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 10:29 My Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), who has given them to me, is more powerful than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) hand.
John 10:30 I and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) are one.”
John 10:32 Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many noble works from the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc); for which one of them do you intend to stone me?”
John 10:36 do you say regarding the one whom the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:37 If I am not doing the works of my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), then do not believe me;
John 10:38 but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me and that I am in the Father.” (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc)
John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), I thank you that you have heard me.
John 12:26 If anyone would serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, my servant will be also. If anyone would serve me, the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) will honor him.
John 12:27 “Now is my heart deeply troubled. And what am I to say? ‘Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), deliver me from this hour’? But for this very purpose I have come to this hour!
John 12:28 Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
John 12:49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and what to speak.
John 12:50 And I know that his command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I speak just as the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) has told me.”
John 13:1 It was just before the festival of Passover, and Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), showed his love to his own who were in the world, loving them to the very end.
John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
John 14:2 In my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) house there are many dwelling places; if that were not the case, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) except through me.
John 14:7 If you have known me, you will know my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) also; and from now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and that will be enough for us.”
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc)?
John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) residing in me is doing his works.
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me, or else believe me because of the works themselves.
John 14:12 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 14:13 And whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and he will give you another Paraclete, to be with you forever,
John 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), and that you are in me, and that I am in you.