Strong's Number G3966

πατριάρχης

patriarches · pat-ree-arkh'-ace

Transliteration:

patriarches{pat-ree-arkh'-ace}

Word Origin:

from 3965 and 757

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

Strong's Definition:

a progenitor ("patriarch")

Usage in the KJV:

patriarch 4

Total: 4
Occurs 4 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

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