Strong G3962πατήρ
father
- Transliteration
- patēr
- Pronunciation
- pat-ayr'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Apparently a primary word; a father (literally or figuratively near or more remote): - father parent.
Detailed definition
πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אָב;]
a father;
1. prop.,
__(a) of the male parent: Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.), Heb.11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, Heb.12:9;
__(b) of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom., al.): Mat.3:9, Luk.1:73, Jhn.8:39, al.; pl., Mat.23:30, 32 Luk.6:23, 26 Jhn.4:20, 1Co.10:1, al.
2. Metaphorical,
__(a) of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat., al.): Jhn.8:41-44, Rom.4:11, 12 16.
__(b) as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (Jdg.17:10, 2Ki.2:12, Pro.1:8, al.): Mat.23:9 Act.7:2 22:1, 1Jn.2:13.
3. Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father;
__(a) of created things: τ. φώτων, Jas.1:17;
__(b) of all sentient beings: Eph.3:14, 15 Heb.12:9;
__(with) of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.): Mat.6:4, Luk.6:36, Jhn.4:21, Jas.3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς, Mat.5:16, Mrk.11:25; ὁ π. ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.6:14 15:13; esp. in the Epp., of Christians: Rom.8:15, 2Co.6:18, Gal.4:6, Eph.2:18 4:6, 1Jn.2:1; with genitive qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, 2Co.1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph.1:17;
__(d) of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.);
__(α) by our Lord himself: ὁ π., Mat.11:25-27, Luk.10:2, 22 Jhn.5:20-23, al.; ὁ π. μου, Mat.11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mat.7:11, al.; ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.15:13; vocat., Jhn.11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25 (cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.);
__(β) by Apostles: Jhn.1:14 (anarth.; see M, Pr., l.with), Rom.15:6, 2Co.1:3 11:31, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, Heb.1:5, 1Pe.1:3, Rev.1:6 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34).
(AS)
a father;
1. prop.,
__(a) of the male parent: Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.), Heb.11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, Heb.12:9;
__(b) of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom., al.): Mat.3:9, Luk.1:73, Jhn.8:39, al.; pl., Mat.23:30, 32 Luk.6:23, 26 Jhn.4:20, 1Co.10:1, al.
2. Metaphorical,
__(a) of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat., al.): Jhn.8:41-44, Rom.4:11, 12 16.
__(b) as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (Jdg.17:10, 2Ki.2:12, Pro.1:8, al.): Mat.23:9 Act.7:2 22:1, 1Jn.2:13.
3. Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father;
__(a) of created things: τ. φώτων, Jas.1:17;
__(b) of all sentient beings: Eph.3:14, 15 Heb.12:9;
__(with) of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.): Mat.6:4, Luk.6:36, Jhn.4:21, Jas.3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς, Mat.5:16, Mrk.11:25; ὁ π. ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.6:14 15:13; esp. in the Epp., of Christians: Rom.8:15, 2Co.6:18, Gal.4:6, Eph.2:18 4:6, 1Jn.2:1; with genitive qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, 2Co.1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph.1:17;
__(d) of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.);
__(α) by our Lord himself: ὁ π., Mat.11:25-27, Luk.10:2, 22 Jhn.5:20-23, al.; ὁ π. μου, Mat.11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mat.7:11, al.; ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.15:13; vocat., Jhn.11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25 (cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.);
__(β) by Apostles: Jhn.1:14 (anarth.; see M, Pr., l.with), Rom.15:6, 2Co.1:3 11:31, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, Heb.1:5, 1Pe.1:3, Rev.1:6 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34).
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3962 appears in 372 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- father365
- of18
- s13
- to9
- o2
- unto2
- by1
- fathers1
- for1
- parent1
- the1
- with1
First verses
- Matthew 2:22But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
- Matthew 3:9And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
- Matthew 4:21And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
- Matthew 4:22And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
- Matthew 5:16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 5:45That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
- Matthew 5:48Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
- Matthew 6:1Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 6:4That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 6:6But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 6:8Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
- Matthew 6:9After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
- Matthew 6:14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
- Matthew 6:15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
- Matthew 6:18That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
- Matthew 6:26Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
- Matthew 6:32(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
- Matthew 7:11If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
- Matthew 7:21Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
- Matthew 8:21And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πᾰτήρ, ὁ,
genitive and dative πατέρος, πατέρι in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, Attic dialect πατρός, πατρί (which is also the commoner form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus))]; accusative always πατέρ; vocative πάτερ: plural πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων (πατρῶν only [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.687, 8.245))]; dative πατράσι [ᾰ] (cf. Sanskrit locative plural pitṛ[snull]u, no dative plural occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus))], late Epic dialect πατέρεσσι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.40)]:— father, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.98, etc.)]; πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.118, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.180, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.4, etc.; τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 86; μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόν [prev. work] 564)]; τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the father's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, compare “SIG” 1015.7 (Halic.))], etc.; especially of God, the father of the Israelites, [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.6, +others)]; father of men, [NT (NT.Matt.6.8, +others)]; father of Jesus Christ, [Refs ([prev. work] 7.21, +others)]
II especially as epithet of Zeus, πατὴρ Ζεύς, π. Κρονίδης, π. ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.235, 21.508, 1.544, +others)]; Ζεὺς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 512, etc.; Ζεῦ πάτερ καὶ θεοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 225)]; π. Οὐρανιδᾶν Ζ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.194; ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων Ζεὺς π. Ὀλύμπιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 275, etc.)]
III respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself, ξεὶνε πάτερ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.28, 48, 8.145, compare “POxy.” 1296.15 (3rd c.AD))], etc.; in addressing an elder brother, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 65.3 (2nd c.BC).)]
IV metaphorically, father, author, ἀοιδᾶν π... εὐαίνητος Ὀρφεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.176)]; Χρόνος ὁ πάντων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41a)]; τοῦ λόγου π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 177d, compare “Phdr.” 257b, etc.)]; ὁ π. τῶν φώτων, i.e. God, the father of the stars, [NT (NT.Jam.1.17)]; οἱ π. τῶν ἀτόμων the authors of the atomic theory, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.246)]; of capital, τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 555e.)]
V title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs (“IG” 14.1272, etc.)]
VI π. πατρίδος, = Latin pater patriae, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 23, “BGU” 1074.1 (1st c.AD), “IG” 7.2713.33 (Acraeph., 1st c.AD), etc.; similarly, π. τῆς πόλεως [prev. work]5(1).1417.11 (from Methone).)]
VII in plural,
VII.1 forefathers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.209, etc.)]; ἐξέτι πατρῶν from our fathers' time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.245; ἐκ πατέρων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.45.)]
VII.2 parents, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.17, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.40, “epigram Gr.” 227 (from Teos).)]
VII.3 parentnation, opposed to colonists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51, 8.22, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 9)]. (Cf. Sanskritpitár-, Latin pater, etc.)
genitive and dative πατέρος, πατέρι in Epic dialect and Lyric poetry, Attic dialect πατρός, πατρί (which is also the commoner form in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus, and 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus))]; accusative always πατέρ; vocative πάτερ: plural πατέρες, πατέρας, πατέρων (πατρῶν only [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.687, 8.245))]; dative πατράσι [ᾰ] (cf. Sanskrit locative plural pitṛ[snull]u, no dative plural occurs in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus or 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus))], late Epic dialect πατέρεσσι [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD(?): Quintus Smyrnaeus Epicus 10.40)]:— father, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.98, etc.)]; πατρὸς πατήρ grandfather,[Refs 8th c.BC+ (14.118, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 19.180, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.4, etc.; τοῦδε κεκλῆσθαι πατρός 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 86; μητρὸς καλεῖσθαι παῖδα τοῦ π. παρόν [prev. work] 564)]; τὰ πρὸς πατρός by the father's side, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.99, compare “SIG” 1015.7 (Halic.))], etc.; especially of God, the father of the Israelites, [LXX (LXX.Deu.32.6, +others)]; father of men, [NT (NT.Matt.6.8, +others)]; father of Jesus Christ, [Refs ([prev. work] 7.21, +others)]
II especially as epithet of Zeus, πατὴρ Ζεύς, π. Κρονίδης, π. ἀνδρῶν τε θεῶν τε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 4.235, 21.508, 1.544, +others)]; Ζεὺς π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 512, etc.; Ζεῦ πάτερ καὶ θεοί 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 225)]; π. Οὐρανιδᾶν Ζ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.194; ὁ τῶν ἁπάντων Ζεὺς π. Ὀλύμπιος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 275, etc.)]
III respectful mode of addressing persons older than oneself, ξεὶνε πάτερ [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 7.28, 48, 8.145, compare “POxy.” 1296.15 (3rd c.AD))], etc.; in addressing an elder brother, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (“UPZ” 65.3 (2nd c.BC).)]
IV metaphorically, father, author, ἀοιδᾶν π... εὐαίνητος Ὀρφεύς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.176)]; Χρόνος ὁ πάντων π. [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “O.” 2.17, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 41a)]; τοῦ λόγου π. [Refs ([prev. author] “Smp.” 177d, compare “Phdr.” 257b, etc.)]; ὁ π. τῶν φώτων, i.e. God, the father of the stars, [NT (NT.Jam.1.17)]; οἱ π. τῶν ἀτόμων the authors of the atomic theory, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 1.246)]; of capital, τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκγόνους τόκους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 555e.)]
V title of a grade in the mysteries of Mithras, [Refs (“IG” 14.1272, etc.)]
VI π. πατρίδος, = Latin pater patriae, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Cicero” 23, “BGU” 1074.1 (1st c.AD), “IG” 7.2713.33 (Acraeph., 1st c.AD), etc.; similarly, π. τῆς πόλεως [prev. work]5(1).1417.11 (from Methone).)]
VII in plural,
VII.1 forefathers, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 6.209, etc.)]; ἐξέτι πατρῶν from our fathers' time, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 8.245; ἐκ πατέρων 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 8.45.)]
VII.2 parents, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 21.17, 4th c.AD: Alciphro Epistolographus 3.40, “epigram Gr.” 227 (from Teos).)]
VII.3 parentnation, opposed to colonists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.51, 8.22, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Themistocles” 9)]. (Cf. Sanskritpitár-, Latin pater, etc.)