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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