# descendant

## Related Ideas:

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](../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 09:4-5](rc://en/tn/help/1ki/09/04)
* [Acts 13:23](rc://en/tn/help/act/13/23)
* [Deuteronomy 02:20-22](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:

* __[02:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/02/09)__ "The woman's __descendant__ will crush your head, and you will wound his heel."
* __[04:09](rc://en/tn/help/obs/04/09)__ "I give the land of Canaan to your __descendants__."
* __[05:10](rc://en/tn/help/obs/05/10)__ "Your __descendants__ will be more than the stars in the sky."
* __[17:07](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.
* __[21:04](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: 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, descending, descends, posterity