# G3966 πατριάρχης

πατριάρχης (patriárchēs), Strong’s G3966: a progenitor ("patriarch") KJV: patriarch. Occurs 11 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/G3966 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*patriárchēs* — a progenitor ("patriarch")

KJV: patriarch

Built from [πατριά patriá](https://besorah.bible/word/G3965) (paternal descent) + [ἄρχω árchō](https://besorah.bible/word/G757) (to be first)

Occurs 11 times.

## Where it occurs
- [Acts 2:29](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/2?v=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](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=8) — He gave him the covenant of circumcision. So Abraham became the father of Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day…
- [Acts 7:9](https://besorah.bible/besorah/acts/7?v=9) — “The patriarchs, moved with jealousy against Joseph, sold him into Egypt. God was with him
- [Hebrews 7:4](https://besorah.bible/besorah/hebrews/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/7?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/4-maccabees/16?v=25) — They saw this, too, that those who die for God, live to God, like Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the patriarchs.