Vocabulary Form
πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
Definition

father

Erasmian
Modern
Root
πατρ
Frequency
413
GK
4252
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.

Song
Notes

See the declension pattern of this word in the Appendix.

Biblical Concordance

Matthew 10:35 For I came to turn a man against his father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law;
Matthew 10:37 Whoever loves father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) or mother more than me is not worthy of me, and whoever loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 11:25 At that time Jesus declared, “I praise you, Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and clever and revealed them to little children;
Matthew 11:26 yes, Father (patēr | πατήρ | voc sg masc), for such was your gracious will.
Matthew 11:27 All things were handed over to me by my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), and no one knows the Son except the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc); neither does anyone know the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) except the Son and the one to whom the Son chooses to reveal him.
Matthew 12:50 For whoever does the will of my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) in heaven, he is my brother and sister and mother.”
Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc). He who has ears, let him hear!
Matthew 15:4 For God said, ‘Honor your father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother,’ and, ‘Whoever speaks evil of his father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) or mother must be put to death.’
Matthew 15:5 But you say, ‘Whoever says to his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) or his mother, “Whatever benefit you might have received from me is a gift to God,”
Matthew 15:6 he need not honor his father.’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) So you have nullified the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Matthew 15:13 And he answered, saying, “Every plant that my heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) did not plant will be rooted up.
Matthew 16:17 And Jesus responded, saying to him, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but my Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) in heaven.
Matthew 16:27 For the Son of Man is to come in the glory of his Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) with his angels, and then he will repay each person according to his conduct.
Matthew 18:10 “See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:14 In the same way, it is not the will of your Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) in heaven that even one of these little ones should perish.
Matthew 18:19 “Again, I tell you the truth, if two of you on earth are in agreement about anything whatever you may ask, it will be done for you by my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) who is in heaven.
Matthew 18:35 So also will my heavenly Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) do to you, unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.”
Matthew 19:5 And he added, “For this reason a man will leave his father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.’
Matthew 19:19 Honor your father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother, and, Love your neighbor as yourself.”
Matthew 19:29 And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) or mother or children or lands for my name’s sake will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.
Matthew 20:23 He said to them, “My cup you will drink, but to sit at my right hand and at my left is not mine to grant, but it is for those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
Matthew 21:31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) They said, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “I tell you the truth, tax collectors and prostitutes will enter the kingdom of God before you!
Matthew 23:9 And do not call anyone on earth your ‘father,’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) for you have but one Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), and he is in heaven.
Matthew 23:30 and you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), we would not have taken part with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’
Matthew 23:32 Fill up then the measure of your fathers’ (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc) guilt.