πατήρ
father
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Full lexicon entry — Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Case
- Nominative
- The case of the subject (and the predicate nominative).
- Genitive
- The case of source, possession, or “of” — answers “whose / from what.”
- Accusative
- The case of the direct object and of extent.
- Dative
- The case of the indirect object, means, or location — “to / for / with / in.”
- Vocative
- The case of direct address (“O Lord”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one.
Grammatical forms 10 distinct
- Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine 111 times (27%)
- Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine 100 times (24%)
- Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine 94 times (23%)
- Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine 33 times (8%)
- Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine 21 times (5%)
- Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine 20 times (5%)
- Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine 14 times (3%)
- Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine 12 times (3%)
+2 more forms (7 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (Robinson–Tischendorf, public domain), counted across 412 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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John 111 verses
- John 14:24 πατρός n gen sg masc He who doesn't love me doesn't keep my words. The word which you hear isn't mine, but the Father's who sent me.
- John 14:26 πατὴρ n nom sg masc But the Counselor, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and will remind you of all that I said to you.
- John 14:28 πατέρα πατὴρ n acc sg masc n nom sg masc You heard how I told you, 'I go away, and I come to you.' If you loved me, you would have rejoiced, because I said 'I am going to my Father;' for the Father is greater than I.
- John 14:31 πατέρα πατήρ n acc sg masc n nom sg masc But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let us go from here.
- John 15:1 πατήρ n nom sg masc "I am the true vine, and my Father is the farmer.
- John 15:8 πατήρ n nom sg masc "In this is my Father glorified, that you bear much fruit; and so you will be my disciples.
- John 15:9 πατήρ n nom sg masc Even as the Father has loved me, I also have loved you. Remain in my love.
- John 15:10 πατρός n gen sg masc If you keep my commandments, you will remain in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments, and remain in his love.
- John 15:15 πατρός n gen sg masc No longer do I call you servants, for the servant doesn't know what his lord does. But I have called you friends, for everything that I heard from my Father, I have made known to you.
- John 15:16 πατέρα n acc sg masc You didn't choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain; that whatever you will ask of the Father in my name, he may give it to you.
- John 15:23 πατέρα n acc sg masc He who hates me, hates my Father also.
- John 15:24 πατέρα n acc sg masc If I hadn't done among them the works which no one else did, they wouldn't have had sin. But now have they seen and also hated both me and my Father.
- John 15:26 πατρός πατρὸς n gen sg masc n gen sg masc "When the Counselor has come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceeds from the Father, he will testify about me.
- John 16:3 πατέρα n acc sg masc They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
- John 16:10 πατέρα n acc sg masc about righteousness, because I am going to my Father, and you won't see me any more;
- John 16:15 πατὴρ n nom sg masc All things whatever the Father has are mine; therefore I said that he takes of mine, and will declare it to you.
- John 16:17 πατέρα n acc sg masc Some of his disciples therefore said to one another, "What is this that he says to us, 'A little while, and you won't see me, and again a little while, and you will see me;' and, 'Because I go to the Father?'"
- John 16:23 πατέρα n acc sg masc "In that day you will ask me no questions. Most assuredly I tell you, whatever you may ask of the Father in my name, he will give it to you.
- John 16:25 πατρὸς n gen sg masc I have spoken these things to you in figures of speech. But the time is coming when I will no more speak to you in figures of speech, but will tell you plainly about the Father.
- John 16:26 πατέρα n acc sg masc In that day you will ask in my name; and I don't say to you, that I will pray to the Father for you,
- John 16:27 πατὴρ n nom sg masc for the Father himself loves you, because you have loved me, and have believed that I came forth from God.
- John 16:28 πατρὸς πατέρα n gen sg masc n acc sg masc I came out from the Father, and have come into the world. Again, I leave the world, and go to the Father."
- John 16:32 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Behold, the time is coming, yes, and has now come, that you will be scattered, everyone to his own place, and you will leave me alone. Yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me.
- John 17:1 πάτερ n voc sg masc Jesus said these things, and lifting up his eyes to heaven, he said, "Father, the time has come. Glorify your Son, that your Son may also glorify you;
- John 17:5 πάτερ n voc sg masc Now, Father, glorify me with your own self with the glory which I had with you before the world existed.
- John 17:11 πάτερ n voc sg masc I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I am coming to you. Holy Father, keep them through your name which you have given me, that they may be one, even as we are.
- John 17:21 πατὴρ n nom sg masc that they may all be one; even as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that you sent me.
- John 17:24 πατήρ n nom sg masc Father, I desire that they also whom you have given me be with me where I am, that they may see my glory, which you have given me, for you loved me before the foundation of the world.
- John 17:25 πατήρ n nom sg masc Righteous Father, the world hasn't known you, but I knew you; and these knew that you sent me.
- John 18:11 πατήρ n nom sg masc Jesus therefore said to Peter, "Put the sword into its sheath. The cup which the Father has given me, shall I not surely drink it?"
- John 20:17 πατέρα πατέρα πατέρα n acc sg masc n acc sg masc n acc sg masc Jesus said to her, "Don't touch me, for I haven't yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers, and tell them, 'I am ascending to my Father and your Father, to my God and your God.'"
- John 20:21 πατήρ n nom sg masc Jesus therefore said to them again, "Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, even so I send you."
Acts 33 verses
- Acts 1:4 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Being assembled together with them, he charged them, "Don't depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.
- Acts 1:7 πατὴρ n nom sg masc He said to them, "It isn't for you to know times or seasons which the Father has set within His own authority.
- Acts 2:33 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Being therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.
- Acts 3:13 πατέρων n gen pl masc The God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, the God of our fathers, has glorified his Servant Jesus, whom you delivered up, and denied in the presence of Pilate, when he had determined to release him.
- Acts 3:25 πατέρας n acc pl masc You are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'In your seed will all the families of the earth be blessed.'
- Acts 4:25 πατρὸς n gen sg masc who by the mouth of your servant, David, said, 'Why do the nations rage, And the peoples plot a vain thing?
- Acts 5:30 πατέρων n gen pl masc The God of our fathers raised up Jesus, whom you killed, hanging him on a tree.
- Acts 7:2 πατέρες πατρὶ n voc pl masc n dat sg masc He said, "Brothers and fathers, listen. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he lived in Haran,
- Acts 7:4 πατέρα n acc sg masc Then he came out of the land of the Chaldaeans, and lived in Haran. From there, when his father was dead, God moved him into this land, where you are now living.
- Acts 7:11 πατέρες n nom pl masc Now a famine came over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and great affliction. Our fathers found no food.
- Acts 7:12 πατέρας n acc pl masc But when Jacob heard that there was grain in Egypt, he sent out our fathers the first time.
- Acts 7:14 πατέρα n acc sg masc Joseph sent, and summoned Jacob, his father, and all his relatives, seventy-five souls.
- Acts 7:15 πατέρες n nom pl masc Jacob went down into Egypt, and he died, himself and our fathers,
- Acts 7:19 πατέρας n acc pl masc The same took advantage of our race, and mistreated our fathers, and forced them to throw out their babies, so that they wouldn't stay alive.
- Acts 7:20 πατρός n gen sg masc At that time Moses was born, and was exceedingly handsome. He was nourished three months in his father's house.
- Acts 7:32 πατέρων n gen pl masc 'I am the God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.' Moses trembled, and dared not look.
- Acts 7:38 πατέρων n gen pl masc This is he who was in the assembly in the wilderness with the angel that spoke to him on Mount Sinai, and with our fathers, who received living oracles to give to us,
- Acts 7:39 πατέρες n nom pl masc to whom our fathers wouldn't be obedient, but rejected him, and turned back in their hearts to Egypt,
- Acts 7:44 πατράσιν n dat pl masc "Our fathers had the tent of the testimony in the wilderness, even as he who spoke to Moses commanded him to make it according to the pattern that he had seen;
- Acts 7:45 πατέρες πατέρων n nom pl masc n gen pl masc which also our fathers, in their turn, brought in with Joshua when they entered into the possession of the nations, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, to the days of David,
- Acts 7:51 πατέρες n nom pl masc "You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit! As your fathers did, so you do.
- Acts 7:52 πατέρες n nom pl masc Which of the prophets didn't your fathers persecute? They killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One, of whom you have now become betrayers and murderers.
- Acts 13:17 πατέρας n acc pl masc The God of this people chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they stayed as aliens in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm, he led them out of it.
- Acts 13:32 πατέρας n acc pl masc We bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,
- Acts 13:36 πατέρας n acc pl masc For David, after he had in his own generation served the counsel of God, fell asleep, and was laid with his fathers, and saw decay.
- Acts 15:10 πατέρες n nom pl masc Now therefore why do you tempt God, that you should put a yoke on the neck of the disciples which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?
- Acts 16:1 πατρὸς n gen sg masc He came to Derbe and Lystra: and behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a Jewess who believed; but his father was a Greek.
- Acts 16:3 πατέρα n acc sg masc Paul wanted to have him go out with him, and he took and circumcised him because of the Jews who were in those parts; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.
- Acts 22:1 πατέρες n voc pl masc "Brothers and fathers, listen to the defense which I now make to you."
- Acts 22:14 πατέρων n gen pl masc He said, 'The God of our fathers has appointed you to know his will, and to see the Righteous One, and to hear a voice from his mouth.
- Acts 26:6 πατέρας n acc pl masc Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- Acts 28:8 πατέρα n acc sg masc It happened that the father of Publius lay sick of fever and dysentery. Paul entered in to him, prayed, and laying his hands on him, healed him.
- Acts 28:25 πατέρας n acc pl masc When they didn't agree among themselves, they departed after Paul had spoken one word, "The Holy Spirit spoke rightly through Isaiah, the prophet, to our fathers,
Romans 14 verses
- Romans 1:7 πατρὸς n gen sg masc to all who are in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 4:1 προπάτορα n acc sg masc What then will we say that Abraham, our forefather, has found according to the flesh?
- Romans 4:11 πατέρα n acc sg masc He received the sign of circumcision, a seal of the righteousness of the faith which he had while he was in uncircumcision, that he might be the father of all those who believe, though they be in uncircumcision, that righteousness might also be accounted to them.
- Romans 4:12 πατέρα πατρὸς n acc sg masc n gen sg masc The father of circumcision to those who not only are of the circumcision, but who also walk in the steps of that faith of our father Abraham, which he had in uncircumcision.
- Romans 4:16 πατὴρ n nom sg masc For this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.
- Romans 4:17 πατέρα n acc sg masc As it is written, "I have made you a father of many nations." This is in the presence of him whom he believed: God, who gives life to the dead, and calls the things that are not, as though they were.
- Romans 4:18 πατέρα n acc sg masc Who in hope believed against hope, to the end that he might become a father of many nations, according to that which had been spoken, "So will your seed be."
- Romans 6:4 πατρός n gen sg masc We were buried therefore with him through baptism to death, that just like Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also might walk in newness of life.
- Romans 8:15 πατήρ n nom sg masc For you didn't receive the spirit of bondage again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
- Romans 9:5 πατέρες n nom pl masc of whom are the fathers, and from whom is Christ as concerning the flesh, who is over all, God, blessed forever. Amen.
- Romans 9:10 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Not only so, but Rebecca also conceived by one, by our father Isaac.
- Romans 11:28 πατέρας n acc pl masc Concerning the Gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But concerning the election, they are beloved for the fathers' sake.
- Romans 15:6 πατέρα n acc sg masc that with one accord you may with one mouth glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Romans 15:8 πατέρων n gen pl masc Now I say that Christ has been made a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,
1 Corinthians 6 verses
- 1 Corinthians 1:3 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 4:15 πατέρας n acc pl masc For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, yet not many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Gospel.
- 1 Corinthians 5:1 πατρὸς n gen sg masc It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father's wife.
- 1 Corinthians 8:6 πατήρ n nom sg masc yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.
- 1 Corinthians 10:1 πατέρες n nom pl masc Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;
- 1 Corinthians 15:24 πατρί n dat sg masc Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God, even the Father; when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.
2 Corinthians 4 verses
- 2 Corinthians 1:2 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Corinthians 1:3 πατὴρ πατὴρ n nom sg masc n nom sg masc Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort;
- 2 Corinthians 6:18 πατέρα n acc sg masc I will be to you a Father. You will be to me sons and daughters,' says the Lord Almighty."
