Strong's Number 3966

The Linked Word Project
Transliteration:
patriarches {pat-ree-arkh'-ace}
Word Origin:
from 3965 and 757
Part of Speech:
noun masculine
Usage in the KJV:
patriarch 4

Total: 4
Definition:
  1. patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor
    1. of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the tribes of Israel
    2. of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament