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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The father of one's husband or wife; -- correlative to son-in-law and daughter-in-law.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

FATHER-IN-LAW

fa'-ther-in-lo.

See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY.

Greek

3995. pentheros -- a father-in-law
... a father-in-law. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: pentheros Phonetic
Spelling: (pen-ther-os') Short Definition: a father-in-law Definition: a ...
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Strong's Hebrew

2246. Chobab -- father-in-law of Moses
... 2245, 2246. Chobab. 2247 . father-in-law of Moses. Transliteration: Chobab
Phonetic Spelling: (kho-bawb') Short Definition: Hobab. ...
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7467. Reuel -- "friend of God," Moses' father-in-law, also an ...
... 7466b, 7467. Reuel. 7468 . "friend of God," Moses' father-in-law, also
an Edomite, a Gadite, and a Benjamite. Transliteration: Reuel ...
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3503. Yithro -- Moses' father-in-law
... 3502, 3503. Yithro. 3504 . Moses' father-in-law. Transliteration: Yithro
Phonetic Spelling: (yith-ro') Short Definition: Jethro. ...
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3837a. Laban -- father-in-law of Jacob
... 3837, 3837a. Laban. 3837b . father-in-law of Jacob. Transliteration: Laban
Short Definition: Laban. Word Origin from laben Definition ...
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6317. Putiel -- Eleazar's father-in-law
... 6316, 6317. Putiel. 6318 . Eleazar's father-in-law. Transliteration: Putiel
Phonetic Spelling: (poo-tee-ale') Short Definition: Putiel. ...
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8526. Talmay -- "plowman," a father-in-law of David, also a ...
... Talmay. 8527 . "plowman," a father-in-law of David, also a descendant of Anak.
Transliteration: Talmay Phonetic Spelling: (tal-mah'-ee) Short Definition: Talmai ...
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8445. Tovqhath -- father-in-law of Huldah
... 8444, 8445. Tovqhath. 8446 . father-in-law of Huldah. Transliteration: Tovqhath
Phonetic Spelling: (to-kah'-ath) Short Definition: Tokhath. ...
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1691a. Diblayim -- the father-in-law of Hosea
... 1691, 1691a. Diblayim. 1691b . the father-in-law of Hosea. Transliteration:
Diblayim Short Definition: Diblaim. Word Origin from ...
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6319. Poti Phera -- Joseph's father-in-law
Poti Phera. 6318, 6319. Poti Phera. 6320 . Joseph's father-in-law. Transliteration:
Poti Phera Phonetic Spelling: (po-tee feh'-rah) Short Definition: Potiphera ...
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3500. Yether -- Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several ...
... Yether. 3501 . Moses' father-in-law, also the name of several Israelites.
Transliteration: Yether Phonetic Spelling: (yeh'-ther) Short Definition: Jether. ...
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Library

That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, when He came ...
... CHAPTER 3. That Moses Kindly Received-His Father-In-Law, Jethro, When He
Came To Him To Mount Sinai. Now when Raguel, Moses's father ...
/.../josephus/the antiquities of the jews/chapter 3 that moses kindly.htm

Within a Few Days Galerius Cæsar Arrived, not to Congratulate his ...
... Chap. XVIII. Within a few days Galerius Cæsar arrived, not to congratulate
his father-in-law on the re-establishment� Within ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xviii within a few.htm

Of Marriage Between Blood-Relations, in Regard to which the ...
... "Father" and "father-in-law" are the names of two relationships. When,
therefore, a man has one person for his father, another for ...
/.../augustine/city of god/chapter 16 of marriage between blood-relations.htm

Maximian, Having Thus Forfeited the Respect Due to an Emperor and ...
... Chap. XXX. Maximian, having thus forfeited the respect due to an emperor
and a father-in-law� Maximian, having thus forfeited ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap xxx maximian having thus.htm

Resolves to Go to College. Friends Oppose. Wife Decides It. Hard ...
... Preaches for His Home Church. Father-in-law Dies. "Frank, Be a True Man." House
Robbed. ... Impaired Health. Preaches for His Home Church. Father-in-law Dies. ...
/.../chapter viii resolves to go.htm

But the Other Maximian Galerius, Chosen by Diocletian for his Son ...
... to all that came near him. His father-in-law, too, dreaded him excessively.
The cause was this. Narseus, king of the Persians, emulating ...
/.../of the manner in which the persecutors died/chap ix but the other.htm

Then Maximian Returned into Gaul; and after Having Made Some Stay ...
... The young prince believed the advice to be judicious, because given by an aged and
experienced commander; and he followed it, because given by a father-in-law. ...
/.../chap xxix then maximian returned.htm

What Manner of Life and Death the Roman Kings Had.
... sword of the Greeks. Nay, the very Tarquin who had murdered, was allowed
to succeed his father-in-law. And this infamous parricide ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 15 what manner of life.htm

Of the Manner in Which the Persecutors Died
... Chap. XVIII. Within a few days Galerius Cæsar arrived, not to congratulate
his father-in-law on the re-establishment� Chap. XIX. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/lactantius/of the manner in which the persecutors died/

The Crime Committed by the Inhabitants of Gibeah against the Wife ...
... Then her husband arose and went to the house of his father-in-law, to reconcile
himself with his wife, to win her back and take her home again. ...
/.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xix the crime committed.htm