- 2 Corinthians 11:31 πατὴρ n nom sg masc The God and Father of the Lord Jesus Christ, he who is blessed forevermore, knows that I don't lie.
Galatians 5 verses
- Galatians 1:1 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Paul, an apostle (not from men, neither through man, but through Jesus Christ, and God the Father, who raised him from the dead),
- Galatians 1:3 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you and peace from God the Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Galatians 1:4 πατρὸς n gen sg masc who gave himself for our sins, that he might deliver us out of this present evil age, according to the will of our God and Father--
- Galatians 4:2 πατρός n gen sg masc but is under guardians and stewards until the day appointed by the father.
- Galatians 4:6 πατήρ n nom sg masc And because you are children, God sent out the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, "Abba, Father!"
Ephesians 11 verses
- Ephesians 1:2 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Ephesians 1:3 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;
- Ephesians 1:17 πατὴρ n nom sg masc that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him;
- Ephesians 2:18 πατέρα n acc sg masc For through him we both have our access in one Spirit to the Father.
- Ephesians 3:14 πατέρα n acc sg masc For this cause, I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,
- Ephesians 4:6 πατὴρ n nom sg masc one God and Father of all, who is over all, and through all, and in us all.
- Ephesians 5:20 πατρί n dat sg masc giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
- Ephesians 5:31 πατέρα n acc sg masc "For this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will be joined to his wife. The two will become one flesh."
- Ephesians 6:2 πατέρα n acc sg masc "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with a promise:
- Ephesians 6:4 πατέρες n nom pl masc You fathers, don't provoke your children to wrath, but nurture them in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
- Ephesians 6:23 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 4 verses
- Philippians 1:2 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you, and peace from God, our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Philippians 2:11 πατρός n gen sg masc and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.
- Philippians 2:22 πατρὶ n dat sg masc But you know the proof of him, that, as a child serves a father, so he served with me in furtherance of the Gospel.
- Philippians 4:20 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Now to our God and Father be the glory forever and ever! Amen.
Colossians 5 verses
- Colossians 1:2 πατρὸς n gen sg masc to the saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Colossians 1:3 πατρὶ n dat sg masc We give thanks to God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, praying always for you,
- Colossians 1:12 πατρὶ n dat sg masc giving thanks to the Father, who made us fit to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light;
- Colossians 3:17 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Whatever you do, in word or in deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father, through him.
- Colossians 3:21 πατέρες n nom pl masc Fathers, don't provoke your children, so that they won't be discouraged.
1 Thessalonians 5 verses
- 1 Thessalonians 1:1 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God the Father and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1 Thessalonians 1:3 πατρὸς n gen sg masc remembering without ceasing your work of faith and labor of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, before our God and Father.
- 1 Thessalonians 2:11 πατὴρ n nom sg masc As you know how we exhorted, comforted, and implored every one of you, as a father does his own children,
- 1 Thessalonians 3:11 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Now may our God and Father himself, and our Lord Jesus Christ, direct our way to you;
- 1 Thessalonians 3:13 πατρὸς n gen sg masc to the end he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
2 Thessalonians 3 verses
- 2 Thessalonians 1:1 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the assembly of the Thessalonians in God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:2 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.
- 2 Thessalonians 2:16 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself, and God our Father, who loved us and gave us eternal comfort and good hope through grace,
1 Timothy 2 verses
2 Timothy 1 verse
Titus 1 verse
Philemon 1 verse
Hebrews 8 verses
- Hebrews 1:1 πατράσιν n dat pl masc God, having in the past spoken to the fathers through the prophets at many times and in various ways,
- Hebrews 1:5 πατέρα n acc sg masc For to which of the angels did he say at any time, "You are my Son, Today have I become your father?" and again, "I will be to him a Father, And he will be to me a Son?"
- Hebrews 3:9 πατέρες n nom pl masc Where your fathers tested me by proving me, And saw my works for forty years.
- Hebrews 7:10 πατρὸς n gen sg masc for he was yet in the loins of his father when Melchizedek met him.
