be gathered to one's fathers

动词 v.
中文释义
英 /biː ˈɡæðəd tuː wʌnz ˈfɑːðəz/    美 /bi ˈɡæðɚd tə wʌnz ˈfɑðɚz/

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die. dated,literary
    — And alſo all that generacion was gathered vnto their fathers, and an other generacion aroſe after them, which nether knewe the Lord, nor yet the workes, which he had done for Iſraél.

词形变化

is gathered to one's fathers present,singular,third-person being gathered to one's fathers participle,present was gathered to one's fathers past been gathered to one's fathers participle,past

词源

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from
From Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו (neʾĕsap ʾel-ʾăḇôṯâw) and Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ (prosetéthē pròs toùs patéras autoû, Apocrypha).
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