ΠΑΤΡΩΑΣ, πατρωας
PATRŌAS, patrōas
Sounds Like: pa-TROH-as
Translations: paternal, ancestral, hereditary, traditional
From the root: ΠΑΤΡΩΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word is an adjective meaning 'of a father' or 'belonging to one's ancestors'. It describes something that is inherited from a father or passed down through generations, such as customs, possessions, or traditions. It is used to indicate a connection to one's lineage or heritage.
Inflection: Feminine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G3966 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 9:5
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:15
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΑΤΡΩΟΣ.
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.
- ΠΑΤΡΩΑ — paternal, ancestral, of a father, hereditary
- ΠΑΤΡΩΑΙΣ — to ancestral, for ancestral, to paternal, for paternal, to hereditary, for hereditary
- ΠΑΤΡΩΑΝ — paternal, ancestral, hereditary, of a father
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟ — ancestral, paternal, hereditary, of a father, of one's fathers
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΙ — paternal, ancestral, hereditary, of one's fathers, of one's ancestors
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΙΣ — (to) ancestral, (to) hereditary, (to) paternal, (to) of one's fathers
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΝ — ancestral, paternal, hereditary, traditional
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΥ — (of) a father, (of) paternal, (of) ancestral, (of) hereditary
- ΠΑΤΡΩΟΥΣ — ancestral, paternal, hereditary, traditional
- ΠΑΤΡΩΩ — ancestral, paternal, of one's fathers, hereditary
- ΠΑΤΡΩΩΝ — of fathers, ancestral, hereditary, paternal
- ΤΗΠΑΤΡΩΑ — paternal, ancestral, hereditary, of a father
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