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Lexicon :: Strong's G3966 - patriarchēs

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πατριάρχης
Transliteration
patriarchēs (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-ree-arkh'-ace
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Strong’s Definitions

πατριάρχης patriárchēs, pat-ree-arkh'-ace; from G3965 and G757; a progenitor ("patriarch"):—patriarch.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3966 in the following manner: patriarch (4x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3966 in the following manner: patriarch (4x).

  1. patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor

    1. of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the tribes of Israel

    2. of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πατριάρχης patriárchēs, pat-ree-arkh'-ace; from G3965 and G757; a progenitor ("patriarch"):—patriarch.
STRONGS G3966:
πατριάρχης, πατριάρχου, ὁ (πατριά and ἄρχω; see ἑκατοντάρχης), a Hellensitic word (Winers Grammar, 26), a patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor: used of David, Acts 2:29; of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the several tribes of Israel, Acts 7:8f; of Abraham, Hebrews 7:4; of the same and Isaac and Jacob, 4 Macc. 7:19; 16:25; used for הָאָבות רֹאשׁ, 1 Chronicles 24:31 (but the text here is uncertain); for שְׁבָטִים שַׂר, 1 Chronicles 27:22; for הַמֵּאות שַׂר, 2 Chronicles 23:20.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Chronicles
24:31; 27:22
2 Chronicles
23:20
Acts
2:29; 7:8
Hebrews
7:4

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3966 matches the Greek πατριάρχης (patriarchēs),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 24:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 24:31 - These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, cast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:22 - for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham. These were the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:8

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:8 - Moreover, in Jerusalem Jehoshaphat appointed certain Levites and priests and heads of families of Israel, to give judgment for the LORD and to decide disputed cases. They had their seat at Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the captains, the nobles, the governors of the people, and all the people of the land, and they brought the king down from the house of the LORD, marching through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they set the king on the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The whole number of the heads of fathers’ houses of mighty men of valor was 2,600.
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