πατριάρχης
patriarchēs · patriarch
Greek word · Strong’s number G3966 · appears 4 times in the Bible
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patriarchēs (πατριάρχης) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “patriarch”.
A father and head of a people or family, such as Abraham, the sons of Jacob, or David.
How to say it
pa·tri·ar·chēs
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Father and head of a people.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- patriarch ×2
- patriarchs ×2
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Acts 2:29
Brothers, it is permitted to speak to you with frankness about the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
- Acts 7:8
And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and so Abraham fathered Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day, and Isaac fathered Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.
- Acts 7:9
And the patriarchs, jealous of Joseph, sold him into Egypt; and God was with him
- Hebrews 7:4
See then how great this one was, to whom Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth of the spoils.