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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πατριάρχης

(Strong's #3966 — Noun Masculine — patriarches — pat-ree-arkh'-ace )

from patria, "a family," and archo, "to rule," is found in Acts 2:29; 7:8,9; Hebrews 7:4 . In the Sept., 1 Chronicles 24:31; 27:22; 2 Chronicles 19:8; 23:20; 26:12 .

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Patriarch'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​p/patriarch.html. 1940.
 
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