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an´ses-tẽrs (ר×ש×× ×™×, rı̄'shoÌ„nı̄m, “first onesâ€): The word ancestor appears in the English Bible only once (). The Hebrew word, the ordinary adjective “first,†occurs more than 200 times, and in a few places might fairly be rendered ancestors (e.g. ; ). In speaking of ancestors the Old Testament ordinarily uses the word for “fathers†('aÌ„bhoÌ„th).