Patrōios — G3971

Definition

adjective

paternal, i.e. hereditary

Usually translated as

of fathers

Origin

from G3962

• patḗr (G3962)

Occurrences

Patrōios occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Acts (3)

• Acts 22:3 — I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers (πατρῴου), and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
• Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers (πατρῴῳ), believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
• Acts 28:17 — And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers (πατρῴοις), yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.