ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ, πατριαρχης
PATRIARCHĒS, patriarchēs
Sounds Like: pat-ree-AR-khees
Translations: patriarch, a patriarch
From the root: ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'πατριά' (patria), meaning 'family' or 'lineage', and 'ἄρχω' (archo), meaning 'to rule' or 'to lead'. It refers to the head or chief of a family, tribe, or nation, particularly in an ancient or biblical context. It is used to describe the venerable male head of a family or clan, such as Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob in the Old Testament.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3966 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Hebrews — 7:4
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 7:4
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
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΑΣ — patriarchs
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΗΝ — patriarch, a patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΟΥ — of a patriarch, of the patriarch
- ΠΑΤΡΙΑΡΧΩΝ — of patriarchs
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