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Old & New Testament Greek Lexical DictionaryGreek Lexicon

Strong's #3966 - πατριάρχης

Transliteration

patriárchēs

Phonetics

pat-ree-arkh'-ace

Origin

from (G3965) and (G757)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TDNT

None

Definition

Thayer
Strong
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Thayer's

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

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1 ‑ אָב (awb); 7218 ‑ רֹאשׁ (roshe); 8269 ‑ שַׂר (sar); 8269 ‑ שַׂר (sar);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

BSB (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

CSB (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

ESV (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

KJV (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

N95 (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

NAS (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

NLT (4)

Acts 4

Hebrews 2

WEB (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

YLT (4)

Acts 3

Hebrews 1

ASV (4)

patriarchs 1

the patriarch 2

the patriarchs 1

BSB (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

CSB (4)

patriarchs 2

the patriarch 2

ESV (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

KJV (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

N95 (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

NAS (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

NLT (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

WEB (4)

patriarchs 2

the patriarch 2

YLT (4)

patriarch 2

patriarchs 2

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

ANT

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BEZ

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BGB

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BMT

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

BYZ

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

ELZ

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

NA26

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

SBL

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

SCV

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

STV

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

TIS

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

TRG

N-APM 1

N-GSM 1

N-NPM 1

N-NSM 1

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πατρι-άρχης, ου, ὁ,

(πατρι)

father or chief of a race, patriarch, LXX 1 Chronicles 27:22, Acts 2:29, Acts 7:8, Hebrews 7:4.

II title borne by the Bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria, Just. Nov. 3.2, etc.: — Adj. πατρι-αρχικός, ή, όν, of or belonging to him, θρόνος ib. 7 Praef. 1, cf. Cod.Just. 1.5.12.22.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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.

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

† πατριάρχης , -ου , ὁ

(< πατριά , ἄρχω ),

[in LXX: 1 Chronicles 24:31 (H1), 2 Chronicles 19:8; 2 Chronicles 26:12 (H1 H7218), 1 Chronicles 27:12 (H8269), 2 Chronicles 23:20 (H3967 H8269), 4 Maccabees 7:19; 4 Maccabees 16:25*;]

a patriarch: Acts 2:29; Acts 7:8-9, Hebrews 7:4.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

In Acts 14:6 ἡ περίχωρος (sc. γῆ) describes ";the country that lies round"; the two cities of Lystra and Derbe, ";where there were no cities but only villages organized after the Anatolian style, not according to the Hellenic municipal fashion"; (Ramsay Recent Discovery, p. 39 n..1 : cf. CRE p. 47 ff.).

List of Word Forms

πατριαρχαι πατριάρχαι πατριαρχας πατριάρχας πατριαρχης πατριάρχης πατριαρχου πατριάρχου πατριαρχών patriarchai patriárchai patriarchas patriárchas patriarches patriarchēs patriárches patriárchēs patriarchou patriárchou