Posterity
Bible Usage:
- posterity used 9 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 45:7
- Last Reference: Amos 4:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Posterity
POSTER'ITY, noun [Latin posteritas, from posterus, from post, after.]
1. Descendants; children, children's children, etc. indefinitely; the race that proceeds from a progenitor. The whole human race are the posterity of Adam.
2. In a general sense, succeeding generations; opposed to ancestors.
To the unhappy that unjustly bleed,
Heav'n gives posterity t' avenge the deed.
Bible Usage:
- posterity used 9 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 45:7
- Last Reference: Amos 4:2
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: No
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance: