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Lexicon :: Strong's G3971 - patrōos

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πατρῷος
Transliteration
patrōos (Key)
Pronunciation
pat-ro'-os
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
1x in 1 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:1014,*

Strong’s Definitions

πατρῷος patrōios, pat-ro'-os; from G3962; paternal, i.e. hereditary:—of fathers.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3971 in the following manner: of (one's) fathers (2x), of the fathers (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3971 in the following manner: of (one's) fathers (2x), of the fathers (1x).

  1. descending from father to son or from ancestors to their posterity as it were by right of inheritance

  2. received from the fathers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
πατρῷος patrōios, pat-ro'-os; from G3962; paternal, i.e. hereditary:—of fathers.
STRONGS G3971:
πατροως (poetic and Ionic πατρωιος), πατρωα, πατροων, (πατήρ), from Homer down, descending from father to son or from ancestors to their posterity as it were by right of inheritance; received from the fathers: νόμος, Acts 22:3 (2 Macc. 6:1; Aelian v. h. 6, 10); Θεός, Acts 24:14 (4 Macc. 12:19; and often in Greek writings θεοί πατροωι, Ζεύς πατροως etc.); τοῖς ἔθεσι τοῖς πατροωις, Acts 28:17 (Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho, c. 63; πατροως ἔθος, Aelian v. h. 7, 19 variant).
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Acts
22:3; 24:14; 28:17

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Strong's Number G3971 matches the Greek πατρῷος (patrōos),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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