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

Acts 7:38 He is the one who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), and he received living oracles to give to us.
Acts 7:39 To him our fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) were not willing to be obedient, but thrust him aside, and turned in their hearts to Egypt,
Acts 7:44 “The tabernacle of witness was with our fathers (patrasin | πατράσιν | dat pl masc) in the wilderness just as the one who spoke to Moses ordered him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
Acts 7:45 And when our fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) received it in return, they brought it in with Joshua in taking possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), until the days of David,
Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked people, uncircumcised in heart and ears! You are always resisting the Holy Spirit. As your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) were, so also are you.
Acts 7:52 Which of the prophets did not your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) persecute? They killed those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers!
Acts 13:17 The God of this people Israel chose our fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc) and made the people great during their stay in the land of Egypt; then with uplifted arm he led them out of it.
Acts 13:32 And we are telling you the good news regarding the promise that was made to the fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc),
Acts 13:36 For David, after he had served the purpose of God in his own generation, fell asleep and was laid with his fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc) and saw corruption,
Acts 15:10 So now why are you testing God by putting a yoke on the neck of the disciples, which neither our ancestors (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) nor we have been able to bear?
Acts 16:1 Paul went also to Derbe and to Lystra; and there was a certain disciple there named Timothy, the son of a converted Jewish woman, whose father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) was a Greek.
Acts 16:3 Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) was a Greek.
Acts 22:1 “My brothers and fathers (pateres | πατέρες | voc pl masc), listen now to me as I make my defense to you.”
Acts 22:14 And he said, ‘The God of our fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc) has chosen you to know his will, to see the Righteous One and to hear a voice from his mouth.
Acts 26:6 And now I stand here on trial because of my hope in the promise made by God to our fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc),
Acts 28:8 It happened that the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of Publius lay sick with bouts of fever and with dysentery. Paul visited him, and when he had prayed, he laid his hands on him and healed him.
Acts 28:25 And not being in harmony among themselves, they departed after Paul made one further statement. “The Holy Spirit was right in saying to your fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc) through Isaiah the prophet:
Romans 1:7 To all who are in Rome, loved by God and called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 4:11 He received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised, so that he would be the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of all who believe but have never been circumcised, that they too might have righteousness credited to them.
Romans 4:12 He is also the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of the circumcised who are not merely circumcised but also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) Abraham had while he was still uncircumcised.
Romans 4:16 For this reason the promise is based on faith, that it may depend on grace and be made certain to all his descendants, not only to those who are under the law, but also to those who share the faith of Abraham, who is the father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of us all.
Romans 4:17 As it is written, “I have made you the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of many nations.” He is our father, in the presence of God in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being the things that do not exist.
Romans 4:18 Hoping against hope, Abraham believed that he would become the father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of many nations according to what had been spoken, “So will your descendants be.”
Romans 6:4 Therefore we were buried with him by baptism into death, so that just as Christ was raised from the dead by the glory of the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), we might walk in newness of life.
Romans 8:15 For you did not receive the spirit of slavery leading back to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. By him we cry out, “Abba! Father!” (patēr | πατήρ | voc sg masc)
Romans 9:5 To them belong the patriarchs (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc), and from them by human descent came the Christ, who is God over all, blessed forever. Amen.
Romans 9:10 Not only that, but when Rebecca had conceived twins by one man, our forefather (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) Isaac —
Romans 11:28 In regard to the gospel they are enemies for your sake, but in regard to election they are dearly loved for the sake of their forefathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc).
Romans 15:6 so that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Romans 15:8 For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of the truth of God, in order to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc),
1 Corinthians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 4:15 For though you have innumerable guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc), because I became your father in Christ Jesus through the gospel.
1 Corinthians 5:1 It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, a kind of immorality that is not tolerated even among Gentiles, for a man is living in sin with his father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) wife.
1 Corinthians 8:6 yet for us there is but one God, the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), from whom are all things and for whom we exist, and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things and through whom we exist.
1 Corinthians 10:1 For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea,
1 Corinthians 15:24 Then comes the end, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), when he has destroyed every dominion, every authority and power.
2 Corinthians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Corinthians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of mercies and God of all encouragement,
2 Corinthians 6:18 and I will be a father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) to you, and you will be sons and daughters to me,” says the Lord Almighty.
2 Corinthians 11:31 The God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of our Lord Jesus, he who is blessed forever, knows that I am not lying.
Galatians 1:1 Paul, apostle not men, through but Jesus and the who raised him from the dead —
Galatians 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ,
Galatians 1:4 who gave himself for our sins in order to rescue us from this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc),
Galatians 4:2 However, he remains under the care of guardians and managers until the time determined by his father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc).
Galatians 4:6 And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, who cries out “Abba! Father!” (patēr | πατήρ | voc sg masc)
Ephesians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and from the Lord Jesus Christ.
Ephesians 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ,
Ephesians 1:17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of glory, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation by coming to know more of him.
Ephesians 2:18 for through him we both have access by the one Spirit to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
Ephesians 3:14 For this reason I bow my knees before the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc),

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