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πατρῷος

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πατρῷος, α, ον
Greek transliteration: 
patrōos
Simplified transliteration: 
patroos
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3971
GK Number: 
4262
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.