Strong's #3962: pater (pronounced pat-ayr')
apparently a primary word; a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote):--father, parent.
Thayer's Greek Lexicon:
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patēr
1) generator or male ancestor
1a) either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal nature, natural fathers, both parents
1b) a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, Jacob and David
1b1) fathers, i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation
1c) one advanced in years, a senior
2) metaphorically
2a) the originator and transmitter of anything
2a1) the authors of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself
2a2) one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds
2b) one who stands in a father' s place and looks after another in a paternal way
2c) a title of honour
2c1) teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received
2c2) the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others
3) God is called the Father
3a) of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their creator, upholder, ruler
3b) of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and protector
3b1) of spiritual beings and of all men
3c) of Christians, as those who through Christ have been exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father
3d) the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also in his own divine nature
3d1) by Jesus Christ himself
3d2) by the apostles
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: apparently a root word
Citing in TDNT: 5:945, 805
Usage:
This word is used 423 times:
Luke 10:21: "said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,"
Luke 10:21: "them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good"
Luke 10:22: "to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who"
Luke 10:22: "is, but the Father; and who the Father"
Luke 10:22: "and who the Father is, but the Son,"
Luke 11:2: "ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed"
Luke 11:11: "bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone?"
Luke 11:13: "how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit"
Luke 11:47: "prophets, and your fathers killed them."
Luke 11:48: "the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed"
Luke 12:30: "seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things."
Luke 12:32: "little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you"
Luke 12:53: " The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father;"
Luke 12:53: "and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and"
Luke 14:26: "hate not his father, and mother, and wife,"
Luke 15:12: "younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the"
Luke 15:12: "of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion"
Luke 15:17: "How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I"
Luke 15:18: "and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father,"
Luke 15:18: "and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and"
Luke 15:20: "and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off,"
Luke 15:20: "when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him,"
Luke 15:21: "son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and"
Luke 15:22: "But the father said to his servants, Bring forth"
Luke 15:27: "is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf,"
Luke 15:28: "not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated"
Luke 15:29: "he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve"
Luke 16:24: "he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and"
Luke 16:27: "I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to"
Luke 16:27: "him to my father's house:"
Luke 16:30: "he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one"
Luke 18:20: "bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother."
Luke 22:29: "a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;"
Luke 22:42: "Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from"
Luke 23:34: "Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know"
Luke 23:46: "with a loud voice, he said, Father, into thy hands I commend"
Luke 24:49: "the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry"
John 1:14: "as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth."
John 1:18: "the bosom of the Father, he hath declared"
John 2:16: "make not my Father's house a house of merchandise."
John 3:35: "The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things"
John 4:12: "greater than our father Jacob, which gave us"
John 4:20: "Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye"
John 4:21: "at Jerusalem, worship the Father."
John 4:23: "worshipers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth:"
John 4:23: "in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship"
John 4:53: "So the father knew that it was at the same hour,"
John 5:17: "answered them, My Father worketh hitherto, and I"
John 5:18: "said also that God was his Father, making himself equal"
John 5:19: "what he seeth the Father do: for what things soever"
