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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 418 times in 372 verses in the TR Greek.

Page 1 / 8 (Mat 2:22–Mat 23:32)

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 2:22 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father G3962 Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:9 - And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: G3962 for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:21 - And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, G3962 mending their nets; and he called them.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:22 - And they immediately left the ship and their father, G3962 and followed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:16 - Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:45 - That ye may be the children of your Father G3962 which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:48 - Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father G3962 which is in heaven is perfect.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:1 - Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:4 - That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father G3962 which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:6 - But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father G3962 which is in secret; and thy Father G3962 which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:8 - Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father G3962 knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:9 - After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father G3962 which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:14 - For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father G3962 will also forgive you:
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:15 - But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father G3962 forgive your trespasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:18 - That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father G3962 which is in secret: and thy Father, G3962 which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:26 - Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father G3962 feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 6:32 - (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father G3962 knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:11 - If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father G3962 which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 7:21 - Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 8:21 - And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. G3962
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:20 - For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father G3962 which speaketh in you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:21 - And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father G3962 the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:29 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. G3962
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:32 - Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:33 - But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:35 - For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, G3962 and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:37 - He that loveth father G3962 or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:25 - At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, G3962 Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:26 - Even so, Father: G3962 for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:27 - All things are delivered unto me of my Father: G3962 and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; G3962 neither knoweth any man the Father, G3962 save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 12:50 - For whosoever shall do the will of my Father G3962 which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 13:43 - Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. G3962 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:4 - For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father G3962 and mother: and, He that curseth father G3962 or mother, let him die the death.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:5 - But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father G3962 or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:6 - And honour not his father G3962 or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 15:13 - But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father G3962 hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:17 - And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 16:27 - For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father G3962 with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:10 - Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:14 - Even so it is not the will of your Father G3962 which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:19 - Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 18:35 - So likewise shall my heavenly Father G3962 do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:5 - And said, For this cause shall a man leave father G3962 and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:19 - Honour thy father G3962 and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:29 - And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, G3962 or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 20:23 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. G3962
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 21:31 - Whether of them twain did the will of his father? G3962 They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:9 - And call no man your father G3962 upon the earth: for one is your Father, G3962 which is in heaven.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:30 - And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, G3962 we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.
Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:32 - Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. G3962

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