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Word Study · Strong's G3962 · Greek

πατήρ

pater

pat-ayr'

Strong's 1890 spelling: patḗr

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

Rendered in the KJV as

father, parent.

  • 410
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 26 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 35
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 410 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 35

  • πατὴρ75
  • πατέρα73
  • πατρὸς59
  • πατρός31
  • πατρὶ24
  • πατέρες18
  • πατήρ18
  • πάτερ,14
  • πατέρων12
  • πατέρα,10
  • πατέρας10
  • πατήρ,10

and 23 more spellings in the ledger below.

How it is rendered · 40

  • Father186
  • father73
  • fathers37
  • Father,35
  • [the] Father18
  • Father.11
  • fathers,6
  • [the] father3
  • a father3
  • Father;3
  • [As] father2
  • [the] Father.2

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 17

  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular85
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular76
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular55
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular36
  • noun · vocative (address) · masculine singular24
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular23
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular23
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular20
  • noun · nominative (subject) · masculine plural18
  • noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural13
  • noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural12
  • noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular10
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • N-NSM-T · 85
  • N-GSM-T · 76
  • N-ASM-T · 55
  • N-ASM · 36
  • N-VSM-T · 24
  • N-DSM-T · 23
  • N-GSM · 23
  • N-NSM · 20
  • N-NPM · 18
  • N-GPM · 13
  • N-APM · 12
  • N-DSM · 10

All 410, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

John carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Matthew62 occurrences
Mark18 occurrences
Luke56 occurrences
John136 occurrences
Acts35 occurrences
Romans14 occurrences
1 Corinthians6 occurrences
2 Corinthians5 occurrences
Galatians5 occurrences
Ephesians11 occurrences
Philippians4 occurrences
Colossians5 occurrences
1 Thessalonians5 occurrences
2 Thessalonians3 occurrences
1 Timothy2 occurrences
2 Timothy1 occurrence
Titus1 occurrence
Philemon1 occurrence
Hebrews9 occurrences
James4 occurrences
1 Peter3 occurrences
2 Peter2 occurrences
1 John13 occurrences
2 John4 occurrences
Jude1 occurrence
Revelation4 occurrences
Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0 — their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).