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<p> '''''an´ses''''' -'''''tẽrs''''' ( ראשׁנים , <i> '''''rı̄'shōnı̄m''''' </i> , "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English [[Bible]] only once ( Leviticus 26:45 ). The [[Hebrew]] word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. Deuteronomy 19:14; Jeremiah 11:10 ). In speaking of ancestors the Old [[Testament]] ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ( <i> ''''''ābhōth''''' </i> ). </p> | |||
<p> '''''an´ses''''' -'''''tẽrs''''' ( ראשׁנים , <i> '''''rı̄'shōnı̄m''''' </i> , "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once ( Leviticus 26:45 ). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. Deuteronomy 19:14; Jeremiah 11:10 ). In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ( <i> ''''''ābhōth''''' </i> ). </p | |||
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an´ses -tẽrs ( ראשׁנים , rı̄'shōnı̄m , "first ones"): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once ( Leviticus 26:45 ). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective "first," occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. Deuteronomy 19:14; Jeremiah 11:10 ). In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for "fathers" ( 'ābhōth ).
