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Feature Pages(5+)
- FeaturePi (Ππ) — the Greek letterThe mouth — and the letter of breath, wind and Spirit.
- FeatureAleph (א) — the Hebrew letterThe silent first letter, named for the ox — strength that serves.
- FeatureNo Condemnation — Romans 8The arc from no condemnation (8:1) to no separation (8:38–39) — the Spirit, adoption and Abba, the groaning creation, the golden chain, and the unanswerable questions.
- FeatureGalatians — the Study GuidePaul's most urgent letter, defended in three movements: his gospel from Christ not man, justification by faith not works of the law, and freedom lived by the Spirit not license.
- FeatureGod — what we believeOne God, eternally existing as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit — self-existent, holy, loving, and sovereign; the God who names himself I AM and who is both everywhere at once and particularly present with his people.
Verses(5+)
- VerseMatthew 1:7Solomon the father of Rehoboam, Rehoboam the father of Abijah, and Abijah the father of Asa.
- VerseMatthew 1:13Zerubbabel the father of Abiud, Abiud the father of Eliakim, and Eliakim the father of Azor.
- VerseRuth 4:19Hezron was the father of Ram, Ram was the father of Amminadab,
- VerseRuth 4:20Amminadab was the father of Nahshon, Nahshon was the father of Salmon,
- VerseRuth 4:21Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,
People(5+)
- PersonEsauIsaac's elder son who despised his birthright (Heb 12:16); father of Edom, Israel's perennial neighbor and adversary.
- PersonPhilipA disciple from Bethsaida who brought Nathanael to Jesus and asked "Show us the Father" (John 1:43-46; 14:8).
- PersonAbrahamCalled out of Ur, the father of all who believe, justified by faith, and the friend of God through whose seed all nations are blessed.
- PersonJacobThe heel-grasping supplanter reshaped at Peniel into 'Israel, he who strives with God' — father of the twelve tribes.
- PersonShemNoah's son through whom the covenant line runs (9:26); father of the Semitic peoples and ancestor of Abraham.
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Words (Strong's)(5+)
- WordH2 אַב · ʼab (Hebrew){father}
- WordG3962 πατήρ · patḗr (Greek)a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
- WordH1 אָב · ʼâb (Hebrew)father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
- WordG3971 πατρῷος · patrōios (Greek)paternal, i.e. hereditary
- WordG3967 πατρικός · patrikós (Greek)paternal, i.e. ancestral
Themes(5+)
- ThemeFaith**Faith across the canon is less a feeling than a transaction: a person trusts what God has said and acts on it before the outcome is visible.** The Old Testament rarely uses…
- ThemeJudgmentJudgment in Scripture is not a stray topic but a load-bearing theme, running from Eden to the lake of fire. It begins with a question, not a threat: Abraham asks whether the…
- ThemeJusticeScripture's justice vocabulary runs on two paired Hebrew terms: *mishpat* (H4941), the right verdict rendered at the city gate — a legal, courtroom word — and *tsedaqah*…
- ThemePrayerPrayer enters the canon as a corporate act, not a private technique: "then began men to call upon the name of Jehovah" (Genesis 4:26) describes a community, not a method. The…
- ThemeSalvationSalvation in Scripture is not a single transaction but a single story told from Eden to Revelation: God rescues a people who cannot rescue themselves, and He does it on His own…
Topics(3)
Prophecies(4)
- ProphecyEverlasting FatherThe Messiah would possess eternal, fatherly care.
- ProphecyLoved by the FatherThe Father delights in the Messiah.
- ProphecyCommitted Spirit to FatherThe Messiah would commit his spirit to God at death.
- ProphecyBorn of the Line of David through JesseIsaiah specified the Messiah would come from the 'stump of Jesse' — David's father — indicating the royal line would be cut down but would sprout again.
Authors(5+)
- AuthorDesert FathersIn the second half of the third century, Christians began walking out of the Egyptian towns into the desert. By the middle of the fourth there were thousands of them, and by…
- AuthorTertullianQuintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus was born at Carthage around 155, trained in Roman law and rhetoric, and converted as an adult. Jerome says his father was an officer of…
- AuthorKenneth HaginKenneth Erwin Hagin (August 20, 1917 – September 19, 2003) was an American Pentecostal-Charismatic preacher, healing-revival evangelist, and the recognized "father" of the…
- AuthorJohn MacArthurJohn Fullerton MacArthur Jr. was born in Los Angeles on June 19, 1939, into a family line of preachers. His father, Jack MacArthur, was a pastor and radio preacher; the…
- AuthorUlrich ZwingliHuldrych Zwingli was born on January 1, 1484, at Wildhaus in the Toggenburg valley of the Swiss Alps — seven weeks after Luther, in a mountain village where his father was the…
Apocrypha (study resources)(5+)
- Study resourceSirach 3:3Whoso honoureth his father maketh an atonement for his sins:
- Study resource1 Esdras 4:25Wherefore a man loveth his wife better than father or mother.
- Study resourceTobit 11:11And took hold of his father: and he strake of the gall on his fathers’ eyes, saying, Be of good hope, my father.
- Study resourceTobit 10:9But Tobias said, No; but let me go to my father.
- Study resourceSirach 3:10Glory not in the dishonour of thy father; for thy father’s dishonour is no glory unto thee.
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H2אַב ʼab — {father}G3962πατήρ patḗr — a "father" (literally or figuratively, near
or more remote)H1אָב ʼâb — father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote applicationG3971πατρῷος patrōios — paternal, i.e. hereditaryG3967πατρικός patrikós — paternal, i.e. ancestralH2524חָם châm — a father-in-law (as in affinity)