time. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/amariah.htm - 14k

Accos
... ak'-os (Hakchos): The grandfather of Eupolemus, whom Judas Maccabeus sent with others
to Rome in 161 BC, to negotiate a "league of amity and confederacy" (1 ...
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Artemas (1 Occurrence)
... The Athenian orator, Lysias, was doubtless named after his grandfather, Lysanias,
and at first may even have been called Lysanias himself. ...
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Serug (6 Occurrences)
... SERUG. se'-rug (serugh; Serouch): Son of Reu and great-grandfather of Abraham (Genesis
11:20 1 Chronicles 1:26 Luke 3:35). Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Salmon (7 Occurrences)
... 21), salmah, "clothing" (Ruth 4:20), salma' (1 Chronicles 2:11, 51, 54); Salmon):
(1) The father of Boaz, the husband of Ruth, and thus the grandfather of Jesse ...
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Salma (3 Occurrences)
... 21), salmah, "clothing" (Ruth 4:20), salma' (1 Chronicles 2:11, 51, 54); Salmon):
(1) The father of Boaz, the husband of Ruth, and thus the grandfather of Jesse ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/salma.htm - 8k

Hezion (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Vision, the father of Tabrimon, and grandfather of
Ben-hadad, king of Syria (1 Kings 15:18). Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HEZION. ...
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