Gloss
father, a male parent or ancestor; by extension: an honorific title, leader, archetype; (pl.) parents, ancestors (of both genders)
Forms of the word
Dictionary
πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
Greek transliteration
patēr
Simplified transliteration
pater
Numbers
Strong's number
3962
GK Number
4252
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
413
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-3f(2c)
Definition
Greek-English Concordance for πατήρ
| Matthew 2:22 | But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) Herod, he was afraid to go there, and being warned in a dream he went into the region of Galilee. |
| Matthew 3:9 | and do not presume you can say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc); for I say to you that God is able from these stones to raise up children to Abraham. |
| Matthew 4:21 | And going on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee and John his brother, in a boat with Zebedee their father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), preparing their nets. And he called to them. |
| Matthew 4:22 | Immediately they left the boat and their father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and followed him. |
| Matthew 5:16 | Let your light shine like that before others, so that they may see your good works and glorify your Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) who is in heaven.” |
| Matthew 5:45 | so that you may be sons of your Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) who is in heaven, for he makes his sun rise on the evil and on the good, and sends rain on the just and on the unjust. |
| Matthew 5:48 | You, however, are to be perfect, as your heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is perfect. |
| Matthew 6:1 | “Take care not to perform your good deeds before others so as to be seen by them; otherwise you have no reward from your Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) who is in heaven. |
| Matthew 6:4 | so that your almsgiving may be in secret; and your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sees in secret will reward you. |
| Matthew 6:6 | But when you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut the door, pray to your Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) who is in secret; and your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sees in secret will reward you. |
| Matthew 6:8 | Do not be like them, for your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) knows what you need before you ask him. |
| Matthew 6:9 | Pray then like this: ‘Our Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc) in heaven, may your name be revered, |
| Matthew 6:14 | “For if you forgive others their offenses, your heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) will also forgive you; |
| Matthew 6:15 | but if you do not forgive others their offenses, neither will your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) forgive your offenses. |
| Matthew 6:18 | so that you will not appear to others as fasting, but by your Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) who is in secret; and your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sees in secret will reward you. |
| Matthew 6:26 | Look at the birds of the air, they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) feeds them. Are you not more valuable than they? |
| Matthew 6:32 | for the Gentiles pursue all these things — for your heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) knows that you need them all. |
| Matthew 7:11 | If then you, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) in heaven give good things to those who ask him! |
| Matthew 7:21 | “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) in heaven. |
| Matthew 8:21 | Another of his disciples said to him, “Lord, permit me first to go and bury my father.” (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) |
| Matthew 10:20 | For it will not be you speaking but the Spirit of your Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) speaking through you. |
| Matthew 10:21 | “Brother will hand over brother to death, and a father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) his child, and children will rise up against parents and have them put to death. |
| Matthew 10:29 | Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc). |
| Matthew 10:32 | So everyone who will acknowledge me before others, I will acknowledge before my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) who is in heaven; |
| Matthew 10:33 | but whoever disowns me before others, I will disown before my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) who is in heaven. |
