father of an individual

of God as father of his people

head or founder of a household, group, family, or clan

ancestor

1. grandfather, forefathers — of person

2. of people

originator or patron of a class, profession, or art

of producer, generator (fig.)

of benevolence and protection (fig.)

term of respect and honour

ruler or chief (spec.)

these

1. used before antecedent

2. used following antecedent

Ephrath or Ephratah = "ash-heap: place of fruitfulness"

1. a place near Bethel where Rachel died and was buried

2. another name for Bethlehem

   proper feminine noun

3. wife of Caleb

firstborn, firstling

1. of men and women

2. of animals

3. noun of relation (fig.)

son, grandson, child, member of a group

1. son, male child

2. grandson

3. children (pl. - male and female)

4. youth, young men (pl.)

5. young (of animals)

6. sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels]

7. people (of a nation) (pl.)

8. of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.)

9. a member of a guild, order, class

to be, become, come to pass, exist, happen, fall out

1. (Qal)

   1. —

      1. to happen, fall out, occur, take place, come about, come to pass

      2. to come about, come to pass

   2. to come into being, become

      1. to arise, appear, come

      2. to become

         1. to become

         2. to become like

         3. to be instituted, be established

   3. to be

      1. to exist, be in existence

      2. to abide, remain, continue (with word of place or time)

      3. to stand, lie, be in, be at, be situated (with word of locality)

      4. to accompany, be with

2. (Niphal)

   1. to occur, come to pass, be done, be brought about

   2. to be done, be finished, be gone

Hur = "hole"

1. a chief assistant to Moses and Aaron

2. grandfather of Bezaleel, the chief artificer of the tabernacle; possibly the same as 1 above

3. the 4th of the 5 kings of Midian who were slain with Balaam after Peor

4. father of Rephaiah in the time of Nehemiah

5. father of Ben-Hur who was commissariat officer for Solomon in Mount Ephraim

Caleb = "dog"

1. the godly son of Jephunneh and the faithful spy who reported the Promised Land favourably and urged its capture

2. son of Hezron and grandson of Pharez and great grandson of Judah and the father of Hur and grandfather of Caleb the spy

Kirjath-jearim = "city of forests"

1. a city on the northern boundary of Judah and on the western and southern boundaries of Benjamin

   1. also 'Kirjath-baal' and 'Baalah'

Shobal = "flowing"

1. the 2nd son of Seir the Horite (Edom) and one of the dukes of the Horites

2. son of Caleb, grandson of Hur, and founder of Kirjath-jearim

3. a Judaite, son of Hur and a descendant of Caleb

   1. possibly the same as 2