ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΙΣ, πατριαρχαις
PATRIARCHAIS, patriarchais
Sounds Like: pah-tree-AR-khays
Translations: to patriarchs, for patriarchs, patriarchs
From the root: ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the male head of a family or tribe, especially in the Old Testament. It is a compound word formed from 'πατήρ' (father) and 'ἀρχή' (rule, beginning). In the context of the Bible, it often refers to figures like Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, who were the progenitors and leaders of the Israelite nation. It can be used in sentences to indicate a recipient or beneficiary, such as 'he spoke to the patriarchs'.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3966 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΠΑΤΡΑΡΧΟΝ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΙ — patriarchs
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΣ — patriarchs
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΝ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ — of a patriarch, of the patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΩΝ — of patriarchs
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