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father

Meaning of “father”

Sense 1: A male parent or begetter. Sense 2: An ancestor, forefather, founder, source, originator, chief, elder, or one bearing paternal authority and care. Sense 3: God as Father, including the Father of Jesus Christ and of those described as his children.

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979 occurrences852 verses52 booksKJV PCE

Some verses contain the word more than once.

First occurrence: Genesis 2:24

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Showing verses 11–19 of 19 · 22 word occurrences in this result

Numbers 27:4
Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no son? Give unto us therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 27:4 · retained source text

Why should the name of our father be done away from among his family, because he hath no sonne? Giue vnto vs therefore a possession among the brethren of our father.

1611 marginal noteHebr. diminished.

Numbers 27:7
The daughters of Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an inheritance among their father’s brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to pass unto them.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:7 · retained source text

The daughters of Zelophehad speake right: thou shalt surely giue them a possession of an inheritance among their fathers brethren, and thou shalt cause the inheritance of their father to passe vnto them.

Numbers 27:11
And if his father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the Lord commanded Moses.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 27:11 · retained source text

And if his father haue no brethren, then ye shall giue his inheritance vnto his kinseman that is next to him of his family, and hee shall possesse it: And it shall be vnto the children of Israel a statute of iudgement, as the LORD commanded Moses.

Numbers 30:4
And her father hear her vow, and her bond wherewith she hath bound her soul, and her father shall hold his peace at her: then all her vows shall stand, and every bond wherewith she hath bound her soul shall stand.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 30:4 · retained source text

And her father heare her vow, and her bond wherewith shee hath bound her soule, and her father shall holde his peace at her: then all her vowes shall stand, and euery bond wherewith shee hath bound her soule, shall stand.

Numbers 30:5
But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vows, or of her bonds wherewith she hath bound her soul, shall stand: and the Lord shall forgive her, because her father disallowed her.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 30:5 · retained source text

But if her father disallow her in the day that he heareth; not any of her vowes or of her bonds, wherewith she hath bound her soule, shall stand: and the LORD shall forgiue her, because her father disallowed her.

Numbers 30:16
These are the statutes, which the Lord commanded Moses, between a man and his wife, between the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth in her father’s house.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 30:16 · retained source text

These are the statutes which the LORD commanded Moses betweene a man and his wife, betweene the father and his daughter, being yet in her youth, in her fathers house.

Numbers 36:6
This is the thing which the Lord doth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they think best; only to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 36:6 · retained source text

This is the thing which the LORD doeth command concerning the daughters of Zelophehad, saying, Let them marry to whom they thinke best: onely to the family of the tribe of their father shall they marry.

1611 marginal noteHebr. be wiues.

1611 marginal noteTob. 1.9.

Numbers 36:8
And every daughter, that possesseth an inheritance in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife unto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enjoy every man the inheritance of his fathers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 36:8 · retained source text

And euery daughter that possesseth an inheritance, in any tribe of the children of Israel, shall be wife vnto one of the family of the tribe of her father, that the children of Israel may enioy euery man the inheritance of his fathers.

Numbers 36:12
And they were married into the families of the sons of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 36:12 · retained source text

And they were married into the families of the sonnes of Manasseh, the sonne of Ioseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of the family of their father.

1611 marginal noteHebr. to some that were of the families.

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Where “father” appears

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Genesis169 occurrences
140 verses
Exodus23 occurrences
22 verses
Leviticus10 occurrences
9 verses
Numbers22 occurrences
19 verses
Deuteronomy14 occurrences
14 verses
Joshua13 occurrences
12 verses
Judges38 occurrences
34 verses
Ruth3 occurrences
2 verses
1 Samuel39 occurrences
34 verses
2 Samuel17 occurrences
15 verses
1 Kings60 occurrences
52 verses
2 Kings30 occurrences
25 verses
1 Chronicles55 occurrences
43 verses
2 Chronicles54 occurrences
47 verses
Esther2 occurrences
1 verse
Job6 occurrences
6 verses
Psalms4 occurrences
4 verses
Proverbs18 occurrences
18 verses
Isaiah13 occurrences
12 verses
Jeremiah14 occurrences
14 verses
Ezekiel10 occurrences
9 verses
Daniel6 occurrences
4 verses
Amos1 occurrence
1 verse
Micah1 occurrence
1 verse
Zechariah2 occurrences
1 verse
Malachi3 occurrences
2 verses
Matthew60 occurrences
54 verses
Mark19 occurrences
18 verses
Luke43 occurrences
36 verses
John126 occurrences
104 verses
Acts10 occurrences
10 verses
Romans12 occurrences
11 verses
1 Corinthians3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Corinthians5 occurrences
4 verses
Galatians5 occurrences
5 verses
Ephesians10 occurrences
10 verses
Philippians4 occurrences
4 verses
Colossians6 occurrences
6 verses
1 Thessalonians6 occurrences
5 verses
2 Thessalonians3 occurrences
3 verses
1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 verses
2 Timothy1 occurrence
1 verse
Titus1 occurrence
1 verse
Philemon1 occurrence
1 verse
Hebrews5 occurrences
5 verses
James4 occurrences
4 verses
1 Peter3 occurrences
3 verses
2 Peter1 occurrence
1 verse
1 John13 occurrences
12 verses
2 John4 occurrences
3 verses
Jude1 occurrence
1 verse
Revelation4 occurrences
4 verses

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