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descendant, descended from
Definition:
A "descendant" is someone who is a direct blood relative of someone else further back in history.
- For example, Abraham was a descendant of Noah.
- A person's descendants are his children, grandchildren, great-great-grandchildren, and so on. Jacob's descendants were the twelve tribes of Israel.
- The phrase "descended from" is another way of saying "a descendant of" as in "Abraham was descended from Noah." This could also be translated as "from the family line of."
(See also: Abraham, ancestor, Jacob, Noah, twelve tribes of Israel)
Bible References:
Examples from the Bible stories:
*02:09 "The woman's descendant will crush your head, and you will wound his heel." *04:09 "I give the land of Canaan to your descendants." *05:10 "Your descendants will be more than the stars in the sky." *17:07 "Someone from your family will always rule as king over Israel, and the Messiah will be one of your descendants!" *18:13 The kings of Judah were descendants of David. *21:04 God promised King David that the Messiah would be one of David's own descendants. *48:13 God promised David that the Messiah would be one of his descendants. Jesus, the Messiah, was that special descendant of David.