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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) Plural of Genealogy.

Greek

1076. genealogia -- the making of a pedigree, a genealogy
... Word Origin from ginomai and lego (in the sense of reckon) Definition the making
of a pedigree, a genealogy NASB Word Usage genealogies (2). genealogy. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

3187. yachas -- to enroll oneself or be enrolled by genealogy
... Origin from the same as yachas Definition to enroll oneself or be enrolled by genealogy
NASB Word Usage ancestral (2), enrolled by genealogies (2), enrolled by ...
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8435. toledoth -- generations
... Word Origin from yalad Definition generations NASB Word Usage account (1), birth
(1), genealogical registration (12), genealogies (3), generations (21), order ...
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Library

Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.
... Theophilus to Autolycus: Book II. Chapter VII."Fabulous Heathen Genealogies.
Why need I recount the Greek fables,"of Pluto, king ...
/.../theophilus/theophilus to autolycus/chapter vii fabulous heathen genealogies.htm

Writing v. But as up to that Time the Genealogies of the Hebrews ...
... I."The Epistle to Aristides. Writing V. But as up to that time the
genealogies of the Hebrews had been registered in� But as ...
/.../africanus/the writings of julius africanus/writing v but as up.htm

Titus iii. 11-Aug
... But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings
about the law, for they are unprofitable and vain. ...
/.../homily vi titus iii 11-aug.htm

Commencement of the Legends Concerning Jesus --His Own Idea of his ...
... Did Jesus authorize by his silence the fictitious genealogies which his partisans
invented in order to prove his royal descent?[1] Did he know anything of the ...
/.../renan/the life of jesus/chapter xv commencement of the.htm

Faustus Objects to the Incarnation of God on the Ground that the ...
... For my part, this is the very thing I long tried to persuade myself of, that God
was born; but the discrepancy in the genealogies of Luke and Matthew stumbled ...
/.../faustus objects to the incarnation.htm

Elucidations.
... Christian antiquity is agreed that:". 1. Both genealogies are those of Joseph. ... xix.
p.138.). On Jewish genealogies, note Dean Prideaux, [1147] vol. ...
/.../africanus/the writings of julius africanus/elucidations.htm

The Pastoral Epistles
... 16). It is further characterized as "foolish questionings, and genealogies,
and strifes, and fightings about the law . . . unprofitable ...
/.../pullan/the books of the new testament/chapter xvii the pastoral epistles.htm

1 Timothy i. 1, 2
... to him. This is meant by "teaching another doctrine.". Ver.4. "Neither give
heed to fables and endless genealogies.". By "fables" he ...
/.../homily i 1 timothy i.htm

The Genealogical Question is Again Taken up and Argued on Both ...
... Besides, the framers of these genealogies do not seem to have known Jesus before
His birth or soon after it, so as to have the credibility of eye-witnesses of ...
/.../the genealogical question is again.htm

We have Already Shown that Jesus Can be Regarded Neither as an ...
... there are certain points which occasion some difficulty even to Christians, and
which, owing to the discrepancy between the genealogies, are advanced by some ...
/.../origen/origen against celsus/chapter xxxii we have already.htm

Thesaurus

Genealogies (17 Occurrences)
...Genealogies (17 Occurrences). ... Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies,
strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. ...
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Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)
... 5. The Relation of the Cainite and Sethite Genealogies: In Genesis 4 there are two
distinct genealogies, one proceeding through Cain and the other through Seth ...
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Antediluvian
... 5. The Relation of the Cainite and Sethite Genealogies: In Genesis 4 there are two
distinct genealogies, one proceeding through Cain and the other through Seth ...
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Questionings (8 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 neither to give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister
questionings, rather than a dispensation of God which is in faith; 'so do ...
/q/questionings.htm - 8k

Iddo (14 Occurrences)
... and for the reign of Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 12:15): "The histories of Iddo (`iddo)
the seer, after the manner of (or, "in reckoning") genealogies"; and for the ...
/i/iddo.htm - 14k

