be gathered to one's fathers
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be gathered to one's fathers
- /biː ˈɡæðəd tuː wʌnz ˈfɑːðəz/ UK
- /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/ US
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From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from
From Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו (neʾĕsap ʾel-ʾăḇôṯâw) and Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (prosetéthē pròs toùs patéras autoû, Apocrypha).
verb is gathered to one's fathers · being gathered to one's fathers · was gathered to one's fathers · been gathered to one's fathers
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To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
And alſo all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and an other generacion aroſe after them, which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had done for Iſraél.
Similar: be gathered to one's people, be laid unto one's fathers, be put to one's fathers, sleep with one's fathers, assume room temperature, auger in, be called home, be gathered to one's fathers, be like the the One, be no more, be with Jesus, be with the Lord
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verb to be buried together with one's forebears — see also die
| עברית | נֶאֱסָף אֶל אֲבוֹתָיו ne'esaf el avotav |
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