KJV dictionary & concordance

patriarchs

Meaning of “patriarchs”

Chief ancestral fathers or heads of families or peoples.

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2 occurrences2 verses1 bookKJV PCE

First occurrence: Acts 7:8

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Acts 7:8

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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · Acts 7:8 · retained source text

And he gaue him the couenant of Circumcision: and so Abraham begate Isaac, and circumcised him the eight day: and Isaac begate Iacob, and Iacob begate the twelue Patriarchs.

1611 marginal noteGen. 17.9.

1611 marginal noteGen. 21.3.

1611 marginal noteGene. 25.26.

1611 marginal noteGen. 29.31.

Acts 7:9

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And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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1611 witness · Acts 7:9 · retained source text

And the Patriarchs moued with enuie, sold Ioseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

1611 marginal noteGen. 37.28.

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Acts 7:8 Acts 7:9