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patēr G3962

πατήρ (patēr) means “father” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.

πατήρ Greek · G3962 413 tagged occurrences in 365 verses

Pronunciation guide: pat-ayr' Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESG · G3962

πατήρ · patēr · father

πατήρ, πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX chiefly and very frequently for אָב ;] a father; 1. prop., (a) of the male parent: Mat.2:22, Luk.1:17, Jhn.4:53; anarth., Heb.12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of both parents (cl.), Heb.11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, Heb.12:9; (b) of a forefather or ancestor (in cl. usually in pl.; Hom., al.): Mat.3:9, Luk.1:73, Jhn.8:39, al.; pl., Mat.23:30, 32 Luk.6:23, 26 Jhn.4:20, 1Co.10:1, al. 2. Metaphorical, (a) of an author, originator, or archetype (= αἴτιος, ἀρχηγός, etc.; Pind., Plat., al.): Jhn.8:41-44, Rom.4:11, 12 16. (b) as a title of respect or honour, used of seniors, teachers and others in a position of responsible authority (Jdg.17:10, 2Ki.2:12, Pro.1:8, al.): Mat.23:9 Act.7:2 22:1, 1Jn.2:13. 3. Of God (as in cl. of Zeus) as Father; (a) of created things: τ. φώτων, Jas.1:17; (b) of all sentient beings: Eph.3:14, 15 Heb.12:9; (with) of men, esp. those in covenant relation with Him (freq in OT and later Jewish lit.; see Dalman, Words, 184ff.): Mat.6:4, Luk.6:36, Jhn.4:21, Jas.3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς, Mat.5:16, Mrk.11:25; ὁ π. ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.6:14 15:13; esp. in the Epp., of Christians: Rom.8:15, 2Co.6:18, Gal.4:6, Eph.2:18 4:6, 1Jn.2:1; with genitive qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, 2Co.1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph.1:17; (d) of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.); (α) by our Lord himself: ὁ π., Mat.11:25-27, Luk.10:2, 22 Jhn.5:20-23, al.; ὁ π. μου, Mat.11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mat.7:11, al.; ὁ οὐράνιος, Mat.15:13; vocat., Jhn.11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25 (cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.); (β) by Apostles: Jhn.1:14 (anarth.; see M, Pr., l.with), Rom.15:6, 2Co.1:3 11:31, Eph.1:3, Col.1:3, Heb.1:5, 1Pe.1:3, Rev.1:6 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34). (AS)

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Dodson Greek Lexicon

father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.

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How translators render G3962

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BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
father 305
fathers 62
the father 19
a father 7
patriarchs 4
his father 3
as our father 2
ancestor 1
by his father 1
fathers did 1
forefather 1
forefathers 1
he is also the father 1
him 1
his 1
of the fathers 1
parents 1
them 1
with his father 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
father 193
the father 122
fathers 57
of 18
of the father 10
to 9
the fathers 7
a father 5
o father 3
o 2
unto 2
unto the fathers 2
by 1
for 1
his father 1
my father 1
of his father 1
of the fathers 1
our fathers 1
parents 1
that is a father 1
that the father 1
to his father 1
unto the father 1
with 1
with the father 1

Verses containing G3962

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  1. John 6:45 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It is written in the Prophets: ‘And they will all be taught by God.’ Everyone who has heard the Father and learned from Him comes to Me—

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  2. John 6:46 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    not that anyone has seen the Father except the One who is from God; only He has seen the Father.

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  3. John 6:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your fathers ate the manna in the wilderness, yet they died.

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  4. John 6:57 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

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  5. John 6:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is the bread that came down from heaven. Unlike your fathers, who ate the manna and died, the one who eats this bread will live forever.”

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  6. John 6:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Then Jesus said, “This is why I told you that no one can come to Me unless the Father has granted it to him.”

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  7. John 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But because Moses gave you circumcision, you circumcise a boy on the Sabbath (not that it is from Moses, but from the patriarchs.)

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  8. John 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But even if I do judge, My judgment is true, because I am not alone; I am with the Father who sent Me.

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  9. John 8:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I am One who testifies about Myself, and the Father, who sent Me, also testifies about Me.”

