Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

πατήρ

Vocabulary form: 
pathvr, patrovV, oJ
Definition: 

father

Frequency: 
413
GK: 
4252
Root: 
patr
Cognates: 

The patriarch (patriavrchV) is the father and head of a family or tribe.

Mnemonics: 

My father is my padre.

Mnemonic Singing: 

Help us to praise,
Father all glorious,
o'er all victorious.

Notes: 

See the declension pattern of this word in the Appendix.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 24:36 “But concerning that day and hour, no one knows, neither the angels of heaven nor the Son, but the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) only.
Matthew 25:34 Then the King will say to those on his right, ‘Come, you who are blessed by my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc); inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.
Matthew 26:29 But I say to you, I will never drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink the new wine with you in the kingdom of my Father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
Matthew 26:39 And going a short distance beyond them, he threw face himself face, to the ground, praying, “My Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), if it be possible, let this cup pass from me! Yet not as I will but as you will.”
Matthew 26:42 Once again he went away and prayed, saying, “My Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), if this cannot pass unless I drink it, may your will be done.”
Matthew 26:53 Or do you think that I cannot ask of my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and he will immediately place at my disposal more than twelve legions of angels?
Matthew 28:19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,
Mark 1:20 And immediately he called them, and they left their father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) their Zebedee in the boat with the hired men and followed him.
Mark 5:40 And they began to ridicule him. But when he had put them all out, he took the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of the child and her mother and those who were with him and went in where the child was.
Mark 7:10 For Moses said, ‘Honor your father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and your mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) or mother must be put to death.’
Mark 7:11 But you say, ‘If a man says to his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) or mother, “Whatever help you might have received from me is Corban” (that is, given to God),
Mark 7:12 then you no longer allow him to do anything for (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) or mother.
Mark 8:38 For whoever is ashamed of me and my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man will also be ashamed of him when he comes in the glory of his Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) with his holy angels.”
Mark 9:21 And Jesus asked his father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “Since childhood;
Mark 9:24 Immediately the father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of the boy cried out and said, “I believe; help my unbelief!”
Mark 10:7 ‘For this reason a man shall leave his father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother and be joined to his wife,
Mark 10:19 You know the commandments: ‘Do not murder, Do not commit adultery, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Do not defraud, Honor your father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother.’”
Mark 10:29 Jesus said, “I tell you the truth, there is no one who has left home or brothers or sisters or mother or father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) or children or fields for my sake and for the sake of the gospel
Mark 11:10 Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) David! Hosanna in the highest!”
Mark 11:25 And whenever you stand praying, forgive if you have something against someone, so that your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) in heaven may also forgive you your transgressions.”
Mark 13:12 And brother will deliver over brother to death, and a father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) his child; and children will rise up in rebellion against parents and have them put to death.
Mark 13:32 But of that day or hour no one knows, neither the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc).
Mark 14:36 And he said, “Abba, Father (patēr | πατήρ | voc sg masc), all things are possible for you. Remove this cup from me. Yet not what I will, but what you will.”
Mark 15:21 And they conscripted a certain passerby, Simon of Cyrene (the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of Alexander and Rufus), as he was coming in from the country, to bear his cross.
Luke 1:17 He will go on before him, in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc) toward their children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the righteous, in order to establish for the Lord a people who are prepared for him.”
Luke 1:32 This very one will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High; and the Lord God will give him the throne of his father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) David.
Luke 1:55 as he spoke to our fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc), to Abraham and his descendants forever.”
Luke 1:59 On the eighth day they came to circumcise the child, and they wanted to call him by the name of his father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), Zechariah.
Luke 1:62 So they motioned to his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) to find out what he would like him to be called.
Luke 1:67 Zechariah, his father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), was filled with the Holy Spirit and prophesied, saying,
Luke 1:72 He has done this to show the mercy promised to our fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), and to remember his holy covenant,
Luke 1:73 the oath that he swore to our father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) Abraham, to grant us
Luke 2:33 His father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) and mother marveled at the things that were being said about him.
Luke 2:48 And when they saw him, they were astounded, and his mother said to him, “Child, why did you treat us like this? Look, your father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) and I have been terribly worried trying to find you.”
Luke 2:49 And he said to them, “Why is it that you were looking for me? Did you not know that I would have to be in my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) house?”
Luke 3:8 Bear, then, fruits worthy of repentance. Do not even begin to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) For I say to you that God is able, out of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham.
Luke 6:23 Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven. For their fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) treated the prophets in the same way.
Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all speak well of you, for their fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) treated the false prophets in the same way.
Luke 6:36 “Be compassionate, just as your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is compassionate.
Luke 8:51 When he went into the house he did not allow anyone to go in with him except Peter and John and James, and the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of the child and her mother.
Luke 9:26 For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of this one will the Son of Man be ashamed when he comes in his glory and the glory of the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:42 While he was on his way, the demon threw him down and convulsed him. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, healed the child, and gave him back to his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc).
Luke 9:59 He said to another person, “Follow me.” But that one said, “Lord, let me first go and bury my father.” (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc)
Luke 10:21 At this time Jesus was filled with joy by the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding and revealed them to little children; yes, Father (patēr | πατήρ | voc sg masc), for such was well-pleasing in your sight.
Luke 10:22 All things have been handed over to me by my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), and no one knows who the Son is except the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), or who the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is except the Son and anyone to whom the Son decides to reveal him.”
Luke 11:2 He said to them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), may your name be held in honor; may your reign begin.
Luke 11:11 What father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) among you, should his son ask for a fish, will instead of a fish, give him a snake?
Luke 11:13 If you then, who are evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him!”
Luke 11:47 Woe to you! For you build memorials to the prophets, but your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) killed them.
Luke 11:48 So you are witnesses: you approve of the deeds of your fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), because while they killed them, you build the memorials.

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