- Hebrews 8:9 πατράσιν n dat pl masc Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers, In the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; For they didn't continue in my covenant, And I disregarded them," says the Lord.
- Hebrews 11:23 πατέρων n gen pl masc By faith, Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents, because they saw that he was a beautiful child, and they were not afraid of the king's commandment.
- Hebrews 12:7 πατήρ n nom sg masc It is for discipline that you endure. God deals with you as with children, for what son is there whom his father doesn't discipline?
- Hebrews 12:9 πατέρας πατρὶ n acc pl masc n dat sg masc Furthermore, we had the fathers of our flesh to chasten us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much rather be in subjection to the Father of spirits, and live?
James 4 verses
- James 1:17 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, nor turning shadow.
- James 1:27 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Pure religion and undefiled before our God and Father is this: to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
- James 2:21 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Wasn't Abraham our father justified by works, in that he offered up Isaac his son on the altar?
- James 3:9 πατέρα n acc sg masc With it we bless our God and Father, and with it we curse men, who are made in the image of God.
1 Peter 3 verses
- 1 Peter 1:2 πατρός n gen sg masc according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, that you may obey Jesus Christ and be sprinkled in his blood: Grace to you and peace be multiplied.
- 1 Peter 1:3 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy became our father again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
- 1 Peter 1:17 πατέρα n acc sg masc If you call on him as Father, who without respect of persons judges according to each man's work, pass the time of your living as strangers here in reverent fear:
2 Peter 2 verses
- 2 Peter 1:17 πατρὸς n gen sg masc For he received from God the Father honor and glory, when the voice came to him from the Majestic Glory, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased."
- 2 Peter 3:4 πατέρες n nom pl masc and saying, "Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation."
1 John 12 verses
- 1 John 1:2 πατέρα n acc sg masc (and the life was revealed, and we have seen, and testify, and declare to you the life, the eternal life, which was with the Father, and was revealed to us);
- 1 John 1:3 πατρὸς n gen sg masc that which we have seen and heard we declare to you, that you also may have fellowship with us. Yes, and our fellowship is with the Father, and with his Son, Jesus Christ.
- 1 John 2:1 πατέρα n acc sg masc My little children, I write these things to you so that you may not sin. If anyone sins, we have a Counselor with the Father, Jesus Christ, the righteous.
- 1 John 2:13 πατέρες πατέρα n voc pl masc n acc sg masc I write to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. I write to you, little children, because you know the Father.
- 1 John 2:14 πατέρες n voc pl masc I have written to you, fathers, because you know him who is from the beginning. I have written to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God remains in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
- 1 John 2:15 πατρὸς n gen sg masc Don't love the world, neither the things that are in the world. If anyone loves the world, the Father's love isn't in him.
- 1 John 2:16 πατρὸς n gen sg masc For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, isn't the Father's, but is the world's.
- 1 John 2:22 πατέρα n acc sg masc Who is the liar but he who denies that Jesus is the Christ? This is the Antichrist, he who denies the Father and the Son.
- 1 John 2:23 πατέρα πατέρα n acc sg masc n acc sg masc Whoever denies the Son, the same doesn't have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
- 1 John 2:24 πατρὶ n dat sg masc Therefore, as for you, let that remain in you which you heard from the beginning. If that which you heard from the beginning remains in you, you also will remain in the Son, and in the Father.
- 1 John 3:1 πατὴρ n nom sg masc Behold, how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we should be called children of God! For this cause the world doesn't know us, because it didn't know him.
- 1 John 4:14 πατὴρ n nom sg masc We have seen and testify that the Father has sent the Son as the Savior of the world.
2 John 3 verses
- 2 John 1:3 πατρός πατρός n gen sg masc n gen sg masc Grace, mercy, and peace will be with us, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.
- 2 John 1:4 πατρός n gen sg masc I rejoice greatly that I have found some of your children walking in truth, even as we have been commanded by the Father.
- 2 John 1:9 πατέρα n acc sg masc Whoever transgresses and doesn't remain in the teaching of Christ, doesn't have God. He who remains in the teaching, the same has both the Father and the Son.
Jude 1 verse
Revelation 5 verses
- Revelation 1:6 πατρὶ n dat sg masc and he made us to be a Kingdom, priests to his God and Father; to him be the glory and the dominion forever and ever. Amen.
