Bill Mounce

For an Informed Love of God

πατήρ

Vocabulary form: 
pathvr, patrovV, oJ
Definition: 

father

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

Ephesians 4:6 one God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of all, who is above all and through all and in all.
Ephesians 5:20 giving thanks in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ to God the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) at all times and for everything.
Ephesians 5:31 “For this reason a man shall leave his father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and his mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh.”
Ephesians 6:2 “Honor your father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and mother” — which is the first commandment with a promise —
Ephesians 6:4 And fathers (pateres | πατέρες | voc pl masc), do not provoke your children to anger, but raise them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
Ephesians 6:23 Peace be to the brothers, and love with faith, from God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Philippians 2:11 and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc).
Philippians 2:22 But you know Timothy’s proven character, how as a child with his father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) he served with me in the furtherance of the gospel.
Philippians 4:20 To our God and Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) be glory forever and ever. Amen.
Colossians 1:2 to the at Colossae. saints and faithful brothers in Christ at Colossae: Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc). our
Colossians 1:3 We always thank God, the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) of our Lord our Jesus Christ, always when we pray for you,
Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc), who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light.
Colossians 3:17 And whatever you do in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) through him.
Colossians 3:21 Fathers (pateres | πατέρες | voc pl masc), do not provoke your children, your lest they become discouraged.
1 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ: Grace to you and peace.
1 Thessalonians 1:3 remembering before our God and Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) your work of faith, your labor of love and the steadfastness of your hope in our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Thessalonians 2:11 how, as you know, we treated each one of you as a father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) would treat his own children.
1 Thessalonians 3:11 Now may our God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) himself, and our Lord Jesus, direct our way to you.
1 Thessalonians 3:13 so as to establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc), at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints.
2 Thessalonians 1:1 Paul, Silvanus, and Timothy, to the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ:
2 Thessalonians 1:2 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
2 Thessalonians 2:16 Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc), who has loved us and given us eternal encouragement and good hope by grace,
1 Timothy 1:2 to Timothy, my true spiritual son: spiritual Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and Christ Jesus our Lord. our
1 Timothy 5:1 Do not rebuke but encourage an older man as a father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), younger men as brothers,
2 Timothy 1:2 to Timothy, beloved son: Grace, mercy, peace from God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and Christ Jesus our Lord.
Titus 1:4 to Titus, a true son in a common faith: Grace and peace from God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and Christ Jesus our Savior.
Philemon 1:3 Grace to you and peace from God our Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Hebrews 1:1 In the past God spoke to our fathers (patrasin | πατράσιν | dat pl masc) at different times and in various ways through the prophets,
Hebrews 1:5 For to which of the angels did God ever say, “My Son are you! Today I have fathered you”? Or again, “I will be to him a father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and he shall be to me a son”?
Hebrews 3:9 where your fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) put me to the test through their distrust, though they had seen my works
Hebrews 7:10 for he was still in the loins of his ancestor (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) when Melchizedek met Abraham.
Hebrews 8:9 It will not be like the covenant that I made with their fathers (patrasin | πατράσιν | dat pl masc) on the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, because they did not continue in my covenant and I abandoned them, says the Lord.
Hebrews 11:23 By faith Moses, when he was born, was hidden for three months by his parents (paterōn | πατέρων | gen pl masc), because they saw that he was an extraordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.
Hebrews 12:7 Endure your trials as divine discipline. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom a father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) does not discipline?
Hebrews 12:9 Furthermore, we had our natural fathers (pateras | πατέρας | acc pl masc) who disciplined us and we respected them. Should we not much more submit ourselves to the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) of spirits and live?
James 1:17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow caused by change.
James 1:27 Religion that is pure and undefiled before God the Father (patri | πατρί | dat sg masc) is this: to care for orphans and widows in their time of trouble, and to keep oneself unstained by the world.
James 2:21 Was not Abraham our father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) justified by works when he offered his son Isaac on the altar?
James 3:9 With it we bless our Lord and Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), and with it we curse those who are made in the likeness of God.
1 Peter 1:2 elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) by being set apart by the Spirit for obedience and for sprinkling with the blood of Jesus Christ. May grace and peace be yours in ever increasing measure.
1 Peter 1:3 Blessed be the God and Father (patēr | πατήρ | nom sg masc) of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to his great mercy gave us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Peter 1:17 And if you call upon him as Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) who judges impartially according to the work of each, conduct yourselves with fear during the time of your exile,
2 Peter 1:17 For he received honor and glory from God the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) when a voice borne to him by the Majestic Glory proclaimed: “This is my Son, my Beloved, on whom my favor rests.”
2 Peter 3:4 and saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For ever since our fathers (pateres | πατέρες | nom pl masc) fell asleep, everything has gone along as it has from the beginning of creation.”
1 John 1:2 this life was revealed, and we have seen it and are bearing witness and proclaiming to you the eternal life that existed with the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc) and was revealed to us —
1 John 1:3 that which we have seen and heard we proclaim also to you, so that you too may have fellowship with us; and indeed our fellowship is with the Father (patros | πατρός | gen sg masc) and with his Son Jesus Christ.
1 John 2:1 My little children, I am writing these things to you so that you may not sin. But if anyone does sin, we have an advocate with the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc), Jesus Christ the righteous one.
1 John 2:13 I am writing to you, fathers (pateres | πατέρες | voc pl masc), because you know him who is from the beginning. I am writing to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:14 I have written to you, my children, because you know the Father (patera | πατέρα | acc sg masc). I have written to you, fathers (pateres | πατέρες | voc pl masc), 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 abides in you, and you have overcome the evil one.

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