4 occurrences in 12 translations
'Descent' in the Bible
who, as regards His human descent, belonged to the posterity of David,
For I could almost wish to be cursed and cut off from the Messiah for the benefit of my brothers, my own flesh and blood.
The ancestors are theirs, and from them, by physical descent, came the Messiah, who is God over all, praised forever. Amen.
That is, it is not the children by physical descent who are God’s children, but the children of the promise are considered to be the offspring.
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- Acquisition (6 instances)
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- Bloodline (2 instances)
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- Decline (11 instances)
- Descent (30 instances)
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- Drop (50 instances)
- Fall (586 instances)
- Falling (252 instances)
- House (2166 instances)
- Lapse (10 instances)
- Line (161 instances)
- Lineage (13 instances)
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- Parentage (1 instance)
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