- πατήρ
- a father
- πατήρ
- father, Father, ancestor
- father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.
- πατήρ
- a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Derivation: apparently a primary word;KJV Usage: father, parent.
- πατήρ
- father
- G:N-M
- πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX chiefly and very freq. for אָב ;]
a father;
__1. prop.,
__(a) of the male parent:; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.), Heb.11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, Heb.12:9;Refs
Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53
__(b) of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom., al.):; pl.,Refs
Mat.3:9, Luk.1:73, Jhn.8:39, al.Refs
Mat.23:30, 32 Luk.6:23, 26 Jhn.4:20, 1Co.10:1, al.
__2. Metaph.,
__(a) of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat., al.):16.Refs
Jhn.8:41-44, Rom.4:11, 12
__(b) as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (.Refs
Jdg.17:10, 2Ki.2:12, Pro.1:8, al.): Mat.23:9 Act.7:2 22:1, 1Jn.2:13
__3. Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father;
__(a) of created things: τ. φώτων, Jas.1:17;
__(b) of all sentient beings:;Refs
Eph.3:14, 15 Heb.12:9
__(with) of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.):; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς,Refs
Mat.6:4, Luk.6:36, Jhn.4:21, Jas.3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ οὐράνιος,Refs
Mat.5:16, Mrk.11:25; esp. in the Epp., of Christians:Refs
Mat.6:14 15:13, 1Jn.2:1; with genitive qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, 2Co.1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph.1:17;Refs
Rom.8:15, 2Co.6:18, Gal.4:6, Eph.2:18 4:6
__(d) of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.);
__(α) by our Lord himself: ὁ π.,; ὁ π. μου, Mat.11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mat.7:11, al.; ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.15:13; vocat.,Refs
Mat.11:25-27, Luk.10:2, 22 Jhn.5:20-23, al.(cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.);Refs
Jhn.11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25
__(β) by Apostles: Jhn.1:14 (anarth.; see M, Pr., l.with),(cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34).Refs
Rom.15:6, 2Co.1:3 11:31, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, Heb.1:5, 1Pe.1:3, Rev.1:6
(AS)
1) generator or male ancestor
1a) either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
1b) a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and
1a) either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
1b) a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and
πατήρ
patēr
pat-ayr'
Apparently a primary word; a “father” (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
KJV Usage: father, parent.