Words the Bible translates as ancestor
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- patērπατήρfather: a male parent, an ancestor, or, supremely in the New Testament, God himself.
- avאָבfather: the man who begets a child, and by extension anyone who stands as a father to others
- progonosπρόγονοςparent/ancestornot studied yet
- propatōrπροπάτωρancestornot studied yet
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