πατήρ

Vocabulary form:

pathvr, patrovV, oJ

Definition:

father

Erasmian:

Modern:

Frequency:

413

GK:

4252

Root:

patr

Cognates:

The patriarch (patriavrchV) is the father and head of a family or tribe.

Mnemonics:

My father is my padre.

Mnemonic Singing:

Help us to praise,
Father all glorious,
o'er all victorious.

Notes:

See the declension pattern of this word in the Appendix.

Biblical Concordance

Luke 12:30	For all the nations of the world have these things as their overriding concern, and your Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) knows full well that you need them.
Luke 12:32	Do not be afraid, little flock, because your Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has determined in his pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 12:53	father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) will be divided against son and son against father (patri \| πατρί \| dat sg masc), mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
Luke 14:26	“If anyone comes to me and does not hate his own father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc) and mother, and wife and children, and brothers and sisters, and even his own life, he cannot be my disciple.
Luke 15:12	The younger of them said to the father (patri \| πατρί \| dat sg masc), ‘Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), give me the share of the property that will belong to me.’ So he divided the estate between them.
Luke 15:17	“Coming to himself, he said, ‘How many of my father’s (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc) hired servants have more than enough bread, but here I am, dying from hunger!
Luke 15:18	I will leave this place and go to my father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc), and I will say to him, ‘Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), I have sinned against heaven and before you;
Luke 15:20	So he left that place and went to his father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc). While he was still a long way from home, his father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) saw him and was filled with compassion; he ran and fell upon his neck and kissed him.
Luke 15:21	And the son said to him, ‘Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), I have sinned against heaven and before you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’
Luke 15:22	But the father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) said to his servants, ‘Quickly bring out a robe — the best one — and put it on him, and give him a ring for his finger, and sandals for his feet.
Luke 15:27	The servant said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has killed the fattened calf, he received him back safe and sound.’
Luke 15:28	But the older son became angry and refused to go in. His father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) came out and began to appeal to him,
Luke 15:29	but he answered his father (patri \| πατρί \| dat sg masc), ‘Look, these many years I have served you, and I never disregarded a command of yours, yet you never gave me a young goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.
Luke 16:24	And calling out he said, ‘Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc) Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in anguish in this flame.’
Luke 16:27	So the rich man said, ‘Then I beg you, father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), send Lazarus to the house of my father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc)
Luke 16:30	Then the rich man said, ‘No, father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc) Abraham; but if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.’
Luke 18:20	You know the commandments: ‘You shall not commit adultery; You shall not murder; You shall not steal; You shall not bear false witness; Honor your father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc) and mother.’
Luke 22:29	Just as my Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) conferred on me kingly authority, so also do I confer it on you,
Luke 22:42	saying, “Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), if you are willing, take this cup away from me. Yet, not my will, but yours be done.”
Luke 23:34	And Jesus was saying, “Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), forgive them; for they do not know what they are doing.” Then in order to divide up his clothing they cast lots.
Luke 23:46	Then Jesus, crying out in a loud voice, said, “Father (pater \| πάτερ \| voc sg masc), into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.
Luke 24:49	And behold, I am sending the promise of my Father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc) upon you, but stay in the city until you have been clothed with power from on high.”
John 1:14	And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we gazed on his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc), full of grace and truth.
John 1:18	No one has ever seen God. The only Son, himself God, the one who is in the bosom of the Father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc), he has made him known.
John 2:16	To those who were selling doves he said, “Take those out of here! Do not make my Father’s (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc) house a marketplace!”
John 3:35	The Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) loves the Son and has placed everything in his hands.
John 4:12	Surely you are not greater than our father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc) Jacob, are you, who gave us the well and drank from it himself, as did his sons and his flocks?”
John 4:20	Our fathers (pateres \| πατέρες \| nom pl masc) worshiped on this mountain, but you Jews say that the place where people should worship is in Jerusalem.”
John 4:21	Jesus said to her, “Believe me, woman, the hour is coming when you will worship the Father (patri \| πατρί \| dat sg masc) neither on this mountain nor in Jerusalem.
John 4:23	But the hour is coming, and is here already, when true worshipers will worship the Father (patri \| πατρί \| dat sg masc) in spirit and in truth; for indeed the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) is seeking just such people to be his worshipers.
John 4:53	Then the father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) realized that was at that very hour when Jesus had said to him, “Your son lives,” and he became a believer, as did his entire household.
John 5:17	But Jesus answered them, “My Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has been working until now, and I also am working.”
John 5:18	This was why the Jews were seeking all the more to kill him, because he not only used to break the Sabbath, but he also was calling God his own Father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc), thus making himself equal with God.
John 5:19	Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, the Son can do nothing on his own, but only what he sees the Father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc) doing; for whatever the Father does, the Son is doing likewise.
John 5:20	For the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) loves the Son and shows him everything that he is doing; and he will show him greater works than these, and you will be amazed.
John 5:21	For as the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to those he chooses.
John 5:22	Furthermore, the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son,
John 5:23	so that everyone should honor the Son just as they honor the Father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc). The one who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc) who sent him.
John 5:26	For as the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has life in himself, so also has he granted the Son to have life in himself;
John 5:36	But I have a witness greater than that of John; for the works that the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has given me to complete, the very works that I am doing, bear witness about me that the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has sent me.
John 5:37	And the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) who sent me has himself borne witness about me. His voice you have never heard, his form you have never seen,
John 5:43	I have come in the name of my Father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc) and you do not accept me. If someone else comes in his own name, him you will accept.
John 5:45	Do not think that I will accuse you before the Father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc); the one who accuses you is Moses, on whom you have set your hope.
John 6:27	Do not work for the food that perishes, but for the food that lasts for eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you; for on him God the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) has set his seal.”
John 6:31	Our fathers (pateres \| πατέρες \| nom pl masc) ate manna in the wilderness; as it is written, ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat.’”
John 6:32	Jesus said to them, “I tell you the solemn truth, it was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) who gives you the true bread from heaven.
John 6:37	All that the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) gives me will come to me, and anyone who comes to me I will never turn away.
John 6:40	For this is the will of my Father (patros \| πατρός \| gen sg masc), that everyone who considers the Son and comes to believe in him should have eternal life, and I will raise him up on the last day.”
John 6:42	And they were saying, “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father (patera \| πατέρα \| acc sg masc) and mother we know? How can he now say, ‘I have come down from heaven’?”
John 6:44	No one can come to me unless the Father (patēr \| πατήρ \| nom sg masc) who sent me draws him; and I will raise him up on the last day.

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