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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G4269",
  "lemma": "πρόγονος",
  "transliteration": "prógonos",
  "definition": "an ancestor, (grand-)parent",
  "kjv": "forefather, parent",
  "occurrences": 13,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G4266",
      "lemma": "προγίνομαι",
      "transliteration": "progínomai",
      "meaning": "to be already",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/G4266"
    }
  ],
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  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "1 Timothy 5:4",
      "text": "But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them learn first to show piety toward their own family and to repay…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/1-timothy/5?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Timothy 1:3",
      "text": "I thank God, whom I serve as my forefathers did, with a pure conscience. How unceasing is my memory of you in my…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-timothy/1?v=3"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 8:4",
      "text": "Don’t make fun of a rude man, lest your ancestors be dishonored.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/8?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 8:19",
      "text": "Moreover, he recounted to them the help given from time to time in the days of their ancestors, both in the days of…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/8?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Maccabees 11:25",
      "text": "choosing therefore that this nation also should be free from disturbance, we determine that their temple is to be…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/2-maccabees/11?v=25"
    },
    {
      "reference": "3 Maccabees 5:31",
      "text": "“Your parents, or your children, were they here, would have given a large meal to these wild animals, not these…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/5?v=31"
    },
    {
      "reference": "3 Maccabees 6:28",
      "text": "Release the sons of the almighty living God of heaven, who from our ancestors’ times until now has granted a glorious…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/6?v=28"
    },
    {
      "reference": "3 Maccabees 7:7",
      "text": "and taking into consideration their constancy and fidelity toward us and toward our ancestors, we have, as we ought…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/3-maccabees/7?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 3:8",
      "text": "then when evening came, sweating and very weary, he came to the royal tent, around which the entire army of our…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "4 Maccabees 5:29",
      "text": "nor will I transgress the sacred oaths of my forefathers to keep the law.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/5?v=29"
    }
  ],
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