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 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.”