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Lexicon :: Strong's G3962 - patēr

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πατήρ
Transliteration
patēr (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-ayr'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a root word
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TDNT Reference: 5:945,805

Strong’s Definitions

πατήρ patḗr, pat-ayr'; apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):—father, parent.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 419x

The KJV translates Strong's G3962 in the following manner: Father (268x), father (150x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 419x
The KJV translates Strong's G3962 in the following manner: Father (268x), father (150x).
  1. generator or male ancestor

    1. either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents

    2. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David

      1. fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation

    3. one advanced in years, a senior

  2. metaph.

    1. the originator and transmitter of anything

      1. the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself

      2. one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds

    2. one who stands in a father's place and looks after another in a paternal way

    3. a title of honour

      1. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received

      2. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others

  3. God is called the Father

    1. of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler

    2. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector

      1. of spiritual beings and of all men

    3. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father

    4. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature

      1. by Jesus Christ himself

      2. by the apostles

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πατήρ patḗr, pat-ayr'; apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):—father, parent.
STRONGS G3962:
πατήρ (from the root, pa; literally, nourisher, protector, upholder; (Curtius, § 348)), πατρός, πατρί, πατέρα, vocative πάτερ (for which the nominative πατήρ is five times used, and (anarthrous) πατήρ in John 17:21 T Tr WH, 24 and 25 L T Tr WH; cf. B. § 129, 5; Winers Grammar, § 29, 2; WH's Appendix, p. 158), plural πατέρες, πατέρων, πατρασι (Hebrews 1:1), πατέρας, (from Homer down), the Sept. for אָב, a father;
1. properly, equivalent to generator or male ancestor, and either
a. the nearest ancestor: Matthew 2:22; Matthew 4:21; Matthew 8:21; Luke 1:17; John 4:53; Acts 7:14; 1 Corinthians 5:1, etc.; οἱ πατέρες τῆς σαρκός, fathers of the corporeal nature, natural fathers (opposed to πατήρ τῶν πνευμάτων), Hebrews 12:9; plural of both parents, Hebrews 11:23 (not infrequent in secular auth, cf. Delitzsch at the passage); or
b. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Matthew 3:9; Luke 1:73; Luke 16:24; John 8:39, 53; Acts 7:2; Romans 4:1 Rec., Romans 4:17f, etc.; Isaac, Romans 9:10; Jacob, John 4:12; David, Mark 11:10; Luke 1:32; plural, fathers i. e. ancestor's, forefathers, Matthew 23:30, 32; Luke 6:23, 26; Luke 11:47; John 4:20; John 6:31; Acts 3:13, 25; 1 Corinthians 10:1, etc., and often in Greek writings from Homer down; so too אָבות, 1 Kings 8:21; Psalm 21:5 (Ps. 22:5), etc.; in the stricter sense of the founders of a race, John 7:22; Romans 9:5; Romans 11:28.
c. equivalent to one advanced in years, a senior: 1 John 2:13f.
2. metaphorically;
a. the originator and transmitter of anything: πατήρ περιτομῆς, Romans 4:12; the author of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself: so πατήρ πάντων τῶν πιστευόντων, Romans 4:11, cf. Romans 4:12, 16 (1 Macc. 2:54); one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds, John 8:38, 41f, 44; the phrase ἐκ πατρός τίνος εἶναι is used of one who shows himself as like another in spirit and purpose as though he had inherited his nature from him, John 8:44.
b. one who stands in a father's place, and looks after another in paternal way: 1 Corinthians 4:15.
c. a title of honor (cf. Sophocles, Lexicon, under the word), applied to
α. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received: Matthew 23:9 (of prophets, 2 Kings 2:12; 2 Kings 6:21).
β. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was, by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others: Acts 7:2; Acts 22:1; cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus i., p. 7{a}.
3. God is called the Father,
a. τῶν φώτων (A. V. of lights i. e.) of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler, James 1:17.
b. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector: Ephesians 3:14f G L T Tr WH; τῶν πνευμάτων, of spiritual beings, Hebrews 12:9; and, for the same reason, of all men (πατήρ τοῦ παντός ἀνθρώπων γένους, Josephus, Antiquities 4, 8, 24): so in the Synoptic Gospels, especially Matthew, Matthew 6:4, 8, 15; Matthew 24:36; Luke 6:36; Luke 11:2; Luke 12:30, 32; John 4:21, 23; James 3:9; πατήρ ἐν (τοῖς) οὐρανοῖς, the Father in heaven, Matthew 5:16, 45, 48; Matthew 6:1, 9; Matthew 7:11, 21; Matthew 18:14; Mark 11:25, 26 R G L; Luke 11:13 (ἐξ οὐρανοῦ; cf. Buttmann, § 151, 2{a}; Winer's Grammar, § 66, 6); πατήρ οὐρανοῖς, the heavenly Father, Matthew 6:14, 26, 32; Matthew 15:13.
c. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as the stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father. This conception, common in the N. T. Epistles, shines forth with especial brightness in Romans 8:15; Galatians 4:6; in John's use of the term it seems to include the additional idea of one who by the power of his Spirit, operative in the gospel, has begotten them anew to a life of holiness (see γεννάω, 2 d.): absolutely, 2 Corinthians 6:18; Ephesians 2:18; 1 John 2:1, 14(1 John 2:13),1 John 2:16; 1 John 3:1; Θεός καί πατήρ πάντων, of all Christians, Ephesians 4:6; with the addition of a genitive of quality (Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 b.; § 132, 10), πατήρ τῶν οἰκτίρμων, 2 Corinthians 1:3; τῆς δόξης, Ephesians 1:17; on the phrases Θεός καί πατήρ ἡμῶν, Θεός πατήρ, etc., see Θεός, 3, p. 288{a}.
d. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and (as appears from the teaching of John) made to share also in his own divine nature; he is so called,
α. by Jesus himself: simply πατήρ (opposed to υἱός), Matthew 11:25-27; Luke 10:21; John 5:20-23, 26, 36; John 10:15, 30, etc.; πατήρ μου, Matthew 11:27; Matthew 25:34; Matthew 26:53; Luke 10:22; John 5:17; John 8:19, 49; John 10:18, 32, and often in John's Gospel; Revelation 2:28 (Revelation 2:27); Rev 3:5,21; with ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς added, Matthew 7:11, 21, 32; Matthew 12:50; Matthew 16:17; Matthew 18:10, 19; οὐράνιος, Matthew 15:13; ἐπουράνιος, Matthew 18:35 Rec.
β. by the apostles: Romans 15:6; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 11:31; Ephesians 1:3; Ephesians 3:14 Rec.: Colossians 1:3; Hebrews 1:5; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:6. See (Tholuck (Bergrede Christi) on Matthew 6:9; Weiss, Biblical Theol. d. N. T., Index under Vater; C. Wittichen, Die Idee Gottes als d. Vaters (Göttingen, 1865); Westcott, Epistles of St. John, pp. 27-34, and) below in υἱός and τέκνον.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
8:21
2 Kings
2:12; 6:21
Psalms
21:5; 22:5
Matthew
2:22; 3:9; 4:21; 5:16; 5:45; 5:48; 6:1; 6:4; 6:8; 6:9; 6:9; 6:14; 6:15; 6:26; 6:32; 7:11; 7:11; 7:21; 7:21; 8:21; 11:25; 11:26; 11:27; 11:27; 12:50; 15:13; 15:13; 16:17; 18:10; 18:14; 18:19; 18:35; 23:9; 23:30; 23:32; 24:36; 25:34; 26:53
Mark
11:10; 11:25; 11:26
Luke
1:17; 1:32; 1:73; 6:23; 6:26; 6:36; 10:21; 10:22; 11:2; 11:13; 11:47; 12:30; 12:32; 16:24
John
4:12; 4:20; 4:21; 4:23; 4:53; 5:17; 5:20; 5:21; 5:22; 5:23; 5:26; 5:36; 6:31; 7:22; 8:19; 8:38; 8:39; 8:41; 8:44; 8:44; 8:49; 8:53; 10:15; 10:18; 10:30; 10:32; 17:21
Acts
3:13; 3:25; 7:2; 7:2; 7:14; 22:1
Romans
4:1; 4:11; 4:12; 4:12; 4:16; 4:17; 8:15; 9:5; 9:10; 11:28; 15:6
1 Corinthians
4:15; 5:1; 10:1
2 Corinthians
1:3; 1:3; 6:18; 11:31
Galatians
4:6
Ephesians
1:3; 1:17; 2:18; 3:14; 3:14; 4:6
Colossians
1:3
Hebrews
1:1; 1:5; 11:23; 12:9; 12:9
James
1:17; 3:9
1 Peter
1:3
1 John
2:1; 2:13; 2:13; 2:14; 2:16; 3:1
Revelation
1:6; 2:27; 2:28; 3:5; 3:21

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3962 matches the Greek πατήρ (patēr),
which occurs 1,096 times in 939 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 19 (Gen 2:24–Gen 27:38)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 2:24 -

This is why a man leaves his father and mother and bonds with his wife, and they become one flesh.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 4:20 -

Adah bore Jabal; he was the first[fn] of the nomadic herdsmen.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:18 -

Noah’s sons who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham was the father of Canaan.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:22 -

Ham, the father of Canaan, saw his father naked and told his two brothers outside.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 9:23 -

Then Shem and Japheth took a cloak and placed it over both their shoulders, and walking backward, they covered their father’s nakedness. Their faces were turned away, and they did not see their father naked.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:21 -

And Shem, Japheth’s older brother, also had sons. Shem was the father of all the sons of Eber.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:28 -

Haran died in his native land, in Ur of the Chaldeans, during his father Terah’s lifetime.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 11:29 -

