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Father A man who has begotten a child. The father of the family provided the strength, support and structure to the household. The father fulfilled many functions for the family. He was the commander of the family army, provider of offspring to continue the family line, the priest and teacher. A father could have been of the immediate family or a lineage such as Jacob, who is the father of the Israelites. A father could have also been the patron of a profession or art. This word can also be fresh fruit (pronounced eyv), the father of the next generation of trees attached to the tree (pole). [masc] [AHLB: 1002-A (N)] [Strong's: H1, H2, H3, H4]
John 6:42 And they said, Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven?
Father fa´the~r (Anglo-Saxon, Foeder; German, Vater; Hebrew ??, 'a¯bh, etymology uncertain, found in many cognate languages; Greek πατη´ρ, pate¯´r, from root pa^, “nourisher,” “protector,” “upholder”): 1. Immediate Male Ancestor Immediate male ancestor. The father in the Hebrew family, as in the Roman, had supreme rights over his children, could dispose of his daughter in marriage (Gen 29), arrange his son's marriage (Gen 24), sell his children (Exo_21:7), but not his daughter to a stranger (Neh_5:5), had power of life and death, as in the case of Isaac (Gen 22),