Abraham = "father of a multitude"

1. the son of Terah and the founder of the Jewish nation

for ever, an unbroken age, perpetuity of time, eternity

the worlds, universe

period of time, age

himself, herself, themselves, itself

he, she, it

the same

I, me, my

into, unto, to, towards, for, among

our, we, us

according as

1. just as, even as

2. in proportion as, in the degree that

since, seeing that, agreeably to the fact that

when, after that

and, also, even, indeed, but

to utter a voice or emit a sound

to speak

1. to use the tongue or the faculty of speech

2. to utter articulate sounds

to talk

to utter, tell

to use words in order to declare one's mind and disclose one's thoughts

1. to speak

this, that, these, etc. Only significant renderings other than "the" counted

generator or male ancestor

1. either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents

2. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David

   1. fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation

3. one advanced in years, a senior

metaph.

1. the originator and transmitter of anything

   1. the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself

   2. one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds

2. one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way

3. a title of honour

   1. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received

   2. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others

God is called the Father

1. of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler

2. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector

   1. of spiritual beings and of all men

3. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father

4. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature

   1. by Jesus Christ himself

   2. by the apostles

to the advantage of

at, near, by

to, towards, with, with regard to

from which a plant germinates

1. the seed i.e. the grain or kernel which contains within itself the germ of the future plants

   1. of the grains or kernels sown

2. metaph. a seed i.e. a residue, or a few survivors reserved as the germ of the next generation (just as seed is kept from the harvest for the sowing)

the semen virile

1. the product of this semen, seed, children, offspring, progeny

2. family, tribe, posterity

3. whatever possesses vital force or life giving power

   1. of divine energy of the Holy Spirit operating within the soul by which we are regenerated