Abram and Nahor took wives: Abram’s wife was named Sarai, and Nahor’s wife was named Milcah. She was the daughter of Haran, the father of both Milcah and Iscah.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:1 -

The LORD said to Abram:

Go from your land,

your relatives,

and your father’s house

to the land that I will show you.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 -

“But you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:4 -

“As for me, here is my covenant with you: You will become the father of many nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 17:5 -

“Your name will no longer be Abram;[fn] your name will be Abraham,[fn] for I will make you the father of many nations.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:31 -

Then the firstborn said to the younger, “Our father is old, and there is no man in the land to sleep with us as is the custom of all the land.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:32 -

“Come, let’s get our father to drink wine so that we can sleep with him and preserve our father’s line.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:33 -

So they got their father to drink wine that night, and the firstborn came and slept with her father; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:34 -

The next day the firstborn said to the younger, “Look, I slept with my father last night. Let’s get him to drink wine again tonight so you can go sleep with him and we can preserve our father’s line.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:35 -

That night they again got their father to drink wine, and the younger went and slept with him; he did not know when she lay down or when she got up.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:36 -

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:37 -

The firstborn gave birth to a son and named him Moab.[fn] He is the father of the Moabites of today.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:38 -

The younger also gave birth to a son, and she named him Ben-ammi.[fn] He is the father of the Ammonites of today.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:12 -

“Besides, she really is my sister, the daughter of my father though not the daughter of my mother, and she became my wife.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:13 -

“So when God had me wander from my father’s house, I said to her: Show your loyalty to me wherever we go and say about me, ‘He’s my brother.’ ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:7 -

Then Isaac spoke to his father Abraham and said, “My father.”

And he replied, “Here I am, my son.”

Isaac said, “The fire and the wood are here, but where is the lamb for the burnt offering? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:21 -

“Uz his firstborn, his brother Buz, Kemuel the father of Aram,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 -

“The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father’s house and from my native land, who spoke to me and swore to me, ‘I will give this land to your offspring’[fn] ​— ​he will send his angel before you, and you can take a wife for my son from there.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:23 -

“Whose daughter are you? ” he asked. “Please tell me, is there room in your father’s house for us to spend the night? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 -

“but will go to my father’s family and to my clan to take a wife for my son.’

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 -

“He said to me, ‘The LORD before whom I have walked will send his angel with you and make your journey a success, and you will take a wife for my son from my clan and from my father’s family.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 -

“stay in this land as an alien, and I will be with you and bless you. For I will give all these lands to you and your offspring, and I will confirm the oath that I swore to your father Abraham.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:5 -

“because Abraham listened to me and kept my mandate, my commands, my statutes, and my instructions.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:15 -

Philistines stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham, filling them with dirt.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:18 -

Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham and that the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. He gave them the same names his father had given them.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:24 -

and the LORD appeared to him that night and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your offspring because of my servant Abraham.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:5 -

Now Rebekah was listening to what Isaac said to his son Esau. So while Esau went to the field to hunt some game to bring in,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:6 -

Rebekah said to her son Jacob, “Listen! I heard your father talking with your brother Esau. He said,

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:9 -

“Go to the flock and bring me two choice young goats, and I will make them into a delicious meal for your father ​— ​the kind he loves.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:10 -

“Then take it to your father to eat so that he may bless you before he dies.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:12 -

“Suppose my father touches me. Then I will be revealed to him as a deceiver and bring a curse rather than a blessing on myself.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:14 -

So he went and got the goats and brought them to his mother, and his mother made the delicious food his father loved.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:18 -

When he came to his father, he said, “My father.”

And he answered, “Here I am. Who are you, my son? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:19 -

Jacob replied to his father, “I am Esau, your firstborn. I have done as you told me. Please sit up and eat some of my game so that you may bless me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:22 -

So Jacob came closer to his father Isaac. When he touched him, he said, “The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:26 -

Then his father Isaac said to him, “Please come closer and kiss me, my son.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:29 -

May peoples serve you

and nations bow in homage to you.

Be master over your relatives;

may your mother’s sons bow in homage to you.

Those who curse you will be cursed,

and those who bless you will be blessed.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:30 -

As soon as Isaac had finished blessing Jacob and Jacob had left the presence of his father Isaac, his brother Esau arrived from his hunting.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:31 -

He had also made some delicious food and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father get up and eat some of his son’s game, so that you may bless me.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:32 -

But his father Isaac said to him, “Who are you? ”

He answered, “I am Esau your firstborn son.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:34 -

When Esau heard his father’s words, he cried out with a loud and bitter cry and said to his father, “Bless me too, my father! ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:36 -

So he said, “Isn’t he rightly named Jacob?[fn] For he has cheated me twice now. He took my birthright, and look, now he has taken my blessing.” Then he asked, “Haven’t you saved a blessing for me? ”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 27:38 -

Esau said to his father, “Do you have only one blessing, my father? Bless me too, my father! ” And Esau wept loudly.[fn]


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