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

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)