Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) An ancestor. See Forbear.

Multi-Version Concordance Forebear (1 Occurrence) 2 Corinthians 12:6 for if I may wish to boast, I shall not be a fool, for truth I will say; but I forebear, lest any one in regard to me may think anything above what he doth see me, or doth hear anything of me; (YLT)