πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אָב ;] a father; 1. prop., (a) of the male parent: Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.), Heb.11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, Heb.12:9; (b) of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom., al.): Mat.3:9, Luk.1:73, Jhn.8:39, al.; pl., Mat.23:30, 32 Luk.6:23, 26 Jhn.4:20, 1Co.10:1, al. 2. Metaphorical, (a) of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat., al.): Jhn.8:41-44, Rom.4:11, 12 16. (b) as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (Jdg.17:10, 2Ki.2:12, Pro.1:8, al.): Mat.23:9 Act.7:2 22:1, 1Jn.2:13. 3. Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father; (a) of created things: τ. φώτων, Jas.1:17; (b) of all sentient beings: Eph.3:14, 15 Heb.12:9; (with) of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.): Mat.6:4, Luk.6:36, Jhn.4:21, Jas.3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς, Mat.5:16, Mrk.11:25; ὁ π. ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.6:14 15:13; esp. in the Epp., of Christians: Rom.8:15, 2Co.6:18, Gal.4:6, Eph.2:18 4:6, 1Jn.2:1; with genitive qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, 2Co.1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph.1:17; (d) of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.); (α) by our Lord himself: ὁ π., Mat.11:25-27, Luk.10:2, 22 Jhn.5:20-23, al.; ὁ π. μου, Mat.11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mat.7:11, al.; ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.15:13; vocat., Jhn.11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25 (cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.); (β) by Apostles: Jhn.1:14 (anarth.; see M, Pr., l.with), Rom.15:6, 2Co.1:3 11:31, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, Heb.1:5, 1Pe.1:3, Rev.1:6 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34). (AS)
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G3962 — πατήρ
patēr · father · Greek
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Matthew 2:22 · πατρὸςBut when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of Galilee,Matthew 3:9 · πατέραDon’t think to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father,’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones.Matthew 4:21 · πατρὸςGoing on from there, he saw two other brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets. He called them.Matthew 4:22 · πατέραThey immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.Matthew 5:16 · πατέραEven so, let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.Matthew 5:45 · πατρὸςthat you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.Matthew 5:48 · πατὴρTherefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.Matthew 6:1 · πατρὶ“Be careful that you don’t do your charitable giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from your Father who is in heaven.Matthew 6:4 · πατήρso that your merciful deeds may be in secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.Matthew 6:6 · πατρί · πατήρBut you, when you pray, enter into your inner room, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.Matthew 6:8 · πατὴρTherefore don’t be like them, for your Father knows what things you need, before you ask him.Matthew 6:9 · πάτερPray like this: ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy.Matthew 6:14 · πατὴρ“For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you.Matthew 6:15 · πατὴρBut if you don’t forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.Matthew 6:18 · πατρί · πατήρso that you are not seen by men to be fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in secret, will reward you.Matthew 6:26 · πατὴρSee the birds of the sky, that they don’t sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father feeds them. Aren’t you of much more value than they?Matthew 6:32 · πατὴρFor the Gentiles seek after all these things; for your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.Matthew 7:11 · πατὴρIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him!Matthew 7:21 · πατρόςNot everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 8:21 · πατέραAnother of his disciples said to him, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”Matthew 10:20 · πατρὸςFor it is not you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.Matthew 10:21 · πατὴρ“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.Matthew 10:29 · πατρὸς“Aren’t two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father’s will,Matthew 10:32 · πατρόςEveryone therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 10:33 · πατρόςBut whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 10:35 · πατρὸςFor I came to set a man at odds against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.Matthew 10:37 · πατέραHe who loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn’t worthy of me.Matthew 11:25 · πάτερAt that time, Jesus answered, “I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to infants.Matthew 11:26 · πατήρ,Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.Matthew 11:27 · πατρός · πατήρ, · πατέραAll things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.Matthew 12:50 · πατρόςFor whoever does the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.”Matthew 13:43 · πατρὸςThen the righteous will shine forth like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.Matthew 15:4 · πατέρα · πατέραFor God commanded, ‘Honor your father and your mother,’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Matthew 15:5 · πατρὶBut you say, ‘Whoever may tell his father or his mother, “Whatever help you might otherwise have gotten from me is a gift devoted to God,”Matthew 15:6 · πατέραhe shall not honor his father or mother.’ You have made the commandment of God void because of your tradition.Matthew 15:13 · πατήρBut he answered, “Every plant which my heavenly Father didn’t plant will be uprooted.Matthew 16:17 · πατήρJesus answered him, “Blessed are you, Simon Bar Jonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 16:27 · πατρὸςFor the Son of Man will come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will render to everyone according to his deeds.Matthew 18:10 · πατρόςSee that you don’t despise one of these little ones, for I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 18:14 · πατρὸςEven so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish.Matthew 18:19 · πατρόςAgain, assuredly I tell you, that if two of you will agree on earth concerning anything that they will ask, it will be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.Matthew 18:35 · πατήρSo my heavenly Father will also do to you, if you don’t each forgive your brother from your hearts for his misdeeds.”Matthew 19:5 · πατέραand said, ‘For this cause a man shall leave his father and mother, and shall join to his wife; and the two shall become one flesh?’Matthew 19:19 · πατέρα‘Honor your father and mother.’ And, ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’”Matthew 19:29 · πατέραEveryone who has left houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, will receive one hundred times, and will inherit eternal life.Matthew 20:23 · πατρόςHe said to them, “You will indeed drink my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with, but to sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it is for whom it has been prepared by my Father.”Matthew 21:31 · πατρός;Which of the two did the will of his father?” They said to him, “The first.” Jesus said to them, “Most certainly I tell you that the tax collectors and the prostitutes are entering into the Kingdom of God before you.Matthew 23:9 · πατέρα · πατὴρCall no man on the earth your father, for one is your Father, he who is in heaven.Matthew 23:30 · πατέρωνand say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we wouldn’t have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.’Matthew 23:32 · πατέρωνFill up, then, the measure of your fathers.Matthew 24:36 · πατὴρBut no one knows of that day and hour, not even the angels of heaven, but my Father only.Matthew 25:34 · πατρόςThen the King will tell those on his right hand, ‘Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world;Matthew 26:29 · πατρόςBut I tell you that I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on, until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father’s Kingdom.”Matthew 26:39 · πάτερHe went forward a little, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass away from me; nevertheless, not what I desire, but what you desire.”Matthew 26:42 · πάτερAgain, a second time he went away, and prayed, saying, “My Father, if this cup can’t pass away from me unless I drink it, your desire be done.”Matthew 26:53 · πατέραOr do you think that I couldn’t ask my Father, and he would even now send me more than twelve legions of angels?Matthew 28:19 · πατρὸςGo, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,Mark 1:20 · πατέραImmediately he called them, and they left their father, Zebedee, in the boat with the hired servants, and went after him.Mark 5:40 · πατέραThey ridiculed him. But he, having put them all out, took the father of the child, her mother, and those who were with him, and went in where the child was lying.Mark 7:10 · πατέρα · πατέραFor Moses said, ‘Honor your father and your mother;’ and, ‘He who speaks evil of father or mother, let him be put to death.’Mark 7:11 · πατρὶBut you say, ‘If a man tells his father or his mother, “Whatever profit you might have received from me is Corban, that is to say, given to God;”’Mark 7:12 · πατρὶthen you no longer allow him to do anything for his father or his mother,Mark 8:38 · πατρὸςFor whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, the Son of Man also will be ashamed of him, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.”Mark 9:21 · πατέραHe asked his father, “How long has it been since this has come to him?” He said, “From childhood.Mark 9:24 · πατὴρImmediately the father of the child cried out with tears, “I believe. Help my unbelief!”Mark 10:7 · πατέραFor this cause a man will leave his father and mother, and will join to his wife,Mark 10:19 · πατέραYou know the commandments: ‘Do not murder,’ ‘Do not commit adultery,’ ‘Do not steal,’ ‘Do not give false testimony,’ ‘Do not defraud,’ ‘Honor your father and mother.’”Mark 10:29 · πατέραJesus said, “Most certainly I tell you, there is no one who has left house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or land, for my sake, and for the sake of the Good News,Mark 11:10 · πατρὸςBlessed is the kingdom of our father David that is coming in the name of the Lord! Hosanna in the highest!”Mark 11:25 · πατὴρWhenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone; so that your Father, who is in heaven, may also forgive you your transgressions.Mark 13:12 · πατὴρ“Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.Mark 13:32 · πατήρ.But of that day or that hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.Mark 14:36 · πατήρ,He said, “Abba, Father, all things are possible to you. Please remove this cup from me. However, not what I desire, but what you desire.”Mark 15:21 · πατέραThey compelled one passing by, coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to go with them, that he might bear his cross.Luke 1:17 · πατέρωνHe will go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, ‘to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children,’ and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to prepare a people prepared for the Lord.”Luke 1:32 · πατρὸςHe will be great, and will be called the Son of the Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father, David,Luke 1:55 · πατέραςAs he spoke to our fathers, to Abraham and his seed forever.”Luke 1:59 · πατρὸςIt happened on the eighth day, that they came to circumcise the child; and they would have called him Zacharias, after the name of the father.Luke 1:62 · πατρὶThey made signs to his father, what he would have him called.Luke 1:67 · πατὴρHis father, Zacharias, was filled with the Holy Spirit, and prophesied, saying,Luke 1:72 · πατέρωνto show mercy towards our fathers, to remember his holy covenant,Luke 1:73 · πατέραthe oath which he spoke to Abraham, our father,Luke 2:33 · πατὴρJoseph and his mother were marveling at the things which were spoken concerning him,Luke 2:48 · πατήρWhen they saw him, they were astonished, and his mother said to him, “Son, why have you treated us this way? Behold, your father and I were anxiously looking for you.”Luke 2:49 · πατρόςHe said to them, “Why were you looking for me? Didn’t you know that I must be in my Father’s house?”Luke 3:8 · πατέραBring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance, and don’t begin to say among yourselves, ‘We have Abraham for our father;’ for I tell you that God is able to raise up children to Abraham from these stones!Luke 6:23 · πατέρεςRejoice in that day, and leap for joy, for behold, your reward is great in heaven, for their fathers did the same thing to the prophets.Luke 6:26 · πατέρεςWoe, when men speak well of you, for their fathers did the same thing to the false prophets.Luke 6:36 · πατὴρTherefore be merciful, even as your Father is also merciful.Luke 8:51 · πατέραWhen he came to the house, he didn’t allow anyone to enter in, except Peter, John, James, the father of the child, and her mother.Luke 9:26 · πατρὸςFor whoever will be ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of Man be ashamed, when he comes in his glory, and the glory of the Father, and of the holy angels.Luke 9:42 · πατρὶWhile he was still coming, the demon threw him down and convulsed him violently. But Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the boy, and gave him back to his father.Luke 9:59 · πατέραHe said to another, “Follow me!” But he said, “Lord, allow me first to go and bury my father.”Luke 10:21 · πάτερ, · πατήρ,In that same hour Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, and said, “I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you have hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to little children. Yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight.”Luke 10:22 · πατρός · πατήρ, · πατὴρTurning to the disciples, he said, “All things have been delivered to me by my Father. No one knows who the Son is, except the Father, and who the Father is, except the Son, and he to whomever the Son desires to reveal him.”Luke 11:2 · πάτερHe said to them, “When you pray, say, ‘Our Father in heaven, may your name be kept holy. May your Kingdom come. May your will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.Luke 11:11 · πατέρα“Which of you fathers, if your son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, he won’t give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?Luke 11:13 · πατὴρIf you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to those who ask him?”Luke 11:47 · πατέρεςWoe to you! For you build the tombs of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.Luke 11:48 · πατέρωνSo you testify and consent to the works of your fathers. For they killed them, and you build their tombs.Luke 12:30 · πατὴρFor the nations of the world seek after all of these things, but your Father knows that you need these things.Luke 12:32 · πατὴρDon’t be afraid, little flock, for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.Luke 12:53 · πατὴρ · πατρί,They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.”Luke 14:26 · πατέρα“If anyone comes to me, and doesn’t disregard his own father, mother, wife, children, brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he can’t be my disciple.Luke 15:12 · πατρί· · πάτερ,The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me my share of your property.’ He divided his livelihood between them.Luke 15:17 · πατρόςBut when he came to himself he said, ‘How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough to spare, and I’m dying with hunger!Luke 15:18 · πατέρα · πάτερ,I will get up and go to my father, and will tell him, “Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight.Luke 15:20 · πατέρα · πατὴρ“He arose, and came to his father. But while he was still far off, his father saw him, and was moved with compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.Luke 15:21 · πάτερ,The son said to him, ‘Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in your sight. I am no longer worthy to be called your son.’Luke 15:22 · πατὴρ“But the father said to his servants, ‘Bring out the best robe, and put it on him. Put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet.Luke 15:27 · πατήρHe said to him, ‘Your brother has come, and your father has killed the fattened calf, because he has received him back safe