Ancestral
πατρῷοςStrong’s G3971patrōos
Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament
In short
Patrōos is the Greek word usually translated “fathers” and “ancestral”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.
“I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.”
Meaning
Usually translated “fathers” and “ancestral”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- of our fathers 2
- ancestral 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
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Explore in Scripture
- Acts 24:14But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- Acts 28:17And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.
Greek dictionary
πατρῷος patrōos · ancestral
πατρῷος, -α, -ον (πατήρ), [in LXX: Pro.27:10 (אָב), Est.7:5, 2 -4Ma.12:1-19 * ;] of one's fathers, received from one's fathers: Act.22:3 24:14 28:17.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “ancestral” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AN'CESTRAL, adjective
Relating or belonging to ancestors; claimed or descending from ancestors; as, an ancestral estate.
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.