ΠΑΤΕΡΕΣ, πατερες
PATERES, pateres
Sounds Like: PAH-teh-res
Translations: fathers, parents, ancestors
From the root: ΠΑΤΗΡ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to male parents, or more broadly, to ancestors or forefathers. It can also be used in a spiritual sense to refer to spiritual leaders or founders. In a sentence, it would typically function as the subject or direct address.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3962 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 25:6
Clement of Alexandria
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 62:2
Codex Sinaiticus
- Numbers — 20:15
- Deuteronomy — 30:5
- Judges — 6:13
- 2 Esdras — 19:34, 23:18
- Judith — 8:19
- 1 Maccabees — 10:72, 12:28
- 4 Maccabees — 3:20, 5:37, 13:17
- Psalms — 21:5, 38:13, 43:2, 77:3, 77:8, 77:57, 94:9, 105:7
- Proverbs — 17:6, 19:14, 22:28
- Isaiah — 37:12, 43:27
- Jeremiah — 2:5, 6:21, 7:18, 7:25, 9:13, 9:15, 16:11, 16:13, 16:19, 19:4, 23:27, 29:3, 38:29, 51:17, 51:21
- Zechariah — 1:4
- Luke — 6:23, 6:26, 11:47
- John — 4:20, 6:31, 6:49, 6:58
- Acts of the Apostles — 7:2, 7:11, 7:15, 7:39, 7:45, 7:51, 7:52, 15:10, 22:1
- Romans — 9:5
- 1 Corinthians — 10:1
- Ephesians — 6:4
- Colossians — 3:21
- Hebrews — 3:9
- 2 Peter — 3:4
- 1 John — 2:13, 2:14
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 3 — 15:311
- Book 4 — 8:260, 8:263
- Book 7 — 14:342
- Book 8 — 14:387
- Book 12 — 6:158
- Book 15 — 11:385, 11:425
- Book 20 — 10:230
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 9:58
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 46:34, 47:3, 48:15
- Exodus — 10:6
- Numbers — 20:15, 32:8
- Deuteronomy — 8:3, 8:16, 10:22, 13:6, 19:14, 24:16, 28:36, 28:64, 30:5, 32:17
- Joshua — 22:28, 24:2, 24:14
- Judges — 2:17, 2:22, 6:13, 21:22
- 1 Samuel — 12:8
- 1 Kings — 14:22, 15:12
- 2 Kings — 12:18, 14:6, 15:9, 17:41, 19:12, 20:17, 22:13, 23:32, 23:37
- 1 Chronicles — 9:19, 29:15
- 2 Chronicles — 25:4, 29:6, 29:9, 30:7, 32:13, 32:14, 34:21, 36:2, 36:5
- Ezra (Alpha) — 6:14
- Ezra (Beta) — 5:12
- Nehemiah — 9:34, 13:18
- Judith — 8:19
- Tobit — 4:12
- 1 Maccabees — 4:9, 10:72
- 2 Maccabees — 1:19
- 4 Maccabees — 3:20, 5:37, 13:17
- Psalms — 21:5, 38:13, 43:2, 77:3, 77:8, 77:57, 94:9, 105:7
- Psalms of Solomon — 8:25
- Odes — 2:17
- Proverbs — 17:6, 19:11, 22:28
- Isaiah — 37:12, 39:6, 43:27, 64:11
- Jeremiah — 2:5, 3:25, 6:21, 7:18, 7:25, 9:14, 9:16, 16:11, 16:13, 16:19, 19:4, 23:27, 29:3, 38:29, 51:17, 51:21
- Lamentations — 5:7
- Ezekiel — 2:3, 5:10, 18:2, 20:27, 37:25
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 11:24, 11:38
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 11:24, 11:38
- Amos — 2:4
- Zechariah — 1:4, 1:5
- Enoch — 25:6
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Luke — 6:23, 6:26, 11:47
- John — 4:20, 6:31, 6:49, 6:58
- Acts — 7:2, 7:11, 7:15, 7:39, 7:45, 7:51, 7:52, 15:10, 22:1
- Romans — 9:5
- 1 Corinthians — 10:1
- Ephesians — 6:4
- Colossians — 3:21
- Hebrews — 3:9
- 2 Peter — 3:4
- 1 John — 2:13, 2:14
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΤΗΡ.
