Quick Definition
πατριάρχης, ου, ὁ n.m. a patriarch
Strong's Definition
from 3965 and 757; a progenitor ("patriarch")
KJV Usage: patriarch
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | πατήρ + ἄρχω
10.22 · Kinship Terms · Kinship Relations Involving Successive Generations
patriarch a particularly noted male ancestor (either because of his role in initiating an ethnic group or groups, for example, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob and the twelve sons of Jacob, or because of important exploits and accomplishments, for example, David) The equivalent expression for patriarch in a number of languages is merely ‘important forefather’ or ‘famous forefather’ or ‘great ancestor.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πατριάρχης, -ov, 6, (πατριά and ἄρχω : see ἑκατοντάρχης), a Hellenistic word [W. 26], a patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor: used of David, Acts ii. 29; of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the several tribes of Israel, Acts vii. 8sq.; of Abraham, Heb. vii. 4; of the same and Isaac and Jacob, 4 Mace. vii. 19; xvi. 25; used for nian ws, 1 Chr. xxiv. 31 [but the text here is uncertain]; for Ὁ: WW, 1 Chr. xxvii. 22; for myNoT Ww, 2 Chr. xxiii. 20.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πατριάρχης patriarchēs 4x
a patriarch, head or founder of a family, Acts 2:29; 7:8, 9; Heb. 7:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† πατριάρχης, -ου, ὁ
(< πατριά, ἄρχω), [in LXX: I Ch 24:31 (אָב), II Ch 19:8 26:12 (הָאָבוֹת רֹאשׁ), I Ch 27:12 (שַׂר), II Ch 23:20 (שַׂר־הַמֵּאוֹת), IV Mac 7:19 16:25*;]
a patriarch: Ac 2:29 7:8, 9, He 7:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πατριάρχης refers to two other men as “‘ father” (15,18) in addition to his real ‘‘father” (cf.*4): cf. BGU I. 164? (ii/iii a.p.), P Oxy XIV. 1665? (iii/A.D.), 26. 16781 (iii/A-p.), P Strass I. 261 (iv/a.p.), and for a literary reference Menandrea, p. 91%. In P Par 60% (B.c. 154) Apollonius addresses his eldest brother as πατήρ, apparently as head of the family: see Wilcken’s note in UPZ i. p. 321 where exception is taken to the view that the title indicates membership in the same religious community, as suggested in Otto Priester i, p. 1240.8, Selections, p. 22. In P Lond 11781° (A.D. 194) (=III. p. 216) the Emperor Claudius is designated πατὴρ πατρίδος (paler patriac). With 1 Tim 5! we may compare the fragment of a Christian letter, P Oxy XII. 1592 (iii/iv A.D.), where a woman addresses her spiritual ‘‘ father” as ὃ κ(ύρι)έ μου m(are)p, and rejoices © ὅτει τοιοῦτός pov πίατ)ὴρ τὴν μνήμην ποιεῖται. In the early Christian letter P Amh I. 34: 16 (between A.D. 264 and 282) τὸν matépa’ Απολλῶνιν, Harnack, Geschichte 11. 2. p. 180, regards πατέρα as the title of the provincial bishop, but Deissmann (ZAZ, p. 196) thinks that the writer is speaking of his real father, and similarly Ghedini Ze/‘eve, p. 71f. It may be noted that the idea of the Divine ‘‘ Fatherhood ”’ is fully discussed by Westcott 4,22. of St. John, p. 27 ff. For the anarthrous πατήρ cf. Proleg. pp. 71 f., 82f., and Abbott Joh. Gr. p. 96f., and for a probable use of πάτηρ as voc. see P Par 5135 (B.c. 159) (= UPZ i. p. 360). A form πάτρα or πατρά denoting probably ‘‘sister by the father’s side” occurs in C. and B. li. p. 394, No. 272: see Ramsay’s note. Exx. of πατρόθεν are Sy// 216 (= * 426)?° (B.c. 270-261) ὅπως ἀναγραφῆι τὸ ὄνομα av[tod π]ατρόθεν ἐν τῆι στήληι, 7b. 645 (=%1047)* (c. B.C. 100) ἀναγραψάντων. .. τὸ ὄνομα Tod δανεισαμένου πατρόθεν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πατριάρχης (patriarchēs) — patriarch. πατρι-άρχης, ου, ὁ, (πατρι father or chief of a race, patriarch, [LXX+NT]
II. title borne by the Bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria, [Refs 6th c.AD+]:— adjective πατρι-αρχικός, ή, όν, of or belonging to him, θρόνος[Refs]