Etymology

be gathered to one's fathers

be ga·thered to one's fa·thers

Today it means: To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die. Full definition →

Biblical Hebrew נֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו ← Koine Greek προσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ
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  1. Koine Greek · derived fromπροσετέθη πρὸς τοὺς πατέρας αὐτοῦ
  2. Biblical Hebrew · derived fromנֶאֱסַף אֶל־אֲבוֹתָיו
  3. English todaybe gathered to one's fathers

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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