be gathered to one's fathers

Meaning

Verb

To be buried together with one's forebears; hence, to die.

Origin

From various passages in the Bible, including Judges 2:10, and 1 Maccabees 2:69 in the Apocrypha (see the quotations), from
Ancient Hebrew אסף ("אֲבוֹתָיו") and Koine Greek [[προστίθημι.

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