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.
- ΑΤΕΡʼ — Father, a father, (O) Father
- ΑΤΗΡ — father, a father, Father
- ΠΑΤΕΡ — father, a father
- ΠΑΤΕΡʼ — Father, O Father
- ΠΑΤΕΡΑ — father, a father
- ΠΑΤΕΡΩ — of fathers, to fathers, fathers
- ΠΑΤΕΡΩΝ — of fathers, of parents, of ancestors
- ΠΑΤΕΡ‾Ω‾ — of fathers, fathers
- ΠΑΤΕΣ — father, a father
- ΠΑΤΗΡ — father, a father, parent, ancestor
- ΠΑΤΗΡʼ — father, a father
- ΠΑΤΡ — father, a father, of a father, to fathers, ancestors
- ΠΑΤΡΑΣΙ — to fathers, to the fathers, to ancestors, to the ancestors
- ΠΑΤΡΑΣΙΝ — (to) fathers, (to) ancestors
- ΠΑΤΡΙ — to a father, to the father, for a father, for the father
- ΠΑΤΡΙΚΟΝ — paternal, ancestral, hereditary, of a father, fatherly, a paternal thing
- ΠΑΤΡΙΩΝ — of ancestral, of traditional, of hereditary, of fathers, of ancestors
- ΠΑΤΡΟ — of a father, of the father, of a parent, of the parent, of an ancestor, of the ancestor
- ΠΑΤΡΟΘΕΝ — from the father, from one's father, from a father's side, from a father
- ΠΑΤΡΟΣ — of a father, of the father, of a parent, of the parent, of God, of the Lord
- ΠΑΤΡΟΣΩΝΙΕΙΜ — Patrosoneim, the Patrosoneim
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΣ — paternal, ancestral, hereditary, of a father, from a father
- Π‾Α‾ΤΙ — to a father, to the Father, for a father, for the Father
- Π‾ΗΡ‾ — Father, a Father
- Π‾Η‾Ρ — Father, a Father
- Π‾ΡΑΣ‾ — (of) Father, (of) a Father
- Π‾ΡΑ‾ — father, a father, Fathers, a Fathers
- Π‾ΡΑ‾Σ — of Father, of a Father, Father's
- Π‾ΡΟΣ‾ — of Father, of a Father, of the Father
- Π‾ΡΣ‾ — (of) Father
- Π‾ΡΩΝ‾ — of fathers, of our fathers, of ancestors
- ΤΗΝΠΑΤΡΩΑΝ — the ancestral, the paternal, the hereditary
- ΤΟΝΠΑΤΕΡΑ — the father
- ΤΟΥΠΑΤΡΟΣ — (of) the father
- ΤΩΠΑΤΡΙ — to the father, for the father
- ‾ΠΑΤΕΡ‾ — Father, a Father
- ‾ΠΗΡ‾ — Father, a father
- ‾ΠΗ‾Ρ — Father, a Father
- ‾ΠΡΑΣ‾ — (of) Father, (of) a Father
- ‾ΠΡΑ‾ — father, a father, (of) father, (to) father
- ‾ΠΡΑ‾Σ — of Father, of a Father, of the Father
- ‾ΠΡΕΣ‾ — (of) Father, Father's
- ‾ΠΡΙ‾ — (to) Father, (to) a Father
- ‾ΠΡΣ‾ — (of) Father, (of) a Father
- ‾ΠΡΩΝ‾ — of fathers, of the fathers
- ‾ΠΡ‾Α — Father, a Father
- ‾ΠΡ‾Ι — to the Father, to a Father
- ‾ΠΡ‾Σ — (of) Father, (of) a Father
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