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GreekG3962Noun (Masculine)

πατήρ

patēr

372Occurrences
G3962Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

apparently a primary word;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a father
1.prop.
(a)of the male parent
(b)of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom.)
2.Metaphorical
(a)of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat.)
16.
(b)as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (
3.Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father
(a)of created things
(b)of all sentient beings
(with)of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.)
(d)of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.); (α) by our Lord himself
LXX: chiefly and very frequently for אָב

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

G:N-M

Full Description

Greek Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

πατήρ appears 372 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

John
116
Matthew
56
Luke
48
Acts
34
Mark
18
1 John
13
Romans
13
Ephesians
11

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:3BSB

Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Acts 7:51BSB

You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.

John 15:8BSB

This is to My Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit, proving yourselves to be My disciples.

John 8:49BSB

“I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

Matthew 19:5BSB

and said, ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh’?

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.