20 occurrences

'Parents' in the Bible

Led by the Spirit he came to the Temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus to do with regard to Him according to the custom of the Law,

Now His parents used to go up year by year to Jerusalem at the Feast of the Passover.

after staying the full number of days, when they started back home the boy Jesus remained behind in Jerusalem. His parents did not discover this,

Her parents were astounded; but He forbad them to mention the matter to any one.

So His disciples asked Him, "Rabbi, who sinned--this man or his parents--that he was born blind?"

"Neither he nor his parents sinned," answered Jesus, "but he was born blind in order that God's mercy might be openly shown in him.

The Jews, however, did not believe the statement concerning him--that he had been blind and had obtained his sight--until they called his parents and asked them,

"We know," replied the parents, "that this is our son and that he was born blind;

That was why his parents said, "He is of full age: ask him himself."

They were secret backbiters, open slanderers; hateful to God, insolent, haughty, boastful; inventors of new forms of sin, disobedient to parents, destitute of common sense,

Bible Theasaurus

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
γονεύς 
Goneus 
Usage: 14

πρόγονος 
Progonos 
Usage: 2