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

John 6:45 It stands written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and learned from him comes to me.
John 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 6:49 Your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) ate manna in the wilderness, and they died.
John 6:57 As the living Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) sent me, and I live because of the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
John 6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like that which your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) ate and died. The one who feeds on this bread will live forever.”
John 6:65 And he said, “For this reason I have said to you, ‘No one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 7:22 Moses gave you circumcision — not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc) — and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
John 8:16 But even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me.
John 8:18 I am one who bears witness about myself, and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me also bears witness about me.”
John 8:19 Then they began asking him, “Where is your father?” (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc). If you knew me you would know my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) also.”
John 8:27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 8:28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak only those things the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) has taught me.
John 8:38 I speak about the things I have seen while with my Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), but you do that which you have heard from your father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 8:39 They answered him, saying, “Our father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), God himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong to your father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc). He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of lies.
John 8:49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and you dishonor me.
John 8:53 Surely you are not greater than our father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) Abraham, are you? He died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”
John 8:54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
John 8:56 Abraham your father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.
John 10:15 just as the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) knows me and I know the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc); and I lay down my life for my sheep.
John 10:17 Therefore the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) loves me, because I lay down my life in order that I may take it back again.
John 10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it back again. This command I received from my Father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing in my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) name speak on my behalf.