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BASTARD

A person of dubious status (Heb. mamzēr, “mixed”). Whether the term denotes the offspring of an unmarried woman or the offspring of mixed parentage (one gentile parent) is unclear. A “bastard” cannot enter into the assembly of the Lord, even to the 10th generation of descendants (Deut. 23:2). Zech. 9:6 denounces the “mongrel” (NRSV) people of Philistine Ashdod.

A lack of discipline signifies illegitimacy (Heb. 12:8), since a father reproves only a son whom he loves (Prov. 3:12). Gk. nóthos appears also in Wis. 4:3 regarding the lack of endurance of the “illegitimate” offspring of the ungodly.

Scott Nash






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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