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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.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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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

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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 cast lots alongside their [fn]relatives the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the fathers’ households of the priests and of the Levites—the head of fathers’ households alongside those of his younger brother.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:22

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for Dan, Azarel the son of Jeroham.

These were the princes of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 19:8

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In Jerusalem also Jehoshaphat appointed some of the Levites and priests, and some of the heads of the fathers’ households of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh and to judge [fn]disputes. So they returned to Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 23:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 23:20 - And he took the commanders of hundreds, the nobles, the rulers of the people, and all the people of the land, and brought the king down from the house of Yahweh, and they came through the upper gate to the king’s house. And they sat the king upon the royal throne.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 26:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 26:12 - The total number of the heads of the [fn]households, of mighty men of valor, was 2,600.
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