Words the Bible translates as ancestors
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- rishonרִאשׁוֹןfirst: the one out in front, whether in a sequence, in time gone by, or in rank
- avאַבfather: the man of the generation just before you, and in the plural the forebears your family or people came from
Keep looking
Every English meaning beginning with A is on its letter page, and the whole index starts at Browse.