πατήρ
patēr
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
- Acts 7:38 πατέρων
He was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers. And he received living words to pass on to us.
- Acts 7:39 πατέρες
But our fathers refused to obey him. Instead, they rejected him and in their hearts turned back to Egypt.
- Acts 7:44 πατράσιν
Our fathers had the tabernacle of the Testimony with them in the wilderness. It was constructed exactly as God had directed Moses, according to the pattern he had seen.
- Acts 7:45 πατέρεςπατέρων
And our fathers who received it brought it in with Joshua when they dispossessed the nations God drove out before them. It remained until the time of David,
- Acts 7:51 πατέρες
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
- Acts 7:52 πατέρες
Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers—
- Acts 13:17 πατέρας
The God of the people of Israel chose our fathers. He made them into a great people during their stay in Egypt, and with an uplifted arm He led them out of that land.
- Acts 13:32 πατέρας
And now we proclaim to you the good news: What God promised our fathers
- Acts 13:36 πατέρας
For when David had served God’s purpose in his own generation, he fell asleep. His body was buried with his fathers and saw decay.
- Acts 15:10 πατέρες
Now then, why do you test God by placing on the necks of the disciples a yoke that neither we nor our fathers have been able to bear?
- Acts 16:1 πατρὸς
Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where he found a disciple named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman and a Greek father.
- Acts 16:3 πατὴρ
Paul wanted Timothy to accompany him, so he took him and circumcised him on account of the Jews in that area, for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- Acts 22:1 πατέρες
“Brothers and fathers, listen now to my defense before you.”
- Acts 22:14 πατέρων
Then he said, ‘The God of our fathers has appointed you to know His will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear His voice.
- Acts 26:6 πατέρας
And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
- Acts 28:8 πατέρα
The father of Publius was sick in bed, suffering from fever and dysentery. Paul went in to see him, and after praying and placing his hands on him, he healed the man.
- Acts 28:25 πατέρας
They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet:
- Romans 1:7 Πατρὸς
To all in Rome who are loved by God and called to be saints: Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 4:1 προπάτορα
What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather, has discovered?
- Romans 4:11 πατέρα
And he received the sign of circumcision as a seal of the righteousness that he had by faith while he was still uncircumcised. So then, he is the father of all who believe but are not circumcised, in order that righteousness might be credited to them.
- Romans 4:12 πατέραπατρὸς
And he is also the father of the circumcised who not only are circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham had before he was circumcised.
- Romans 4:16 πατὴρ
Therefore, the promise comes by faith, so that it may rest on grace and may be guaranteed to all Abraham’s offspring—not only to those who are of the law, but also to those who are of the faith of Abraham. He is the father of us all.
- Romans 4:17 Πατέρα
As it is written: “I have made you a father of many nations.” He is our father in the presence of God, in whom he believed, the God who gives life to the dead and calls into being what does not yet exist.
- Romans 4:18 πατέρα
Against all hope, Abraham in hope believed and so became the father of many nations, just as he had been told, “So shall your offspring be.”
- Romans 6:4 Πατρός
We were therefore buried with Him through baptism into death, in order that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, we too may walk in newness of life.
- Romans 8:15 Πατήρ
For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!”
- Romans 9:5 πατέρες
Theirs are the patriarchs, and from them proceeds the human descent of Christ, who is God over all, forever worthy of praise! Amen.
- Romans 9:10 πατρὸς
Not only that, but Rebecca’s children were conceived by one man, our father Isaac.
- Romans 11:28 πατέρας
Regarding the gospel, they are enemies on your account; but regarding election, they are loved on account of the patriarchs.
- Romans 15:6 Πατέρα
so that with one mind and one voice you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:8 πατέρων
For I tell you that Christ has become a servant of the circumcised on behalf of God’s truth, to confirm the promises made to the patriarchs,
- 1 Corinthians 1:3 Πατρὸς
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 πατέρας
Even if you have ten thousand guardians in Christ, you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I became your father through the gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1 πατρὸς
It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and of a kind that is intolerable even among pagans: A man has his father’s wife.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 Πατήρ
yet for us there is but one God, the Father, from whom all things came and for whom we exist. And there is but one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom all things came and through whom we exist.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1 πατέρες
I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our forefathers were all under the cloud, and that they all passed through the sea.
- 1 Corinthians 15:24 Πατρί
Then the end will come, when He hands over the kingdom to God the Father after He has destroyed all dominion, authority, and power.
- 2 Corinthians 1:2 Πατρὸς
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3 ΠατὴρΠατὴρ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort,
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 Πατέρα
And: “I will be a Father to you, and you will be My sons and daughters, says the Lord Almighty.”
- 2 Corinthians 11:31 Πατὴρ
The God and Father of the Lord Jesus, who is forever worthy of praise, knows that I am not lying.
- Galatians 1:1 Πατρὸς
Paul, an apostle—sent not from men nor by man, but by Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised Him from the dead—
- Galatians 1:3 Πατρὸς
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ,
- Galatians 1:4 Πατρὸς
who gave Himself for our sins to rescue us from the present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father,
- Galatians 4:2 πατρός
He is subject to guardians and trustees until the date set by his father.
- Galatians 4:6 Πατήρ
And because you are sons, God sent the Spirit of His Son into our hearts, crying out, “Abba, Father!”
- Ephesians 1:2 Πατρὸς
Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 1:3 Πατὴρ
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly realms.
- Ephesians 1:17 Πατὴρ
that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in your knowledge of Him.
- Ephesians 2:18 Πατέρα
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.