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  10. John 8:19 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    “Where is Your Father?” they asked Him. “You do not know Me or My Father,” Jesus answered. “If you knew Me, you would know My Father as well.”

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  11. John 8:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    They did not understand that He was telling them about the Father.

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  12. John 8:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Jesus said, “When you have lifted up the Son of Man, then you will know that I am He, and that I do nothing on My own, but speak exactly what the Father has taught Me.

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  13. John 8:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    I speak of what I have seen in the presence of the Father, and you do what you have heard from your father.”

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  14. John 8:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Abraham is our father,” they replied. “If you were children of Abraham,” said Jesus, “you would do the works of Abraham.

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  15. John 8:41 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”

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  16. John 8:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love Me, for I have come here from God. I have not come on My own, but He sent Me.

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  17. John 8:44 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out his desires. He was a murderer from the beginning, refusing to uphold the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, because he is a liar and the father of lies.

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  18. John 8:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I do not have a demon,” Jesus replied, “but I honor My Father, and you dishonor Me.

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  19. John 8:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Are You greater than our father Abraham? He died, as did the prophets. Who do You claim to be?”

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  20. John 8:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “If I glorify Myself, My glory means nothing. The One who glorifies Me is My Father, of whom you say, ‘He is our God.’

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  21. John 8:56 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Your father Abraham rejoiced that he would see My day. He saw it and was glad.”

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  22. John 10:15 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    just as the Father knows Me and I know the Father. And I lay down My life for the sheep.

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  23. John 10:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The reason the Father loves Me is that I lay down My life in order to take it up again.

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  24. John 10:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of My own accord. I have authority to lay it down and authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from My Father.”

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  25. John 10:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “I already told you,” Jesus replied, “but you did not believe. The works I do in My Father’s name testify on My behalf.

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  26. John 10:29 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand.

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  27. John 10:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I and the Father are one.”

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  28. John 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    But Jesus responded, “I have shown you many good works from the Father. For which of these do you stone Me?”

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  29. John 10:36 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    then what about the One whom the Father sanctified and sent into the world? How then can you accuse Me of blasphemy for stating that I am the Son of God?

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  30. John 10:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If I am not doing the works of My Father, then do not believe Me.

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  31. John 10:38 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    But if I am doing them, even though you do not believe Me, believe the works themselves, so that you may know and understand that the Father is in Me, and I am in the Father.”

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  32. John 11:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So they took away the stone. Then Jesus lifted His eyes upward and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.

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  33. John 12:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If anyone serves Me, he must follow Me; and where I am, My servant will be as well. If anyone serves Me, the Father will honor him.

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  34. John 12:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? No, it is for this purpose that I have come to this hour.

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  35. John 12:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Father, glorify Your name!” Then a voice came from heaven: “I have glorified it, and I will glorify it again.”

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  36. John 12:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    I have not spoken on My own, but the Father who sent Me has commanded Me what to say and how to say it.

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  37. John 12:50 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I know that His command leads to eternal life. So I speak exactly what the Father has told Me to say.”

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  38. John 13:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    It was now just before the Passover Feast, and Jesus knew that His hour had come to leave this world and return to the Father. Having loved His own who were in the world, He loved them to the very end.

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  39. John 13:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus knew that the Father had delivered all things into His hands, and that He had come from God and was returning to God.

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  40. John 14:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In My Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I am going there to prepare a place for you?

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  41. John 14:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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  42. John 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well. From now on you do know Him and have seen Him.”

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  43. John 14:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and that will be enough for us.”

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  44. John 14:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Jesus replied, “Philip, I have been with you all this time, and still you do not know Me? Anyone who has seen Me has seen the Father. How can you say, ‘Show us the Father’?

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  45. John 14:10 · BSB · 3 occurrences

    Do you not believe that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me? The words I say to you, I do not speak on My own. Instead, it is the Father dwelling in Me, performing His works.

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  46. John 14:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father is in Me—or at least believe on account of the works themselves.

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  47. John 14:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Truly, truly, I tell you, whoever believes in Me will also do the works that I am doing. He will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.

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  48. John 14:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will do whatever you ask in My name, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.

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  49. John 14:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Advocate to be with you forever—

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  50. John 14:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    On that day you will know that I am in My Father, and you are in Me, and I am in you.

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