be gathered to one's fathers

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Etymology

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

  1. (biblical and literary, dated) To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.
    Synonyms: be gathered to one's people, be laid unto one's fathers, be put to one's fathers, (all obsolete) sleep with one's fathers; see also Thesaurus:die

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