Scriptorium tag: N
 1. forefather (benevolent superhuman being)
ref: 4293 Bibliography: DDGLC
 2. forefather (inverted attributive, nominal referent; referent: benevolent superhuman being)
ref: 8341 Bibliography: DDGLC
cf. Gr. (DDGLC lemma ID 1847) προπάτωρ  forefather, patriarch. noun (LSJ 1494a?; Preisigke 2:381?)
Example usage: (automatically extracted, use with caution and report bad examples)
Sahidic:
  • ⲁⲩⲱ ⲡⲉⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϣⲧⲟⲣⲧⲣ ⲙⲛⲧⲏⲩⲛⲟϭ ⲛϩⲟⲧⲉ . ⲁⲩⲡⲱϩ ϣⲁⲡⲧⲟⲡⲟⲥ ⲙⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲡⲣⲟⲡⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲛⲁϩⲟⲣⲁⲧⲟⲥ · ⲁⲩⲱ ⲙⲛⲡϣⲟⲙⲛⲧ ⲛⲛⲟϭ ⲛⲧⲣⲓⲇⲩⲛⲁⲙⲟⲥ · And in their great agitation and their great fear they withdrew as far as | the region of the great invisible Forefather, and of the three great triple-powers. Pistis Sophia Book 1 Part 2 (urn:cts:copticLit:pistissophia.1.petermann:13-25)
  • ⲛⲧⲟⲟⲩ ⲙⲛⲡⲕⲉϫⲟⲩⲧⲥⲛⲟⲟⲩⲥ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲃⲟⲗⲏ ϣⲁⲩⲣϫⲟⲩⲧⲁϥⲧⲉ ⲙⲡⲣⲟⲃⲟⲗⲏ ⲛⲁⲓ ⲉⲛⲧⲁϥⲡⲣⲟⲃⲁⲗⲉ ⲙⲙⲟⲟⲩ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ⲛϭⲓⲡⲛⲟϭ ⲡⲣⲟⲡⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲛⲁϩⲟⲣⲁⲧⲟⲥ · they and the other two-and-twenty emanations make up four-and-twenty emanations, which the great invisible Forefather Pistis Sophia Book 1 Part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:pistissophia.1.petermann:25-35)
  • ⲡϫⲟⲉⲓⲥ ϩⲁⲣⲉϩ ⲉⲡⲱⲛϩ ⲁⲩⲱ ⲧⲥⲱⲧⲏⲣⲓⲁ · ⲙⲡⲙⲁⲓⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ ⲛⲥⲟⲛ ⲉⲧⲧⲡⲟⲩⲣⲟⲧ · ⲛϥⲁⲁϥ ⲛⲙⲡϣⲁ ⲙⲧⲉⲩⲫⲣⲟⲥⲩⲛⲏ ⲛⲧⲙⲛⲧⲣⲣⲟ ⲛⲙⲡⲏⲩⲉ · ⲛϥϫⲟⲕϥ ⲉⲃⲟⲗ ϩⲙⲡⲃⲓⲟⲥ ⲛⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲕⲟⲥ ⲛⲧⲁϥⲫⲟⲣⲉ ⲙⲙⲟϥ · ⲛⲧϩⲉ ⲛⲛⲉⲛⲉⲓⲟⲧⲉ ⲡⲣⲟⲡⲁⲧⲱⲣ ⲛⲧⲕⲟⲓⲛⲱⲛⲓⲁ ⲛⲉϥ ⲙⲡⲉϥⲥⲙⲟⲩ ⲉϩⲣⲁⲓ ⲉϫⲱⲛ · ⲙⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩⲁⲁⲃ ⲧⲏⲣⲟⲩ ϩⲁⲙⲏⲛ May God preserve for life and health (or, salvation) the God-loving brother . . , . Pourot, and make him to be worthy of the joy of the kingdom which is in the heavens. May he live to the full the angelic life which he hath assumed, even as did our fathers, the ancestors (of our) community, and may he (pour out) his blessing upon us, and upon all the saints likewise! Amen. Encomium on Victor part 3 (urn:cts:copticLit:pscelestinus.encomium.budge:56-103)

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