Patriarchēs πατριάρχης

Patriarchēs (Greek πατριάρχης, Strong's G3966) is a Greek masculine noun meaning “patriarch”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Patriarchēs, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Acts

• Acts 2:29
  Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.Brothers, I can tell you with confidence that the patriarch David died and was buried, and his tomb is with us to this day.
• Acts 7:8
  And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs.Then God gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision, and Abraham became the father of Isaac and circumcised him on the eighth day. And Isaac became the father of Jacob, and Jacob of the twelve patriarchs.
• Acts 7:9
  And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him,Because the patriarchs were jealous of Joseph, they sold him as a slave into Egypt. But God was with him

Hebrews

• Hebrews 7:4
  Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.Consider how great Melchizedek was: Even the patriarch Abraham gave him a tenth of the plunder.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).