25 occurrences

'Father in law' in the Bible

And it was told to Tamar, saying, Behold, thy father-in-law goeth up to Timnath, to shear his sheep.

Verse ConceptsSheep ShearingTelling Of Movements

When she was brought forth, she sent to her father-in-law, saying, By the man whose these are, am I with child: and she said, Discern, I pray thee, whose are these, the signet, and bracelets, and staff.

Verse ConceptsSealsConceptionCordsWho Is The One?

Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father-in-law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfAppearances Of God In OtDesertsMoses, Significance OfShepherds, As OccupationsAngels, Ot AppearancesFathers In LawsIsrael In The WildernessWest SidesPasturing The FlockThose Who Kept Stock

And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said to him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return to my brethren who are in Egypt, and see whether they are yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsReturning to their landLiving OnBrothers in lawgirlfriends

When Jethro the priest of Midian, Moses's father-in-law, heard of all that God had done for Moses, and for Israel his people, and that the LORD had brought Israel out of Egypt:

Verse ConceptsOccupationsGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

Then Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took Zipporah Moses's wife, after he had sent her back,

Verse ConceptsLeaving Parents For Spouse

And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, came with his sons and his wife to Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:

Verse ConceptsEncampmentsCamp, Of IsraelIsrael In The WildernessMeeting People

And he said to Moses, I thy father-in-law Jethro have come to thee, and thy wife, and her two sons with her.

Verse ConceptsMeeting PeopleTelling Of Movements

And Moses went out to meet his father-in-law, and did obeisance, and kissed him: and they asked each other of their welfare: and they came into the tent.

Verse ConceptsPeople KissingBowingGreetingsKissingKissesSpoken Greetings

And Moses told his father-in-law all that the LORD had done to Pharaoh, and to the Egyptians for Israel's sake, and all the travail that had come upon them by the way, and how the LORD delivered them.

Verse ConceptsTravelling With GodSuffering, HardshipHard TasksTelling Of GodWhy God Did Things

And Jethro, Moses's father-in-law, took a burnt-offering and sacrifices for God: and Aaron came, and all the elders of Israel to eat bread with Moses's father-in-law before God.

Verse ConceptsAaron, Life EventsBurnt offeringSacrifice, In OtEating Before God

And when Moses's father-in-law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? Why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning to evening?

Verse ConceptsActing AloneFrom Morning Till EveningWhat Do You Do?

And Moses said to his father-in-law, Because the people come to me to inquire of God:

And Moses's father-in-law said to him, The thing that thou doest is not good.

Verse ConceptsBad SituationsDoing The Right Thing

So Moses hearkened to the voice of his father-in-law, and did all that he had said.

Verse ConceptsObeying PeopleTrust In Relationshipsinvesting

And Moses let his father-in-law depart; and he went his way into his own land.

Verse ConceptsReturning to their landDispensations

And Moses said to Hobab, the son of Raguel the Midianite, Moses's father-in-law, We are journeying to the place of which the LORD said, I will give it to you: come thou with us, and we will do thee good: for the LORD hath spoken good concerning Israel.

Verse ConceptsGrace, In OtSaints, As PilgrimsFathers In LawsGod Doing GoodBrothers in law

And the children of the Kenite, Moses's father-in-law, went up out of the city of palm-trees with the children of Judah into the wilderness of Judah, which lieth in the south of Arad; and they went and dwelt among the people.

Verse ConceptsFathers In LawsBrothers in law

Now Heber the Kenite, who was of the children of Hobab the father-in-law of Moses, had severed himself from the Kenites, and pitched his tent to the plain of Zaanaim, which is by Kedesh.

Verse ConceptsBrothersTentsFathers In LawsOaksBrothers in law

And his father-in-law, the damsel's father, retained him; and he abode with him three days: so they ate and drank, and lodged there.

Verse ConceptsThree DaysFathers In Laws

And when the man rose to depart, his father-in-law urged him: therefore he lodged there again.

Verse ConceptsPeople Who Delayed

And when the man arose to depart, he, and his concubine, and his servant, his father-in-law, the damsel's father, said to him, Behold now the day draweth towards evening, I pray you tarry all night: behold, the day is coming to an end, lodge here, that thy heart may be merry; and to-morrow get you early on your way, that thou mayest go home.

Verse ConceptsNightMan's Action Tomorrow

And his daughter-in-law, the wife of Phinehas, was with child near to be delivered: and when she heard the tidings that the ark of God was taken, and that her father-in-law, and her husband were dead, she bowed herself, and travailed; for her pains came upon her.

Verse ConceptsPregnancyDaughters In LawOther Wives

And she named the child I-chabod, saying, The glory hath departed from Israel. (Because the ark of God was taken, and because of her father-in-law and her husband.)

Verse ConceptsPeople With Apt NamesTragedy

And led him away to Annas first, (for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was the high priest that same year.)

Verse ConceptsFathers, Responsibilities OfFathers In LawsRivers

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Father-In-Law (29 instances)

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πατήρ 
Pater 
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