Bible Dictionary: Grandmother

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

(n.) The mother of one's father or mother.

Greek

3125. mamme -- a grandmother
... a grandmother. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: mamme Phonetic Spelling:
(mam'-may) Short Definition: a grandmother Definition: a grandmother. ...
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3090. Lois -- Lois, a Christian woman
... woman. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: Lois Phonetic Spelling:
(lo-ece') Short Definition: Lois Definition: Lois, grandmother of Timothy. ...
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Library

The Little Match Girl
... "Now some one is dying," thought the little girl, for her old grandmother, the only
person who had loved ... "Grandmother!" cried the child, "O! take me with you! ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/the little match girl.htm

A Sketch of the Life of S. Gregory of Nyssa.
... He died at a comparatively early age, leaving a family of ten children, five of
whom were boys and five girls, under the care of their grandmother Macrina and ...
/.../gregory/gregory of nyssa dogmatic treatises etc/chapter i a sketch of the.htm

The Right to Regulate My Private Affairs as I Wish
... Grandmother Bay's little granddaughter had just come back from Shanghai.
Grandmother Bay proudly appeared at church accompanied ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/williamson/have we no rights/chapter 4 the right to.htm

Timothy and his Mother Eunice.
... But Paul also speaks of Timothy's early days, and of his mother and grandmother. ...
She was a Jewess. The grandmother's name was Lois. ...
/.../mother stories from the new testament/timothy and his mother eunice.htm

Chapter twelve
... But her thought was directed more and more to the approaching scene with her
grandmother. What would Madam Page say? ... You need not tell me, grandmother. ...
//christianbookshelf.org/sheldon/in his steps/chapter twelve.htm

Let the Inner Ear of the virgin Also...
... In which beauty also her grandmother, and your mother-in-law, who by this
time surely hath grown old, is beautiful together with you. ...
/.../augustine/on the good of widowhood /section 24 let the inner.htm

Gregory, Abbot of Utrecht.
... of Gregory, that, on this one exhortation of a hitherto unknown teacher, he forgot
his country and his kindred, and going at once to his grandmother, told her ...
/.../neander/light in the dark places/gregory abbot of utrecht.htm

Acts XVI
... believing Jewess, but of a Greek father; (2) who was well attested by the brethren
in Lystra and Iconium." Not only the mother, but also the grandmother of the ...
/.../mcgarvey/a commentary on acts of the apostles/acts xvi.htm

Chapter thirteen
... When the bell rang for tea she went down and her grandmother did not appear. ... He brought
word that his grandmother had taken the evening train for the South. ...
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"In the Uttermost Parts of the Sea"
... snow houses two sailors had already lain down to sleep; the youngest of these two
had with him his best home-treasure, the Bible that his grandmother had given ...
/.../wells/bible stories and religious classics/in the uttermost parts of.htm

Thesaurus

Grandmother (3 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The mother of one's father or mother.
Multi-Version Concordance Grandmother (3 Occurrences). 2 Timothy ...
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Grandmother's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Grandmother's (1 Occurrence). 1 Kings 15:10
Forty-one years reigned he in Jerusalem: and his mother's name ...
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Lois (1 Occurrence)
... The maternal grandmother of Timothy. ... LOIS. lo'-is (Lois (2 Timothy 1:5)): The
grandmother of Timothy, and evidently the mother of Eunice, Timothy's mother. ...
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Eunice (1 Occurrence)
... Her husband however was a heathen Greek She was in all probability a daughter of
Lois, the grandmother of Timothy, for both of those Christian women are spoken ...
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Timothy (28 Occurrences)
... His mother, Eunice, and his grandmother, Lois, are mentioned as eminent for their
piety (2 Timothy 1:5). We know nothing of his father but that he was a Greek ...
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Mother (2641 Occurrences)
... Genesis 37:10). Sometimes the grandmother or other female relative is thus
spoken of (Genesis 3:20 1 Kings 15:10). Tropically the ...
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Unfeigned (5 Occurrences)
... 2 Timothy 1:5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which
lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am ...
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Lo'is (1 Occurrence)
... 2 Timothy 1:5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which
lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am ...
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Great (10383 Occurrences)
... used before grand to indicate one degree more remote in the direct line of descent;
as, great-grandfather (a grandfather's or a grandmother's father), great ...
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Grandfather's (1 Occurrence)

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Bible Concordance

Grandmother (3 Occurrences)

2 Timothy 1:5 having been reminded of the unfeigned faith that is in you; which lived first in your grandmother Lois, and your mother Eunice, and, I am persuaded, in you also.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 15:13 Also Maacah his mother he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

2 Chronicles 15:16 Also Maacah, the mother of Asa the king, he removed from being queen, because she had made an abominable image for an Asherah; and Asa cut down her image, and made dust of it, and burnt it at the brook Kidron.
(See NIV)

Subtopics

Grandmother

Grandmothers

Related Terms

Grandmother's (1 Occurrence)

Lois (1 Occurrence)

Eunice (1 Occurrence)

Timothy (28 Occurrences)

Mother (2641 Occurrences)

Unfeigned (5 Occurrences)

Lo'is (1 Occurrence)

Great (10383 Occurrences)