πατήρ patēr

Greek word for “father” · Strong’s G3962 · used 413 times in 366 verses

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Meaning

πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα;

How it is translated

Glosses given for patēr in context, with how often each is used:

• father 351
• fathers 49
• father! 2
• patriarchs 2
• his father 2
• father? 1
• fathers — 1
• father?’ 1
• father’? 1
• father with 1
• parents 1
• his father? 1

Where it is used

Also in 14 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

John 14 (17), Acts 7 (15), John 8 (14), John 6 (13), John 5 (12), Matthew 6 (10), John 10 (10), John 16 (10), Luke 15 (9), John 15 (9)

Forms

• πατέρα 93
• πατὴρ 75
• πατρὸς 59
• πατρός 41
• πατήρ 35
• πατρὶ 24
• πατέρες 24
• πάτερ 22
• πατέρων 14
• πατέρας 12

Words used with it

Words that share verses with patēr more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• υἱός uhios “son” 45
• μήτηρ mētēr “mother” 24
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 34
• οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 29
• τέκνον teknon “child” 21
• ἐάν ean “if” 25
• εἰ ei “if” 28
• παρά para “from/with/beside” 21
• εἰρήνη eirēnē “peace” 17
• Ἀβραάμ Abraam “Abraham” 16
• ἔργον ergon “work” 19
• καθώς kathōs “as/just as” 19

Key verses

The verses using patēr that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 11:25 — At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast…
• Matthew 25:34 — Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
• John 1:14 — And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 6:27 — Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the…
• John 14:6 — Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• John 15:16 — Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye…
• Acts 7:51 — Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers did, so do ye.
• Romans 1:7 — To all that be in Rome, beloved of God, called to be saints: Grace to you and peace from God our Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ.
• Ephesians 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ:
• James 1:17 — Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• 1 Peter 1:2 — Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace…
• 1 Peter 1:3 — Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.