- Revelation 2:27 πατρός n gen sg masc He will rule them with a rod of iron, shattering them like clay pots; as I also have received of my Father:
- Revelation 3:5 πατρός n gen sg masc He who overcomes will be arrayed in white garments, and I will in no way blot his name out of the book of life, and I will confess his name before my Father, and before his angels.
- Revelation 3:21 πατρός n gen sg masc He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame, and sat down with my Father on his throne.
- Revelation 14:1 πατρὸς n gen sg masc I saw, and behold, the Lamb standing on Mount Zion, and with him a number, one hundred forty-four thousand, having his name, and the name of his Father, written on their foreheads.
About this entry
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πατηρ (patḗr) is a Greek noun most often rendered “father.” Scripture first uses it in Matthew 2:22. Spanning 365 verses in 26 books, it ranks among the common words of the Greek New Testament. John dominates its distribution — 111 of 365 verses. Ranging over 3 senses, it is not a single-sense word. The sections below give every sense, occurrence, and version rendering.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's G3962 catalogs a Greek word from the Greek New Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Greek New Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 365
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 365 distinct verses.
- 26 / 27
- NT books
- The word appears in 26 of 27 New Testament books.
- #46
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Greek words (rank 46 of 5,347 Greek words by occurrence).
View all 365 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the New Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Some books belong to more than one corpus (Luke is in both the Gospels and the Lukan corpus, and so on), so these shares overlap and need not total 100%. Each figure is a share of the word’s 365 distinct verses.
- Gospels 232 verses · 64%
- Johannine 131 verses · 36%
- Lukan (Luke–Acts) 81 verses · 22%
- Pauline corpus 62 verses · 17%
- General (Catholic) Epistles 25 verses · 7%
- Hebrews 8 verses · 2%
- Revelation 5 verses · 1%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Father 347×, Fathers 49×, Father's 16×
- American Standard Version: Father 339×, Fathers 50×, Of 18×
- Berean Standard Bible: Father 339×, Fathers 46×, Father’s 18×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Father 358×, Fathers 51×, Of 38×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders G3962 across 419 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 7 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders G3962 across 439 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 18 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders G3962 across 411 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 4 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 3 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders G3962 across 464 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus 6 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Senses in Thayer's
The 3 senses Thayer's distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency or importance). The full entry — with sub-senses — is in the Lexicon Entry tab.
- generator or male ancestor
- metaph.
- God is called the Father
Word origin
Origin: apparently a root word
Apparently a primary word; a father (literally or figuratively near or more remote): - father parent.
— Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (1890), public domain.
Forms in the corpus
The 13 distinct written forms G3962 takes in the Greek New Testament, most frequent first — each parse links to that case’s occurrences in the concordance.
| Form | Parsing | Example | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| πατέρα patéra | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 3:9 | 93 |
| πατὴρ patḕr | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 5:48 | 73 |
| πατρὸς patròs | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 2:22 | 56 |
| πατρός patrós | Noun, Genitive, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 7:21 | 44 |
| πατήρ patḗr | Noun, Nominative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 6:4 | 38 |
| πατέρες patéres | Noun, Nominative, Plural, Masculine | Luke 6:23 | 24 |
| πατρὶ patrì | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 6:1 | 23 |
| πάτερ páter | Noun, Vocative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 6:9 | 21 |
| πατέρων patérōn | Noun, Genitive, Plural, Masculine | Matthew 23:30 | 14 |
| πατέρας patéras | Noun, Accusative, Plural, Masculine | Luke 1:55 | 12 |
| πατρί patrí | Noun, Dative, Singular, Masculine | Matthew 6:6 | 10 |
| πατράσιν patrásin | Noun, Dative, Plural, Masculine | Acts 7:44 | 3 |
| προπάτορα propátora | Noun, Accusative, Singular, Masculine | Romans 4:1 | 1 |
Same root — word family
Other Thayer's entries built from the same root as G3962, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- πατραλωας patralṓias G3964 parricide
- πατρια patriá G3965 family
- πατρικος patrikós G3967 paternal
- πατροπαραδοτος patroparádotos G3970 traditional
- πατρωος patrōios G3971 inherited
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 7 — not the complete family. 1 of the same-root words is a proper name (a person or place). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint usage
The same Greek word πατηρ appears 1,106 times in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), across 944 verses in 30 books.
