Topic
Bastard
13 passages cited, from 4 classic reference works.
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The verses
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- Deuteronomy 23:2Easton · Smith · ISBE · Nave Excluded from the congregation
A bastard shall not enter into the congregation of the LORD; even to his tenth generation shall he not enter into the congregation of the LORD.
- Zechariah 9:6Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.
- Hebrews 12:8Easton · ISBE · Nave FIGURATIVE
But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.
- Genesis 16:3Nave INSTANCES OF — Ishmael
And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 16:15Nave INSTANCES OF — Ishmael
¶ And Hagar bare Abram a son: and Abram called his son’s name, which Hagar bare, Ishmael.
- Genesis 19:36Nave INSTANCES OF — Moab and Ammon
Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father.
- Genesis 19:37Nave INSTANCES OF — Moab and Ammon
And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day.
- Leviticus 18:6–20ISBE
¶ None of you shall approach to any that is near of kin to him, to uncover their nakedness: I am the LORD. The nakedness of thy father, or the nakedness of thy mother, shalt thou not uncover: she is thy mother; thou shalt not uncover her nakedness. The…
- Leviticus 20:10–21ISBE
¶ And the man that committeth adultery with another man’s wife, even he that committeth adultery with his neighbour’s wife, the adulterer and the adulteress shall surely be put to death. And the man that lieth with his father’s wife hath uncovered his…
- Judges 11:1–7Easton
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah. And Gilead’s wife bare him sons; and his wife’s sons grew up, and they thrust out Jephthah, and said unto him, Thou shalt not inherit in our…
- Judges 11:1Nave INSTANCES OF — Jephthah
Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a mighty man of valour, and he was the son of an harlot: and Gilead begat Jephthah.
- 2 Samuel 11:2–5Nave INSTANCES OF — David's child by Bath-sheba
¶ And it came to pass in an eveningtide, that David arose from off his bed, and walked upon the roof of the king’s house: and from the roof he saw a woman washing herself; and the woman was very beautiful to look upon. And David sent and enquired after the…
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- Galatians 4:22 Nave INSTANCES OF — Ishmael
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 4 references
In the Old Testament the rendering of the Hebrew word mamzer’, which means “polluted.” In Deut. 23:2, it occurs in the ordinary sense of illegitimate offspring. In Zech. 9:6, the word is used in the sense of foreigner. From the history of Jephthah we learn that there were bastard offspring among the Jews (Judg. 11:1-7). In Heb. 12:8, the word (Gr. nothoi) is used in its ordinary sense, and denotes those who do not share the privileges of God’s children.
Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884) · 1 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
bas'-tard (mamzer; nothos): In De 23:2 probably the offspring of an incestuous union, or of a marriage within the prohibited degrees of affinity (Le 18:6-20; 20:10-21). He and his descendants to the tenth generation are excluded from the assembly of the Lord. (See Driver, at the place). Zechariah (Zec 9:6), after prophesying the overthrow of three Philistine cities, declares of the fourth: "And a bastard (the Revised Version, margin "a bastard race") 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 (He 12:8) 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.
T. Ress
In the topical indexes
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915); Nave's Topical Bible (1896), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.