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.)

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

Gilead = "rocky region"

1. a mountainous region bounded on the west by the Jordan, on the north by Bashan, on the east by the Arabian plateau, and on the south by Moab and Ammon; sometimes called 'Mount Gilead' or the 'land of Gilead' or just 'Gilead'. Divided into north and south Gilead

2. a city (with prefix 'Jabesh')

3. the people of the region

   proper masculine noun

4. son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh

5. father of Jephthah

6. a Gadite

to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing

1. (Qal) to speak

2. (Niphal) to speak with one another, talk

3. (Piel)

   1. to speak

   2. to promise

4. (Pual) to be spoken

5. (Hithpael) to speak

6. (Hiphil) to lead away, put to flight

Joseph = "Jehovah has added"

1. the eldest son of Jacob by Rachel

2. father of Igal, who represented the tribe of Issachar among the spies

3. a son of Asaph

4. a man who took a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

5. a priest of the family of Shebaniah in the time of Nehemiah

Israel = "God prevails"

1. the second name for Jacob given to him by God after his wrestling with the angel at Peniel

2. the name of the descendants and the nation of the descendants of Jacob

   1. the name of the nation until the death of Solomon and the split

   2. the name used and given to the northern kingdom consisting of the 10 tribes under Jeroboam; the southern kingdom was known as Judah

   3. the name of the nation after the return from exile

Machir = "sold"

1. eldest son of Manasseh by an Aramite or Syrian concubine and progenitor of a large family

2. son of Ammiel, a powerful chief of one of the Transjordanic tribes who rendered essential services to Saul and to David

Manasseh = "causing to forget"

1. the eldest son of Joseph and progenitor of the tribe of Manasseh

   1. the tribe descended from Manasseh

   2. the territory occupied by the tribe of Manasseh

2. son of king Hezekiah of Judah and himself king of Judah; he was the immediate and direct cause for the exile

3. a descendant of Pahath-moab who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

4. a descendant of Hashum who put away a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

Moses = "drawn"

1. the prophet and lawgiver, leader of the exodus

clan, family

1. clan

   1. family

   2. tribe

   3. people, nation

2. guild

3. species, kind

4. aristocrats

one lifted up, chief, prince, captain, leader

rising mist, vapour

face

1. face, faces

2. presence, person

3. face (of seraphim or cherubim)

4. face (of animals)

5. face, surface (of ground)

6. as adv of loc/temp

   1. before and behind, toward, in front of, forward, formerly, from beforetime, before

7. with prep

   1. in front of, before, to the front of, in the presence of, in the face of, at the face or front of, from the presence of, from before, from before the face of

to come near, approach, enter into, draw near

1. (Qal) to approach, draw near

2. (Niphal) to be brought near

3. (Piel) to cause to approach, bring near, cause to draw near

4. (Hiphil) to bring near, bring, present

head, top, summit, upper part, chief, total, sum, height, front, beginning

1. head (of man, animals)

2. top, tip (of mountain)

3. height (of stars)

4. chief, head (of man, city, nation, place, family, priest)

5. head, front, beginning

6. chief, choicest, best

7. head, division, company, band

8. sum