The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

πατριάρχης

Lemmaπατριάρχης
Citation formπατριάρχης, ου, ὁ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa patriarch
Strong’sG3966
Transliterationpatriárchēs
Definitiona progenitor ("patriarch")
KJV glosses:--patriarch.
Derivationfrom and
SBLGNT occurrences4

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
πατριάρχαι
noun, nominative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----NPM-)Acts 7:9
πατριάρχας
noun, accusative, plural, masculine (MorphGNT ----APM-)Acts 7:8
πατριάρχης
noun, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----NSM-)Hebrews 7:4
πατριάρχου
noun, genitive, singular, masculine (MorphGNT ----GSM-)Acts 2:29

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: πατριαρχης.