STRONGS G3966:
πατριάρχης,
πατριάρχου,
ὁ (
πατριά and
ἄρχω; see
ἑκατοντάρχης), a Hellensitic word (
Winers Grammar, 26),
a patriarch, founder of a tribe, progenitor: used of David,
Acts 2:29; of the twelve sons of Jacob, founders of the several tribes of Israel,
Acts 7:8f; of Abraham,
Hebrews 7:4; of the same and Isaac and Jacob, 4 Macc. 7:19; 16:25; used for
הָאָבות רֹאשׁ,
1 Chronicles 24:31 (but the text here is uncertain); for
שְׁבָטִים שַׂר,
1 Chronicles 27:22; for
הַמֵּאות שַׂר,
2 Chronicles 23:20.
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