Lexical Summary patriarchēs: a patriarch Original Word: πατριάρχηςTransliteration: patriarchēs Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ree-arkh'-ace) Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Short Definition: a patriarch Meaning: a patriarch Strong's Concordance patriarch. From patria and archo; a progenitor ("patriarch") -- patriarch. see GREEK patria see GREEK archo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3966: πατριάρχηςπατριάρχης, πατριάρχου, ὁ (πατριά and ἄρχω; see ἑκατοντάρχης), a Hellensitic word (Winers Grammar, 26), a patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor: used of David, Acts 2:29; of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the several tribes of Israel, Acts 7:8f; of Abraham, Hebrews 7:4; of the same and Isaac and Jacob, 4 Macc. 7:19; 16:25; used for הָאָבות רֹאשׁ, 1 Chronicles 24:31 (but the text here is uncertain); for שְׁבָטִים שַׂר, 1 Chronicles 27:22; for הַמֵּאות שַׂר, 2 Chronicles 23:20. |
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