Meaning of “father”
Father — a name applied (1) to any ancestor (Deut. 1:11; 1 Kings 15:11; Matt. 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and (2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Judg. 17:10; 18:19; 1 Sam. 10:12; 2 Kings 2:12; Matt. 23:9, etc.). (3) The author or beginner of anything is also so called; e.g., Jabal and Jubal (Gen. 4:20, 21; comp. Job 38:28). Applied to God (Ex. 4:22; Deut. 32:6; 2 Sam. 7:14; Ps. 89:27, 28, etc.). (1.) As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews (Jer. 31:9; Isa. 63:16; 64:8; John 8:41, etc.). (2.) Believers are called God's "sons" (John 1:12; Rom. 8:16; Matt. 6:4, 8, 15, 18; 10:20, 29). They also call him "Father" (Rom. 1:7; 1 Cor. 1:3; 2 Cor. 1:2; Gal. 1:4)
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Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 24 — Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife: and they shall be one flesh. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 20 — And Adah bare Jabal: he was the father of such as dwell in tents, and of such as have cattle. Genesis Chapter 4 Verse 21 — And his brother's name was Jubal: he was the father of all such as handle the harp and organ. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 18 — And the sons of Noah, that went forth of the ark, were Shem, and Ham, and Japheth: and Ham is the father of Canaan. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 22 — And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. Genesis Chapter 9 Verse 23 — And Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it upon both their shoulders, and went backward, and covered the nakedness of their father; and their faces were backward, and they saw not their father's nakedness. Genesis Chapter 10 Verse 21 — Unto Shem also, the father of all the children of Eber, the brother of Japheth the elder, even to him were children born. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 28 — And Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his nativity, in Ur of the Chaldees. Genesis Chapter 11 Verse 29 — And Abram and Nahor took them wives: the name of Abram's wife was Sarai; and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran, the father of Milcah, and the father of Iscah. Genesis Chapter 12 Verse 1 — Now the LORD had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: Genesis Chapter 15 Verse 15 — And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 4 — As for me, behold, my covenant is with thee, and thou shalt be a father of many nations. Genesis Chapter 17 Verse 5 — Neither shall thy name any more be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations have I made thee. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 31 — And the firstborn said unto the younger, Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth: Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 32 — Come, let us make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 33 — And they made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 34 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 35 — And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 36 — Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 37 — And the first born bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. Genesis Chapter 19 Verse 38 — And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 12 — And yet indeed she is my sister; she is the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife. Genesis Chapter 20 Verse 13 — And it came to pass, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said unto her, This is thy kindness which thou shalt show unto me; at every place whither we shall come, say of me, He is my brother. Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 7 — And Isaac spake unto Abraham his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I, my son. And he said, Behold the fire and the wood: but where is the lamb for a burnt offering? Genesis Chapter 22 Verse 21 — Huz his firstborn, and Buz his brother, and Kemuel the father of Aram, Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 7 — The LORD God of heaven, which took me from my father's house, and from the land of my kindred, and which spake unto me, and that sware unto me, saying, Unto thy seed will I give this land; he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife unto my son from thence. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 23 — And said, Whose daughter art thou? tell me, I pray thee: is there room in thy father's house for us to lodge in? Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 38 — But thou shalt go unto my father's house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son. Genesis Chapter 24 Verse 40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred, and of my father's house: Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 3 — Sojourn in this land, and I will be with thee, and will bless thee; for unto thee, and unto thy seed, I will give all these countries, and I will perform the oath which I sware unto Abraham thy father; Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 15 — For all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped them, and filled them with earth. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 18 — And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them. Genesis Chapter 26 Verse 24 — And the LORD appeared unto him the same night, and said, I am the God of Abraham thy father: fear not, for I am with thee, and will bless thee, and multiply thy seed for my servant Abraham's sake. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 6 — And Rebekah spake unto Jacob her son, saying, Behold, I heard thy father speak unto Esau thy brother, saying, Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 9 — Go now to the flock, and fetch me from thence two good kids of the goats; and I will make them savory meat for thy father, such as he loveth: Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 10 — And thou shalt bring it to thy father, that he may eat, and that he may bless thee before his death. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 12 — My father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver; and I shall bring a curse upon me, and not a blessing. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 14 — And he went, and fetched, and brought them to his mother: and his mother made savory meat, such as his father loved. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 18 — And he came unto his father, and said, My father: and he said, Here am I; who art thou, my son? Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 19 — And Jacob said unto his father, I am Esau thy first born; I have done according as thou badest me: arise, I pray thee, sit and eat of my venison, that thy soul may bless me. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 22 — And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said, The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 26 — And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 30 — And it came to pass, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob was yet scarce gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 31 — And he also had made savory meat, and brought it unto his father, and said unto his father, Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that thy soul may bless me. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 32 — And Isaac his father said unto him, Who art thou? And he said, I am thy son, thy firstborn Esau. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 34 — And when Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his father, Bless me, even me also, O my father. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 38 — And Esau said unto his father, Hast thou but one blessing, my father? bless me, even me also, O my father. And Esau lifted up his voice, and wept. Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 39 — And Isaac his father answered and said unto him, Behold, thy dwelling shall be the fatness of the earth, and of the dew of heaven from above; Genesis Chapter 27 Verse 41 — And Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing wherewith his father blessed him: and Esau said in his heart, The days of mourning for my father are at hand; then will I slay my brother Jacob. Genesis Chapter 28 Verse 2 — Arise, go to Padanaram, to the house of Bethuel thy mother's father; and take thee a wife from thence of the daughters of Laban thy mother's brother.
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