G3962
πατήρ
patḗr
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Lexicon
Derivation: apparently a primary word;
a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: father, parent
Usage
422 occurrences · 0 OT · 422 NT · 35 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- father183 · 44%
- the father126 · 30%
- fathers42 · 10%
- father's12 · 3%
- of the father11 · 3%
- the fathers5 · 1%
- my father5 · 1%
- a father5 · 1%
- to his father4 · 1%
- o father3 · 1%
- to our father2 · 0%
- of his father2 · 0%
- the father's2 · 0%
- unto the father2 · 0%
- of the fathers1 · 0%
- father's business1 · 0%
- in his father's1 · 0%
- that is a father1 · 0%
- your father1 · 0%
- his father1 · 0%
- our fathers1 · 0%
- that the father1 · 0%
- are the fathers1 · 0%
- made unto the fathers1 · 0%
- his father's1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
πατὴρ76πατέρα74πατρὸς61πατρός32πατρὶ24πατήρ19πατέρες18πάτερ,14πατέρων12πατέρας11πατήρ,11πατέρα,10
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.