Forms of the word
Dictionary
πατρῷος, α, ον
Greek transliteration
patrōos
Simplified transliteration
patroos
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
a-1a(1)
Gloss
ancestral, from forefathers
Definition
received from one's ancestors, paternal, ancestral, Acts 22:3; 24:14; 28:17*
Greek-English Concordance for πατρῷος
| Acts 22:3 |
“I am a Jewish man, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, educated according to the strictness of the ancestral (patrōou | πατρῴου | gen sg masc) law, being zealous for God just as you all are today. |
| Acts 24:14 |
But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a sect, thus I worship the God of our fathers (patrōō | πατρῴῳ | dat sg masc), believing all things that are according to the Law and written in the Prophets, |
| Acts 28:17 |
And it happened that after three days Paul called together the leaders of the Jews. And when they gathered, he said to them: “My brothers, though I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers (patrōois | πατρῴοις | dat pl neut), yet I was delivered as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans. |