# descend, descendant

## Definition:

A “descendant” is someone who is a direct blood relative of someone else further back in history.

* For example, Abraham was a descendant of Noah.
* A person’s descendants are his children, grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and so on. Jacob’s descendants were the twelve tribes of Israel.
* The phrase “descended from” is another way of saying “a descendant of” as in “Abraham was descended from Noah.” This could also be translated as “from the family line of.”

(See also: [Abraham](../names/abraham.md), [ancestor](../other/father.md), [Jacob](../names/jacob.md), [Noah](../names/noah.md), [twelve tribes of Israel](../other/12tribesofisrael.md))

## Bible References:

* [1 Kings 9:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/09/04)
* [Acts 13:23](rc://en/tn/help/act/13/23)
* [Deuteronomy 2:20-22](rc://en/tn/help/deu/02/20)
* [Genesis 10:1](rc://en/tn/help/gen/10/1)
* [Genesis 28:12-13](rc://en/tn/help/gen/28/12)

## Examples from the Bible stories:

* __[2:9](rc://en/tn/help/obs/02/09)__ “The woman’s __descendant__ will crush your head, and you will wound his heel.”
* __[4:9](rc://en/tn/help/obs/04/09)__ “I give the land of Canaan to your __descendants__.”
* __[5:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/10)__ “Your __descendants__ will be more than the stars in the sky.”
* __[17:7](rc://en/tn/help/obs/17/07)__ “Someone from your family will always rule as king over Israel, and the Messiah will be one of your __descendants__!”
* __[18:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/18/13)__ The kings of Judah were __descendants__ of David.
* __[21:4](rc://en/tn/help/obs/21/04)__ God promised King David that the Messiah would be one of David’s own __descendants__.
* __[48:13](rc://en/tn/help/obs/48/13)__ God promised David that the Messiah would be one of his __descendants__. Jesus, the Messiah, was that special __descendant__ of David.

## Word Data:

* Strong’s: H0319, H1004, H1121, H1323, H1755, H2232, H2233, H3205, H3211, H3318, H3409, H4294, H5220, H6849, H7611, H8435, G10740, G10850, G46900
