πατήρ

patēr

Greek G3962 Noun, masculine 414 occurrences in 367 verses
πατήρ father

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;

(c) 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).

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Concordance 367 verses

  1. Matthew 2:22 πατρὸς

    But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,

  2. Matthew 3:9 Πατέρα

    And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.

  3. Matthew 4:21 πατρὸς

    Going on from there, He saw two other brothers, James son of Zebedee and his brother John. They were in a boat with their father Zebedee, mending their nets. Jesus called them,

  4. Matthew 4:22 πατέρα

    and immediately they left the boat and their father and followed Him.

  5. Matthew 5:16 πατέρα

    In the same way, let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

  6. Matthew 5:45 Πατρὸς

    that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

  7. Matthew 5:48 Πατὴρ

    Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect.

  8. Matthew 6:1 Πατρὶ

    “Be careful not to perform your righteous acts before men to be seen by them. If you do, you will have no reward from your Father in heaven.

  9. Matthew 6:4 Πατήρ

    so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  10. Matthew 6:6 ΠατρίΠατήρ

    But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  11. Matthew 6:8 Πατὴρ

    Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask Him.

  12. Matthew 6:9 Πάτερ

    So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name.

  13. Matthew 6:14 Πατὴρ

    For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.

  14. Matthew 6:15 Πατὴρ

    But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.

  15. Matthew 6:18 ΠατρίΠατήρ

    so that your fasting will not be obvious to men, but only to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.

  16. Matthew 6:26 Πατὴρ

    Look at the birds of the air: They do not sow or reap or gather into barns—and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not much more valuable than they?

  17. Matthew 6:32 Πατὴρ

    For the Gentiles strive after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them.

  18. Matthew 7:11 Πατὴρ

    So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!

  19. Matthew 7:21 Πατρός

    Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.

  20. Matthew 8:21 πατέρα

    Another of His disciples requested, “Lord, first let me go and bury my father.”

  21. Matthew 10:20 Πατρὸς

    For it will not be you speaking, but the Spirit of your Father speaking through you.

  22. Matthew 10:21 πατὴρ

    Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.

  23. Matthew 10:29 Πατρὸς

    Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from the will of your Father.

  24. Matthew 10:32 Πατρός

    Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.

  25. Matthew 10:33 Πατρός

    But whoever denies Me before men, I will also deny him before My Father in heaven.

  26. Matthew 10:35 πατρὸς

    For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

  27. Matthew 10:37 πατέρα

    Anyone who loves his father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me; anyone who loves his son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me;

  28. Matthew 11:25 Πάτερ

    At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

  29. Matthew 11:26 Πατήρ

    Yes, Father, for this was well-pleasing in Your sight.

  30. Matthew 11:27 ΠατρόςΠατήρΠατέρα

    All things have been entrusted to Me by My Father. No one knows the Son except the Father, and no one knows the Father except the Son and those to whom the Son chooses to reveal Him.

  31. Matthew 12:50 Πατρός

    For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”

  32. Matthew 13:43 Πατρὸς

    Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

  33. Matthew 15:4 πατέραπατέρα

    For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses his father or mother must be put to death.’

  34. Matthew 15:5 πατρὶ

    But you say that if anyone says to his father or mother, ‘Whatever you would have received from me is a gift devoted to God,’

  35. Matthew 15:6 πατέρα

    he need not honor his father or mother with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.

  36. Matthew 15:13 Πατήρ

    But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots.

  37. Matthew 16:17 Πατήρ

    Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.

  38. Matthew 16:27 Πατρὸς

    For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.

  39. Matthew 18:10 Πατρός

    See that you do not look down on any of these little ones. For I tell you that their angels in heaven always see the face of My Father in heaven.

  40. Matthew 18:14 Πατρὸς

    In the same way, your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little ones should perish.

  41. Matthew 18:19 Πατρός

    Again, I tell you truly that if two of you on the earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by My Father in heaven.

  42. Matthew 18:35 Πατήρ

    That is how My heavenly Father will treat each of you unless you forgive your brother from your heart.”

  43. Matthew 19:5 πατέρα

    and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

  44. Matthew 19:19 πατέρα

    honor your father and mother, and love your neighbor as yourself.’”

  45. Matthew 19:29 πατέρα

    And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or fields for the sake of My name will receive a hundredfold and will inherit eternal life.

  46. Matthew 20:23 Πατρός

    “You will indeed drink My cup,” Jesus said. “But to sit at My right or left is not Mine to grant. These seats belong to those for whom My Father has prepared them.”

  47. Matthew 21:31 πατρός

    Which of the two did the will of his father?” “The first,” they answered. Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, the tax collectors and prostitutes are entering the kingdom of God before you.

  48. Matthew 23:9 πατέραΠατὴρ

    And do not call anyone on earth your father, for you have one Father, who is in heaven.

  49. Matthew 23:30 πατέρων

    And you say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partners with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.’

  50. Matthew 23:32 πατέρων

    Fill up, then, the measure of the sin of your fathers.

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