- 1,106
- LXX occurrences
- Tagged occurrences of this Greek word in the Septuagint.
- 944
- verses
- Distinct Septuagint verses containing this word.
- 30 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 30 of the 39 Old Testament books.
Sample Septuagint occurrences
- Genesis 2:24 πατήρ
- Exodus 1:1 πατήρ
- Leviticus 10:4 πατήρ
- Numbers 3:4 πατήρ
- Deuteronomy 1:8 πατήρ
- Joshua 1:6 πατήρ
- Judges 1:14 πατήρ
- Ruth 2:11 πατήρ
- 1 Samuel 1:25 πατήρ
- 2 Samuel 2:32 πατήρ
- 1 Kings 1:6 πατήρ
- 2 Kings 1:18 πατήρ
Septuagint occurrences (same lexeme)
Every verse where the same Strong’s number (G3962) appears in the Greek Septuagint — showing the first 50 of 944. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context; the Greek form is the matched word — the English is not keyword-highlighted.
- Genesis 2:24 πατήρ Therefore a man will leave his father and his mother, and will join with his wife, and they will be one flesh.
- Genesis 4:20 πατήρ Adah gave birth to Jabal, who was the father of those who dwell in tents and have cattle.
- Genesis 9:18 πατήρ The sons of Noah who went forth from the ark were Shem, Ham, and Japheth. Ham is the father of Canaan.
- Genesis 9:22 πατήρ Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brothers outside.
- Genesis 9:23 πατήρ Shem and Japheth took a garment, and laid it on both their shoulders, went in backwards, and covered the nakedness of their father. Their faces were backwards, and they didn't see their father's nakedness.
- Genesis 10:21 πατήρ To Shem, the father of all the children of Eber, the elder brother of Japheth, to him also were children born.
- Genesis 11:28 πατήρ Haran died before his father Terah in the land of his birth, in Ur of the Chaldees.
- Genesis 11:29 πατήρ Abram and Nahor took wives. The name of Abram's wife was Sarai, and the name of Nahor's wife, Milcah, the daughter of Haran who was also the father of Iscah.
- Genesis 12:1 πατήρ Now Yahweh said to Abram, "Get out of your country, and from your relatives, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you.
- Genesis 15:15 πατήρ But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.
- Genesis 17:4 πατήρ "As for me, behold, my covenant is with you. You will be the father of a multitude of nations.
- Genesis 17:5 πατήρ Neither will your name any more be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham; for the father of a multitude of nations have I made you.
- Genesis 19:31 πατήρ The firstborn said to the younger, "Our father is old, and there is not a man in the earth to come in to us after the manner of all the earth.
- Genesis 19:32 πατήρ Come, let's make our father drink wine, and we will lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
- Genesis 19:33 πατήρ They made their father drink wine that night: and the firstborn went in, and lay with her father. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:34 πατήρ It came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said to the younger, "Behold, I lay last night with my father. Let us make him drink wine again, tonight. You go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve our father's seed."
- Genesis 19:35 πατήρ They made their father drink wine that night also. The younger arose, and lay with him. He didn't know when she lay down, nor when she arose.
- Genesis 19:36 πατήρ Thus both of Lot's daughters were with child by their father.
- Genesis 19:37 πατήρ The firstborn bore a son, and named him Moab. The same is the father of the Moabites to this day.
- Genesis 19:38 πατήρ The younger also bore a son, and called his name Ben Ammi. The same is the father of the children of Ammon to this day.
- Genesis 20:12 πατήρ Moreover she is indeed my sister, the daughter of my father, but not the daughter of my mother; and she became my wife.
- Genesis 20:13 πατήρ It happened, when God caused me to wander from my father's house, that I said to her, 'This is your kindness which you shall show to me. Everywhere that we go, say of me, "He is my brother."'"
- Genesis 22:7 πατήρ Isaac spoke to Abraham his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am, my son." He said, "Here is the fire and the wood, but where is the lamb for a burnt offering?"