and healthy.’Luke 15:28 · πατὴρBut he was angry, and would not go in. Therefore his father came out, and begged him.Luke 15:29 · πατρὶBut he answered his father, ‘Behold, these many years I have served you, and I never disobeyed a commandment of yours, but you never gave me a goat, that I might celebrate with my friends.Luke 16:24 · πάτερHe cried and said, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue! For I am in anguish in this flame.’Luke 16:27 · πάτερ, · πατρός“He said, ‘I ask you therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house;Luke 16:30 · πάτερ“He said, ‘No, father Abraham, but if one goes to them from the dead, they will repent.’Luke 18:20 · πατέραYou know the commandments: ‘Don’t commit adultery,’ ‘Don’t murder,’ ‘Don’t steal,’ ‘Don’t give false testimony,’ ‘Honor your father and your mother.’”Luke 22:29 · πατήρI confer on you a kingdom, even as my Father conferred on me,Luke 22:42 · πάτερ,saying, “Father, if you are willing, remove this cup from me. Nevertheless, not my will, but yours, be done.”Luke 23:34 · πάτερ,Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they don’t know what they are doing.” Dividing his garments among them, they cast lots.Luke 23:46 · πάτερ,Jesus, crying with a loud voice, said, “Father, into your hands I commit my spirit!” Having said this, he breathed his last.Luke 24:49 · πατρόςBehold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”John 1:14 · πατρός,The Word became flesh, and lived among us. We saw his glory, such glory as of the one and only Son of the Father, full of grace and truth.John 1:18 · πατρός,No one has seen God at any time. The one and only Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has declared him.John 2:16 · πατρόςTo those who sold the doves, he said, “Take these things out of here! Don’t make my Father’s house a marketplace!”John 3:35 · πατὴρThe Father loves the Son, and has given all things into his hand.John 4:12 · πατρὸςAre you greater than our father, Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank of it himself, as did his children, and his livestock?”John 4:20 · πατέρεςOur fathers worshiped in this mountain, and you Jews say that in Jerusalem is the place where people ought to worship.”John 4:21 · πατρί.Jesus said to her, “Woman, believe me, the hour comes, when neither in this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, will you worship the Father.John 4:23 · πατρὶ · πατὴρBut the hour comes, and now is, when the true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for the Father seeks such to be his worshippers.John 4:53 · πατὴρSo the father knew that it was at that hour in which Jesus said to him, “Your son lives.” He believed, as did his whole house.John 5:17 · πατήρBut Jesus answered them, “My Father is still working, so I am working, too.”John 5:18 · πατέραFor this cause therefore the Jews sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the Sabbath, but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God.John 5:19 · πατέραJesus therefore answered them, “Most certainly, I tell you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father doing. For whatever things he does, these the Son also does likewise.John 5:20 · πατὴρFor the Father has affection for the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does. He will show him greater works than these, that you may marvel.John 5:21 · πατὴρFor as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.John 5:22 · πατὴρFor the Father judges no one, but he has given all judgment to the Son,John 5:23 · πατέρα. · πατέραthat all may honor the Son, even as they honor the Father. He who doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father who sent him.John 5:26 · πατὴρFor as the Father has life in himself, even so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself.John 5:36 · πατὴρ · πατήρBut the testimony which I have is greater than that of John, for the works which the Father gave me to accomplish, the very works that I do, testify about me, that the Father has sent me.John 5:37 · πατὴρThe Father himself, who sent me, has testified about me. You have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his form.John 5:43 · πατρόςI have come in my Father’s name, and you don’t receive me. If another comes in his own name, you will receive him.John 5:45 · πατέρα·“Don’t think that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one who accuses you, even Moses, on whom you have set your hope.John 6:27 · πατὴρDon’t work for the food which perishes, but for the food which remains to eternal life, which the Son of Man will give to you. For God the Father has sealed him.”John 6:31 · πατέρεςOur fathers ate the manna in the wilderness. As it is written, ‘He gave them bread out of heaven to eat.’”John 6:32 · πατήρJesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly, I tell you, it wasn’t Moses who gave you the bread out of heaven, but my Father gives you the true bread out of heaven.John 6:37 · πατὴρAll those whom the Father gives me will come to me. He who comes to me I will in no way throw out.John 6:40 · πατρόςThis is the will of the one who sent me, that everyone who sees the Son, and believes in him, should have eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.”John 6:42 · πατέραThey said, “Isn’t this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then does he say, ‘I have come down out of heaven?’”John 6:44 · πατὴρNo one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him, and I will raise him up in the last day.
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