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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
πατήρ, πατρός, ὁ
Greek transliteration: 
patēr
Simplified transliteration: 
pater
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3962
GK Number: 
4252
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
413
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
n-3f(2c)
Gloss: 
father, a male parent or ancestor; by extension: an honorific title, leader, archetype; (pl.) parents, ancestors (of both genders)
Definition: 
a father, Mt. 2:22; 4:21, 22; spc. used of God, as the Father of man by creation, preservation, etc., Mt. 5:16, 45, 48; and peculiarly as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mt. 7:21; 2 Cor. 1:3; the founder of a race, remote progenitor, forefather, ancestor, Mt. 3:9; 23:30, 32; an elder, senior, father in age, 1 Jn. 2:13, 14; a spiritual father, 1 Cor. 4:15; father by origination, Jn. 8:44; Heb. 12:9; used as an appellation of honor, Mt. 23:9; Acts 7:2

Greek-English Concordance for πατήρ

John 6:45 It stands written in the prophets, ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and learned from him comes to me.
John 6:46 Not that anyone has seen the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), except the one who is from God; he has seen the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 6:49 Your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) ate manna in the wilderness, and they died.
John 6:57 As the living Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) sent me, and I live because of the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), so the one who feeds on me will live because of me.
John 6:58 This is the bread that came down from heaven; it is not like that which your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) ate and died. The one who feeds on this bread will live forever.”
John 6:65 And he said, “For this reason I have said to you, ‘No one can come to me unless it is granted to him by the Father.’” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 7:22 Moses gave you circumcision — not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc) — and you circumcise a man on the Sabbath.
John 8:16 But even if I do judge, my judgment is trustworthy, because it is not I alone who judge, but I and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me.
John 8:18 I am one who bears witness about myself, and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me also bears witness about me.”
John 8:19 Then they began asking him, “Where is your father?” (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) Jesus replied, “You know neither me nor my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc). If you knew me you would know my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) also.”
John 8:27 They did not understand that he was speaking to them about the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 8:28 So Jesus said to them, “When you lift up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am he. I do nothing on my own, but speak only those things the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) has taught me.
John 8:38 I speak about the things I have seen while with my Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), but you do that which you have heard from your father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 8:39 They answered him, saying, “Our father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is Abraham!” Jesus said to them, “If you were really Abraham’s children, you would be doing the deeds of Abraham.
John 8:41 You are doing the deeds of your father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) They said to him, “We have not been born as a result of fornication; we have only one father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), God himself.”
John 8:42 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), you would love me, for I came from God and now I am here. I have not come on my own, but he sent me.
John 8:44 You belong to your father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) the devil, and your will is to carry out the desires of your father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc). He was a murderer from the beginning and never did stand in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he is giving expression to his own nature, for he is a liar and the father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of lies.
John 8:49 Jesus answered, “I do not have a demon; but I honor my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and you dishonor me.
John 8:53 Surely you are not greater than our father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) Abraham, are you? He died as did the prophets. Who are you making yourself out to be?”
John 8:54 Jesus replied, “If I glorify myself, my glory amounts to nothing. It is my Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who glorifies me, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’
John 8:56 Abraham your father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) rejoiced to see my day; he saw it and was glad.
John 10:15 just as the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) knows me and I know the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc); and I lay down my life for my sheep.
John 10:17 Therefore the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) loves me, because I lay down my life in order that I may take it back again.
John 10:18 No one takes it away from me, but I lay it down of my own free will. I have the power to lay it down, and I have the power to take it back again. This command I received from my Father.” (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc)
John 10:25 Jesus answered them, “I did tell you, yet you do not believe. The works that I am doing in my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) name speak on my behalf.
John 10:29 My Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), who has given them to me, is more powerful than all, and no one can snatch them out of my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) hand.
John 10:30 I and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) are one.”
John 10:32 Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many noble works from the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc); for which one of them do you intend to stone me?”
John 10:36 do you say regarding the one whom the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) consecrated and sent into the world, ‘You are blaspheming,’ because I said, ‘I am the Son of God’?
John 10:37 If I am not doing the works of my Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), then do not believe me;
John 10:38 but if I am doing them, even if you do not believe me, believe the works, that you may come to know and be certain that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me and that I am in the Father.” (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc)
John 11:41 So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), I thank you that you have heard me.
John 12:26 If anyone would serve me, he must follow me; and where I am, my servant will be also. If anyone would serve me, the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) will honor him.
John 12:27 “Now is my heart deeply troubled. And what am I to say? ‘Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), deliver me from this hour’? But for this very purpose I have come to this hour!
John 12:28 Father (pater | πάτερ | voc sg masc), glorify your name.” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”
John 12:49 For I have not spoken on my own authority, but the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) who sent me has himself commanded me what to say and what to speak.
John 12:50 And I know that his command is eternal life. So whatever I say, I speak just as the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) has told me.”
John 13:1 It was just before the festival of Passover, and Jesus, knowing that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), showed his love to his own who were in the world, loving them to the very end.
John 13:3 Jesus, knowing that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
John 14:2 In my Father’s (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) house there are many dwelling places; if that were not the case, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?
John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) except through me.
John 14:7 If you have known me, you will know my Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) also; and from now on you do know him and have seen him.”
John 14:8 Philip said to him, “Lord, show us the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and that will be enough for us.”
John 14:9 Jesus said to him, “Have I been so long a time with you, Philip, and you still do not know me? The one who has seen me has seen the Father! (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’ (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc)?
John 14:10 Do you not believe that I am in the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me? The words that I say to you I do not speak on my own authority, but the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) residing in me is doing his works.
John 14:11 Believe me that I am in the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) is in me, or else believe me because of the works themselves.
John 14:12 I tell you the solemn truth, the one who believes in me will do the works that I do; in fact, greater works than these will he do, because I am going to the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc).
John 14:13 And whatever you ask in my name I will do, so that the Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) may be glorified in the Son.
John 14:16 And I will ask the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and he will give you another Paraclete, to be with you forever,
John 14:20 On that day you will know that I am in my Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), and that you are in me, and that I am in you.

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