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πατήρ
patḗr · Greek · Strong's G3962 · 412 occurrences
The KJV renders 3 different Greek words as “parent”
What it means
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
apparently a primary word;
How the KJV renders it
father, parent
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“father”
also renders ʼab (H2)
Questions this word decides
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Will there be a literal thousand-year reign (the millennium)?
- Is the Trinity explicitly taught in the Bible?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- Should Christians pray to saints?
- Who wrote the letter to the Hebrews?
Where it appears
412 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:3 N-GSM1 Corinthians 4:15 N-APM1 Corinthians 5:1 N-GSM1 Corinthians 8:6 N-NSM1 Corinthians 10:1 N-NPM1 Corinthians 15:24 N-DSM1 John 1:2 N-ASM1 John 1:3 N-GSM1 John 2:1 N-ASM1 John 2:13 N-ASM1 John 2:14 N-VPM1 John 2:15 N-GSM1 John 2:16 N-GSM1 John 2:22 N-ASM1 John 2:23 N-ASM1 John 2:24 N-DSM1 John 3:1 N-NSM1 John 4:14 N-NSM1 Peter 1:2 N-GSM1 Peter 1:3 N-NSM1 Peter 1:17 N-ASM1 Thessalonians 1:1 N-DSM1 Thessalonians 1:3 N-GSM1 Thessalonians 2:11 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 3:11 N-NSM1 Thessalonians 3:13 N-GSM1 Timothy 1:2 N-GSM1 Timothy 5:1 N-ASM2 Corinthians 1:2 N-GSM2 Corinthians 1:3 N-NSM2 Corinthians 6:18 N-ASM2 Corinthians 11:31 N-NSM2 John 1:3 N-GSM2 John 1:4 N-GSM2 John 1:9 N-ASM2 Peter 1:17 N-GSM2 Peter 3:4 N-NPM2 Thessalonians 1:1 N-DSM2 Thessalonians 1:2 N-GSM2 Thessalonians 2:16 N-NSM2 Timothy 1:2 N-GSMActs 1:4 N-GSMActs 1:7 N-NSMActs 2:33 N-GSMActs 3:13 N-GPMActs 3:25 N-APMActs 4:25 N-GSMActs 5:30 N-GPMActs 7:2 N-DSMActs 7:4 N-ASMActs 7:11 N-NPMActs 7:12 N-APMActs 7:14 N-ASMActs 7:15 N-NPMActs 7:19 N-APMActs 7:20 N-GSMActs 7:32 N-GPMActs 7:38 N-GPMActs 7:39 N-NPMActs 7:44 N-DPM
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.