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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)
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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 TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 22:3 - I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, G3971 and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 24:14 - But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, G3971 believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:17 - And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, G3971 yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
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