ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΣ, πατριαρχας
PATRIARCHAS, patriarchas
Sounds Like: pat-ree-AR-khas
Translations: patriarchs
From the root: ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the head or chief of a family, tribe, or race, especially in ancient times. It is a compound word derived from 'πατριά' (patria), meaning 'family' or 'lineage', and 'ἄρχω' (archo), meaning 'to rule' or 'to be first'. It is used to describe the venerable ancestors of the Israelite nation, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, or the heads of the early Christian church.
Inflection: Masculine, Plural, Accusative
Strong’s number: G3966 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:8
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Chronicles — 23:20
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 7:8
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
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΙΣ — to patriarchs, for patriarchs, patriarchs
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΝ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ — of a patriarch, of the patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΩΝ — of patriarchs
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