G3966

πατριάρχης

patriarchēs

Masculine noun · From πατριά (G3965) and ἄρχω (G757)

From G3965 and G757; a progenitor ("patriarch"):—patriarch.

Outline

patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor

of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the tribes of Israel
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob

Usages

Acts 2:29

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.

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Acts 7:8

And 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.

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Acts 7:9

And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,

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Hebrews 7:4

Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.

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