Patḗr — G3962

Definition

masculine noun

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

1. properly, equivalent to generator or male ancestor, and either a. the nearest ancestor
1. equivalent to one advanced in years, a senior
2. metaphorically
1. the originator and transmitter of anything
2. one who stands in a father's place, and looks after another in paternal way
3. a title of honor , applied to
3. God is called the Father, a. τῶν φώτων (A. V. of lights i. e.) of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler
1. of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector
2. of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as the stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father. This conception, common in the N. T. Epistles, shines forth with especial brightness in
3. the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and (as appears from the teaching of John) made to share also in his own divine nature

Usually translated as

father, parent

Origin

apparently a primary word

Occurrences

Patḗr occurs 416 times in 369 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Matthew (56), Mark (18), Luke (47), John (115), Acts (32), Romans (14), 1 Corinthians (6), 2 Corinthians (4), Galatians (5), Ephesians (11), Philippians (4), Colossians (5), 1 Thessalonians (5), 2 Thessalonians (3), 1 Timothy (2), 2 Timothy (1), Titus (1), Philemon (1), Hebrews (8), James (4), 1 Peter (3), 2 Peter (2), 1 John (13), 2 John (3), Jude (1), Revelation (5)

• Matthew 2:22 — But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father (πατρὸς) Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
• Matthew 3:9 — And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father (πατέρα): for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
• Matthew 4:21 — And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father (πατρὸς), mending their nets; and he called them.
• Matthew 4:22 — And they immediately left the ship and their father (πατέρα), and followed him.
• Matthew 5:16 — Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father (πατέρα) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 5:45 — That ye may be the children of your Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
• Matthew 5:48 — Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father (πατὴρ) which is in heaven is perfect.
• Matthew 6:1 — Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father (πατρὶ) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 6:4 — That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father (πατὴρ) which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father (πατρὶ) which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 6:6 — But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father (πατὴρ) which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 6:8 — Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father (πατὴρ) knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
• Matthew 6:9 — After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father (πάτερ) which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
• Matthew 6:14 — For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father (πατὴρ) will also forgive you:
• Matthew 6:15 — But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father (πατὴρ) forgive your trespasses.
• Matthew 6:18 — That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father (πατρὶ) which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 6:18 — That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father (πατὴρ), which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
• Matthew 6:26 — Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father (πατὴρ) feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
• Matthew 6:32 — (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father (πατὴρ) knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
• Matthew 7:11 — If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father (πατὴρ) which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
• Matthew 7:21 — Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 8:21 — And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father (πατέρα).
• Matthew 10:20 — For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father (πατρὸς) which speaketh in you.
• Matthew 10:21 — And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father (πατὴρ) the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
• Matthew 10:29 — Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father (πατρὸς).
• Matthew 10:32 — Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 10:33 — But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 10:35 — For I am come to set a man at variance against his father (πατρὸς), and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
• Matthew 10:37 — He that loveth father (πατέρα) or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
• Matthew 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father (πάτερ), Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
• Matthew 11:26 — Even so, Father (πατὴρ): for so it seemed good in thy sight.
• Matthew 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father (πατρὸς): and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Matthew 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father (πατὴρ); neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Matthew 11:27 — All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father (πατέρα), save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
• Matthew 12:50 — For whosoever shall do the will of my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
• Matthew 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father (πατρὸς). Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
• Matthew 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father (πατέρα) and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
• Matthew 15:4 — For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father (πατέρα) or mother, let him die the death.
• Matthew 15:5 — But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father (πατρὶ) or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
• Matthew 15:6 — And honour not his father (πατέρα) or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
• Matthew 15:13 — But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father (πατὴρ) hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
• Matthew 16:17 — And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father (πατὴρ) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 16:27 — For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father (πατρὸς) with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
• Matthew 18:10 — Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 18:14 — Even so it is not the will of your Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
• Matthew 18:19 — Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father (πατρὸς) which is in heaven.
• Matthew 18:35 — So likewise shall my heavenly Father (πατὴρ) do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
• Matthew 19:5 — And said, For this cause shall a man leave father (πατέρα) and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
• Matthew 19:19 — Honour thy father (πατέρα) and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
• Matthew 19:29 — And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father (πατέρα), or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit everlasting life.