| has gloss | (noun) any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
patriarch |
| lexicalization | eng: patriarch |
| subclass of | (noun) the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
forefather, sire, father |
| has subclass | (noun) (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
Jacob |
| has subclass | (noun) (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
Simeon |
| has subclass | (noun) any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Noachian deluge
antediluvian patriarch, antediluvian |
| has subclass | e/Presiding Patriarch |
| has instance | (noun) the first of the Old Testament patriarchs and the father of Isaac; according to Genesis, God promised to give Abraham's family (the Hebrews) the land of Canaan (the Promised Land); God tested Abraham by asking him to sacrifice his son; "Judaism, Christianity, and Islam each has a special claim on Abraham"
Ibrahim, Abraham |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) the youngest and best-loved son of Jacob and Rachel and one of the twelve forebears of the tribes of Israel
Benjamin |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) the second patriarch; son of Abraham and Sarah who was offered by Abraham as a sacrifice to God; father of Jacob and Esau
Isaac |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) the son of Abraham who was cast out after the birth of Isaac; considered the forebear of 12 Arabian tribes
Ishmael |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) a son of Jacob and a forebear of one of the tribes of Israel
Issachar |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) the 11th son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel; Jacob gave Joseph a coat of many colors, which made his brothers jealous and they sold him into slavery in Egypt
Joseph |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) the fourth son of Jacob who was forebear of one of the tribes of Israel; one of his descendants was to be the Messiah
Judah |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
Methuselah |
| has instance | (noun) the Hebrew patriarch who saved himself and his family and the animals by building an ark in which they survived 40 days and 40 nights of rain; the story of Noah and the flood is told in the Book of Genesis
Noah |
| has instance | (noun) (Old Testment) a son of Jacob and forefather of one of the tribes of Israel
Reuben |