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bas´tard (ממזר, mamzeÌ„r; νοÌθος, noÌthos): In probably the offspring of an incestuous union, or of a marriage within the prohibited degrees of affinity (-20; -21). He and his descendants to the tenth generation are excluded from the assembly of the Lord. (See Driver, at the place). Zechariah (), after prophesying the overthrow of three Philistine cities, declares of the fourth: “And a bastard (the Revised Version, margin “a bastard raceâ€) shall dwell in Ashdod,†meaning probably that a “mixed population†(BDB) of aliens shall invade and settle in the capital of the Philistines. In Heb () in its proper sense of “born out of wedlock,†and therefore not admitted to the privileges of paternal care and responsibility as a legitimate son.