G3966 πατριάρχης
patriárchēs — a progenitor ("patriarch")
KJV: patriarch
Built from πατριά patriá (paternal descent) + ἄρχω árchō (to be first)
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 2:29 — “Brothers, I may tell you freely of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to…
- Acts 7:8 — He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day…
- Acts 7:9 — “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
- Hebrews 7:4 — Now consider how great this man was, to whom even Abraham the patriarch gave a tenth out of the best plunder.
- 4 Maccabees 7:19 — they who believe that to God they don’t die; for, as our forefathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, they live to God.
- 4 Maccabees 16:25 — They saw this, too, that those who die for God, live to God, like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the patriarchs.