- Genesis 22:21 πατήρ Uz his firstborn, Buz his brother, Kemuel the father of Aram,
- Genesis 24:7 πατήρ Yahweh, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house, and from the land of my birth, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, 'I will give this land to your seed.' He will send his angel before you, and you shall take a wife for my son from there.
- Genesis 24:23 πατήρ and said, "Whose daughter are you? Please tell me. Is there room in your father's house for us to lodge in?"
- Genesis 24:38 πατήρ but you shall go to my father's house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.'
- Genesis 24:40 πατήρ He said to me, 'Yahweh, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife for my son of my relatives, and of my father's house.
- Genesis 26:3 πατήρ Sojourn in this land, and I will be with you, and will bless you. For to you, and to your seed, I will give all these lands, and I will establish the oath which I swore to Abraham your father.
- Genesis 26:5 πατήρ because Abraham obeyed my voice, and kept my charge, my commandments, my statutes, and my laws."
- Genesis 26:15 πατήρ Now all the wells which his father's servants had dug in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.
- Genesis 26:18 πατήρ Isaac dug again the wells of water, which they had dug in the days of Abraham his father. For the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham. He called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
- Genesis 26:24 πατήρ Yahweh appeared to him the same night, and said, "I am the God of Abraham your father. Don't be afraid, for I am with you, and will bless you, and multiply your seed for my servant Abraham's sake."
- Genesis 27:5 πατήρ Rebekah heard when Isaac spoke to Esau his son. Esau went to the field to hunt for venison, and to bring it.
- Genesis 27:6 πατήρ Rebekah spoke to Jacob her son, saying, "Behold, I heard your father speak to Esau your brother, saying,
- Genesis 27:9 πατήρ Go now to the flock, and get me from there two good kids of the goats. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
- Genesis 27:10 πατήρ You shall bring it to your father, that he may eat, so that he may bless you before his death."
- Genesis 27:12 πατήρ What if my father touches me? I will seem to him as a deceiver, and I would bring a curse on myself, and not a blessing."
- Genesis 27:14 πατήρ He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
- Genesis 27:18 πατήρ He came to his father, and said, "My father?" He said, "Here I am. Who are you, my son?"
- Genesis 27:19 πατήρ Jacob said to his father, "I am Esau your firstborn. I have done what you asked me to do. Please arise, sit and eat of my venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 27:22 πατήρ Jacob went near to Isaac his father. He felt him, and said, "The voice is Jacob's voice, but the hands are the hands of Esau."
- Genesis 27:26 πατήρ His father Isaac said to him, "Come near now, and kiss me, my son."
- Genesis 27:29 πατήρ Let peoples serve you, Nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers, Let your mother's sons bow down to you. Cursed be everyone who curses you, Blessed be everyone who blesses you."
- Genesis 27:30 πατήρ It happened, as soon as Isaac had made an end of blessing Jacob, and Jacob had just gone out from the presence of Isaac his father, that Esau his brother came in from his hunting.
- Genesis 27:31 πατήρ He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, "Let my father arise, and eat of his son's venison, that your soul may bless me."
- Genesis 27:32 πατήρ Isaac his father said to him, "Who are you?" He said, "I am your son, your firstborn, Esau."
- Genesis 27:34 πατήρ When Esau heard the words of his father, he cried with an exceeding great and bitter cry, and said to his father, "Bless me, even me also, my father."
- Genesis 27:36 πατήρ He said, "Isn't he rightly named Jacob? For he has supplanted me these two times. He took away my birthright. See, now he has taken away my blessing." He said, "Haven't you reserved a blessing for me?"
- Genesis 27:38 πατήρ Esau said to his father, "Have you but one blessing, my father? Bless me, even me also, my father." Esau lifted up his voice, and wept.
These are occurrences of the same Greek lexeme (G3962) in the Septuagint — not a translation of any one Hebrew word. The store carries no word-level Hebrew↔Greek alignment, so no Hebrew original is asserted here. Counts come from the recovered LXX Strong's tagging — high-frequency vocabulary is well covered, while rare or late forms may be untagged — so they reflect tagged occurrences and may slightly undercount.