Thesaurus

Fatherinlaw
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia FATHER-IN-LAW.
fa'-ther-in-lo. See RELATIONSHIPS, FAMILY. ...
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Father-in-law (25 Occurrences)
Father-in-law. Fatherinlaw, Father-in-law. Fatherless . Noah Webster's Dictionary ...
Fatherinlaw, Father-in-law. Fatherless . Reference Bible.
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Moses's (15 Occurrences)
... Exodus 18:1 When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all
that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had ...
/m/moses's.htm - 11k

Jethro (10 Occurrences)
... yether, "Iether," the King James Version margin, the Revised Version margin);
Septuagint always Iothor): The priest of Midian and father-in-law (chothen) of ...
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Raguel (1 Occurrence)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary Friend of God, (Numbers 10:29)=Reuel (qv), Exodus 2:18,
the father-in-law of Moses, and probably identical with Jethro (qv). Int. ...
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Hobab (3 Occurrences)
... Numbers 10:29, 30. In Judges 4:11, the word rendered "father-in-law" means
properly any male relative by marriage (Comp. Genesis ...
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Reuel (14 Occurrences)
... (1.) A son of Esau and Bashemath (Genesis 36:4, 10; 1 Chronicles 1:35). (2.) "The
priest of Midian," Moses' father-in-law (Exodus 2:18)=Raguel (Numbers 10:29). ...
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Ken'ite (5 Occurrences)
... Judges 1:16 And the descendants of the Ken'ite, Moses' father-in-law, went up with
the people of Judah from the city of palms into the wilderness of Judah ...
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Lady's (8 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Judges 19:4 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and
he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there. (WEB). ...
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Girl's (12 Occurrences)
... (DBY NAS RSV). Judges 19:4 And his father-in-law, the girl's father, kept him there
for three days; and they had food and drink and took their rest there. ...
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Bible Concordance

Father-in-law (25 Occurrences)

John 18:13 and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
(WEB WEY BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 38:13 It was told Tamar, saying, "Behold, your father-in-law is going up to Timnah to shear his sheep."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 38:25 When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, "By the man, whose these are, I am with child." She also said, "Please discern whose are these-the signet, and the cords, and the staff."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 3:1 Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro, his father-in-law, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the back of the wilderness, and came to God's mountain, to Horeb.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 4:18 Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, "Please let me go and return to my brothers who are in Egypt, and see whether they are still alive." Jethro said to Moses, "Go in peace."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:1 Now Jethro, the priest of Midian, Moses' father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, how that Yahweh had brought Israel out of Egypt.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:2 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, received Zipporah, Moses' wife, after he had sent her away,
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 18:5 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness where he was encamped, at the Mountain of God.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:6 He said to Moses, "I, your father-in-law Jethro, have come to you with your wife, and her two sons with her."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:7 Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and bowed and kissed him. They asked each other of their welfare, and they came into the tent.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:8 Moses told his father-in-law all that Yahweh had done to Pharaoh and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, all the hardships that had come on them on the way, and how Yahweh delivered them.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:12 Jethro, Moses' father-in-law, took a burnt offering and sacrifices for God. Aaron came with all of the elders of Israel, to eat bread with Moses' father-in-law before God.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:14 When Moses' father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, "What is this thing that you do for the people? Why do you sit alone, and all the people stand around you from morning to evening?"
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:15 Moses said to his father-in-law, "Because the people come to me to inquire of God.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Exodus 18:17 Moses' father-in-law said to him, "The thing that you do is not good.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:24 So Moses listened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 18:27 Moses let his father-in-law depart, and he went his way into his own land.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Numbers 10:29 Moses said to Hobab, the son of Reuel the Midianite, Moses' father-in-law, "We are journeying to the place of which Yahweh said,'I will give it to you.' Come with us, and we will treat you well; for Yahweh has spoken good concerning Israel."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 1:16 Now Hobab the Kenite, Moses' father-in-law, had come up out of the town of palm-trees, with the children of Judah, into the waste land of Arad; and he went and was living among the Amalekites;
(BBE DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 4:11 Now Heber the Ken'ite had separated from the Ken'ites, the descendants of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, and had pitched his tent as far away as the oak in Za-anan'nim, which is near Kedesh.
(DBY JPS WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Judges 19:4 His father-in-law, the young lady's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drink, and lodged there.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 19:7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Judges 19:9 When the man rose up to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the young lady's father, said to him, "Behold, now the day draws toward evening, please stay all night: behold, the day grows to an end, lodge here, that your heart may be merry; and tomorrow go on your way early, that you may go home."
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 4:19 His daughter-in-law, Phinehas' wife, was with child, near to be delivered. When she heard the news that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law and her husband were dead, she bowed herself and brought forth; for her pains came on her.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Samuel 4:21 She named the child Ichabod, saying, "The glory has departed from Israel;" because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.
(WEB JPS ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Subtopics

Father-In-Law

Father-In-Law: Hospitable to Son-In-Law, a Man of Bethlehem-Judah

Father-In-Law: Unjust, Laban to Jacob

Related Terms

Father-in-law (25 Occurrences)

Moses's (15 Occurrences)

Jethro (10 Occurrences)

Raguel (1 Occurrence)

Hobab (3 Occurrences)

Reuel (14 Occurrences)

Ken'ite (5 Occurrences)