fruit of one's loins

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fruit of one's loins

noun fruit of one's loins · fruits of one's loins

idiomatic, literary One's child or, collectively, one's children or descendants. Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David . . . being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne.
Similar: issue, offspring, progeny

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@misc{fruit_of_one_s_loins_2026,
  title = {fruit of one's loins},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fruit%20of%20one's%20loins},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}