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.

“parent”

also renders goneús (G1118), prógonos (G4269)

“father”

also renders ʼab (H2)

Answers that weigh this word

Where it appears

412 occurrences in the Greek text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Corinthians 1:3 · N-GSM

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 4:15 · N-APM

For though you have ten thousand tutors in Christ, you don’t have many fathers. For in Christ Jesus, I became your father through the Good News.

1 Corinthians 5:1 · N-GSM

It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentiles, that one has his father’s wife.

1 Corinthians 8:6 · N-NSM

yet to us there is one God, the Father, of whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord, Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we live through him.

1 Corinthians 10:1 · N-NPM

Now I would not have you ignorant, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea;

1 Corinthians 15:24 · N-DSM

Then the end comes, when he will deliver up the Kingdom to God the Father, when he will have abolished all rule and all authority and power.

1 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.