Patriarch
πατριάρχηςStrong’s G3966patriarchēs
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Patriarchēs is the Greek word usually translated “patriarch” and “patriarchs”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.”
Meaning
Usually translated “patriarch” and “patriarchs”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- patriarch 2
- patriarchs 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Hebrews 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Acts 7:8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.
- Acts 7:9And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,
- Hebrews 7:4Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Greek dictionary
πατριάρχης patriarchēs · patriarch
πατριάρχης, -ου, ὁ (πατριά, ἄρχω), [in LXX: 1Ch.24:31 (אָב), 2Ch.19:8 26:12 (אָב רֹאשׁ), 1Ch.27:12 (שַׂר), 2Ch.23:20 (מֵאָה שַׂר), 4Ma.7:19 4Mac 16:25 * ;] a patriarch: Act.2:29 7:8-9, Heb.7:4.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “patriarch” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PA'TRIARCH, noun
[Latin patriarcha; Gr. a family, father, and a chief.]
- The father and ruler of a family; one who governs by paternal right.
- A learned and distinguished character among the Jews.
- In the christian church, a dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Ephesus.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.