Father

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a name applied

  1. to any ancestor (Deut 1:11; 1 Kg 15:11; Mt 3:9; 23:30, etc.); and
  2. as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. (Jdg 17:10; 18:19; 1Sam 10:12; 2Kg 2:12; Mt 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 8927, 28, etc.).

  1. As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews (Jer 31:9; Isa 63:16; 64:8; Jn 8:41, etc.).
  2. Believers are called God's "sons" (Jn 1:12; Rom 8:16; Mt 6:4, 8, 15, 18; 10:20, 29). They also call him "Father" (Rom 1:7; 1Cor 1:3; 2Cor 1:2; Gal 1:4)


This entry includes text from Easton's Bible Dictionary, 1897.

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