Endless (10 Occurrences)
... (2) In 1 Timothy 1:4, Paul warns Timothy against giving heed in his ministry to
"fables (muthoi) and endless (limitless) genealogies." The allusion seems to be ...
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Enrolled (23 Occurrences)
... (See NAS RSV). 1 Chronicles 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days
of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel. ...
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Disputes (18 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause
disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith- (WEB). ...
/d/disputes.htm - 11k

Patriachs
... Commonly now the term is used of the persons whose names appear in the genealogies
and covenant-histories in the periods preceding Moses (Genesis 5; Genesis 11 ...
/p/patriachs.htm - 7k

Patriarch (2 Occurrences)
... Commonly now the term is used of the persons whose names appear in the genealogies
and covenant-histories in the periods preceding Moses (Genesis 5; Genesis 11 ...
/p/patriarch.htm - 10k

Bible Concordance

Genealogies (17 Occurrences)

1 Timothy 1:4 neither to pay attention to myths and endless genealogies, which cause disputes, rather than God's stewardship, which is in faith-
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
(WEB KJV ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 10:32 These are the families of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations; and of these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
(See NAS RSV)

Ruth 4:18 And these are genealogies of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron,
(YLT)

1 Chronicles 1:29 These are their generations: the first-born of Ishmael, Nebaioth; then Kedar, and Adbeel, and Mibsam,
(See NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 5:17 All these were reckoned by genealogies in the days of Jotham king of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam king of Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV)

1 Chronicles 7:5 And their brethren among all the families of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.
(KJV WBS)

1 Chronicles 7:7 And the sons of Bela; Ezbon, and Uzzi, and Uzziel, and Jerimoth, and Iri, five; heads of the house of their fathers, mighty men of valor; and were reckoned by their genealogies twenty and two thousand and thirty and four.
(KJV WBS RSV)

1 Chronicles 7:9 And they were reckoned by genealogy, after their generations, heads of their fathers' houses, mighty men of valour, twenty thousand and two hundred.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 7:40 All these were the children of Asher, heads of the fathers' houses, choice and mighty men of valour, chief of the princes. And the number of them reckoned by genealogy for service in war was twenty and six thousand men.
(See RSV)

1 Chronicles 9:1 So all Israel were reckoned by genealogies; and behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel: and Judah was carried away captive to Babylon for their disobedience.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NAS RSV NIV)

1 Chronicles 26:31 Of the Hebronites was Jerijah the chief, even of the Hebronites, according to their generations by fathers' houses. In the fortieth year of the reign of David they were sought for, and there were found among them mighty men of valour at Jazer of Gilead.
(See NAS)

2 Chronicles 12:15 Now the acts of Rehoboam, first and last, aren't they written in the histories of Shemaiah the prophet and of Iddo the seer, after the manner of genealogies? There were wars between Rehoboam and Jeroboam continually.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV WBS NIV)

2 Chronicles 31:19 Also of the sons of Aaron the priests, which were in the fields of the suburbs of their cities, in every several city, the men that were expressed by name, to give portions to all the males among the priests, and to all that were reckoned by genealogies among the Levites.
(KJV WBS NIV)

Ezra 2:62 These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
(See RSV)

Nehemiah 7:5 And my God put into my heart to gather together the nobles, and the rulers, and the people, that they might be reckoned by genealogy. And I found the book of the genealogy of them that came up at the first, and I found written therein:
(See NAS)

Nehemiah 7:64 These sought their register, that is, the genealogy, but it was not found; therefore were they deemed polluted and put from the priesthood.
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Genealogies

Genealogies of Christ: Given

Genealogies of Christ: Prove his Descent from Judah

Genealogies: Illustrative of the Record of Saints in the Book of Life

Genealogies: Priests Who Could not Prove Their Own, Excluded from The

Genealogies: Public Registers Kept of

Genealogies: Subject of, to be Avoided

Genealogies: The Jews Reckoned By

Related Terms

Patriarchs (6 Occurrences)

Antediluvian