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descendant

descend, posterity

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."
  • A person's "posterity" is all of his descendants.

(See also: Abraham, ancestor, Jacob, Noah, twelve tribes of Israel)

Bible References:

Examples from the Bible stories:

  • 02:09 "The woman's descendant will crush your head, and you will wound his heel."
  • 04:09 "I give the land of Canaan to your descendants."
  • 05:10 "Your descendants will be more than the stars in the sky."
  • 17:07 "Someone from your family will always rule as king over Israel, and the Messiah will be one of your descendants!"
  • 18:13 The kings of Judah were descendants of David.
  • 21:04 God promised King David that the Messiah would be one of David's own descendants.
  • 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: H319, H1004, H1121, H1247, H1323, H1755, H2232, H2233, H3205, H3211, H3318, H3409, H4294, H5220, H6631, H6849, H7611, H8435, G1074, G1085, G3624, G4690

Forms Found in the English ULB:

clans descended, descend, descendant, descendants, descended, posterity