πατήρ

pathvr pathvr (from the root, pa; literally, nourisher, protector, upholder; (Curtius, sec. 348)),
patrov",
patriv,
patevra, vocative
pavter (for which the nominative
oJ
pathvr is five times used, and (anarthrous)
pathvr in T Tr WH, 24 and 25 L T Tr WH; cf. B. sec. 129, 5; Winer's Grammar, sec. 29, 2; WH's Appendix, p. 158), plural
patevre",
patevrwn,
patrasi (),
patevra",
oJ (from Homer down), the Septuagint for ba;, a father;1. properly, equivalent to generator or male ancestor, and either a. the nearest ancestor: ; f; ; ; ; ; , etc.;
oiJ
patevre"
th'"
sarkov", fathers of the corporeal nature, natural fathers (opposed to
oJ
pathvr
tw'n
pneumavtwn), ; plural of both parents, (not infrequent in secular auth, cf. Delitzsch at the passage); or b. a more remote ancestor, the founder of a race or tribe, progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called, ; ; ; : 39,53; ; Rec., f, etc.; Isaac, ; Jacob, ; David, ; ; plural, fathers i. e. ancestor's, forefathers, ,; ,; f; ; ; ,; , etc., and often in Greek writings from Homer down; so too t/ba;, ; (), etc.; in the stricter sense of the founders of a race, ; ; . c. equivalent to one advanced in years, a senior: f.2. metaphorically; a. the originator and transmitter of anything:
pathvr
peritomh'", ; the author of a family or society of persons animated by the same spirit as himself: so
pathvr
pavntwn
tw'n
pisteuovntwn, , cf. , (); one who has infused his own spirit into others, who actuates and governs their minds, ,f,44; the phrase
ejk
patrov"
tivno"
ei\nai is used of one who shows himself as like another in spirit and purpose as though he had inherited his nature from him, . b. one who stands in a father's place, and looks after another in paternal way: . c. a title of honor (cf. Sophocles, Lexicon, under the word), applied to
a. teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge and training they have received: (of prophets, ; ).
b. the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was, by virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled, to take charge of the interests of others: ; <