honor thy father
Revere your patriarch
Honor thy father is the beginning of the Fifth Commandment in the Hebrew Bible, typically rendered in full as "honor thy father and thy mother." The phrase invokes the biblical injunction to respect and care for one's parents.
It appears in discussions of filial duty, intergenerational obligation, or traditional family values: He was raised to honor thy father, no questions asked.
The archaic "thy" gives the expression its scriptural flavor.
- respectRegard with honor
- pay respectShow admiration formally
- commandmentAuthoritative rule to obey
- Ten CommandmentsScriptural moral code
- obeyFollow commands given
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