noun · masculine · G3962 · 413× in the NT
ὁ πατήρ
πατρός, ὁ
father, Father, ancestor
Gloss
father, (Heavenly) Father, ancestor, elder, senior.
Forms
Endings and the sense of each form. NT counts are from the SBLGNT; generated slots fill a regular paradigm when the NT never uses that case.
Singular
- πατήρ—fathernominative · singular · masculine110×
- πατέρα‑έραfatheraccusative · singular · masculine93×
- πατρός‑ρόςof fathergenitive · singular · masculine100×
- πατρί‑ρίto/for fatherdative · singular · masculine33×
- πάτερ‑ερO fathervocative · singular · masculine24×
Plural
- πατέρες‑έρεςfathersnominative · plural · masculine20×
- πατέρας‑έραςfathersaccusative · plural · masculine12×
- πατέρων‑έρωνof fathersgenitive · plural · masculine14×
- πατράσι(ν)‑σι(ν)to/for fathersdative · plural · masculine3×
- πατέρες‑έρεςO fathersvocative · plural · masculine4×
Where you’ll meet it
- New Testament
NT glosses follow Dodson’s public-domain lexicon, counted on the SBLGNT (MorphGNT). Attic and patristic notes are short reader-helps for Xenophon, Plato, and the pre-Nicene writers — not a substitute for LSJ.