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πατήρ G3962
G3962 is the Greek word πατήρ, transliterated patḗr. The King James Version most often renders it father.
What it means
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
Where it comes from
apparently a primary word.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 385 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: father, parent.
Verses using πατήρ
The first 40 of 342 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 2:22 · KJV
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
Matthew 3:9 · KJV
And think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.
Matthew 4:21 · KJV
And going on from thence, he saw other two brethren, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.
Matthew 4:22 · KJV
And they immediately left the ship and their father, and followed him.
Matthew 5:16 · KJV
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 5:45 · KJV
That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.
Matthew 5:48 · KJV
Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
Matthew 6:1 · KJV
Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 6:4 · KJV
That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:6 · KJV
But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:8 · KJV
Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.
Matthew 6:9 · KJV
After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.
Matthew 6:14 · KJV
For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:
Matthew 6:15 · KJV
But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
Matthew 6:18 · KJV
That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.
Matthew 6:26 · KJV
Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?
Matthew 6:32 · KJV
(For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
Matthew 7:11 · KJV
If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?
Matthew 7:21 · KJV
Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:20 · KJV
For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.
Matthew 10:21 · KJV
And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.
Matthew 10:32 · KJV
Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:33 · KJV
But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 10:35 · KJV
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
Matthew 10:37 · KJV
He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.
Matthew 11:25 · KJV
At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes.
Matthew 11:26 · KJV
Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight.
Matthew 11:27 · KJV
All things are delivered unto me of my Father: and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him.
Matthew 12:50 · KJV
For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.
Matthew 13:43 · KJV
Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
Matthew 15:4 · KJV
For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.
Matthew 15:5 · KJV
But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;
Matthew 15:6 · KJV
And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition.
Matthew 15:13 · KJV
But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up.
Matthew 16:17 · KJV
And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 16:27 · KJV
For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works.
Matthew 18:10 · KJV
Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 18:14 · KJV
Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
Matthew 18:19 · KJV
Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 18:35 · KJV
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Common questions
What does Strong's G3962 mean?
G3962 is the Greek word πατήρ (patḗr), meaning a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote).
How is G3962 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it father (321 times), fathers (46 times), father's (16 times), fathers' (1 time), parents (1 time).
How many times does G3962 appear in the Bible?
πατήρ (patḗr) is tagged in 342 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G3962 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: apparently a primary word.
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