2 occurrences

'Descent' in the Bible

The king commanded Ashpenaz, who was in charge of his court officials, to choose some of the Israelites who were of royal and noble descent --

In the first year of Darius son of Ahasuerus, who was of Median descent and who had been appointed king over the Babylonian empire --

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Acquisition (6 instances)
Ancestry (10 instances)
Bloodline (2 instances)
Collapse (34 instances)
Decline (11 instances)
Lapse (10 instances)
Lineage (13 instances)
Origin (33 instances)
Parentage (1 instance)
Stock (17 instances)

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