πατήρ: Difference between revisions

|astxt=[[πατήρ]], πατρός, -τρί, τέρα, [in LXX [[chiefly]] and [[very]] freq. for אָב;] <br />a [[father]];<br /><b class="num">1.</b>[[prop]].,<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of the [[male]] [[parent]]: Mt 2:22, Lk 1:17, Jo 4:53; anarth., He 12:7 (M, Pr., 82 f.); pl., of [[both]] parents (cl.), He 11:23; οἱ π. τ. σαρκός, He 12:9; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of a [[forefather]] or [[ancestor]] (in cl. [[usually]] in plural; Hom., al.): Mt 3:9, Lk 1:73, Jo 8:39, al.; pl., Mt 23:30, 32 Lk 6:23, 26 Jo 4:20, I Co 10:1, al.<br /><b class="num">2.</b>Metaph.,<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of an [[author]], [[originator]], or [[archetype]] (= [[αἴτιος]], [[ἀρχηγός]], etc.; Pind., Plat., al.): Jo 8:41-44, Ro 4:11, 12 16. <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>as a [[title]] of [[respect]] or [[honour]], used of seniors, teachers and others in a [[position]] of [[responsible]] [[authority]] (Jg 17:10, II Ki 2:12, Pr 1:8, al.): Mt 23:9 Ac 7:2 22:1, I Jo 2:13. <br /><b class="num">3.</b>Of God (as in cl. of [[Zeus]]) as Father;<br /><b class="num">(a)</b>of created things: τ. [[φώτων]], Ja 1:17; <br /><b class="num">(b)</b>of [[all]] [[sentient]] beings: Eph 3:14, 15 He 12:9; <br /><b class="num">(c)</b>of men, esp. those in [[covenant]] [[relation]] [[with]] Him (freq in OT and [[later]] Jewish lit.; v. Dalman, Words, 184ff.): Mt 6:4, Lk 6:36, Jo 4:21, Ja 3:9, al.; ὁ π. ὁ ἐν (τ.) οὐρανοῖς, Mt 5:16, Mk 11:25; ὁ π. ὁ [[οὐράνιος]], Mt 6:14 15:13; especially in the Epp., of Christians: Ro 8:15, II Co 6:18, Ga 4:6, Eph 2:18 4:6, I Jo 2:1; c. gen. qual., τ. οἰκτιρμῶν, II Co 1:3; τ. δοξῆς, Eph 1:17; <br /><b class="num">(d)</b>of Christ (Dalman, Words, 190 ff.);<br /><b class="num">(α)</b>by [[our]] Lord [[himself]]: ὁ π., Mt 11:25-27, Lk 10:2, 22 Jo 5:20-23, al.; ὁ π. μου, Mt 11:27, al.; ὁ ἐν τ. οὐρανοῖς, Mt 7:11, al.; ὁ [[οὐράνιος]], Mt 15:13; vocat., Jo 11:41 12:27, 28 17:1, 5, 11, 20, 25 (cf. Abbott, JG., 96 f.); <br /><b class="num">(β)</b>by Apostles: Jo 1:14 (anarth.; v. M, Pr., l.c.), Ro 15:6, II Co 1:3 11:31, Eph 1:3, Col 1:3, He 1:5, I Pe 1:3, Re 1:6 (cf. Westc., Epp. Jo., 27-34).