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patriarch

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(father). Father of the family and chief of its descendants. The Hebrew form of government till Moses established the theocracy (Acts 2:29; 7:8-9²⁹Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. (Acts 2:29)
⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. ⁹And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:8‑9); Heb. 7:4⁴Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Hebrews 7:4)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

“Head of a family,” applied in the New Testament to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as ancestors of the Israelites, and to the twelve sons of Jacob. David also is thus designated (Acts 2:29²⁹Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day. (Acts 2:29); Acts 7:8-9⁸And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat the twelve patriarchs. ⁹And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:8‑9); Heb. 7:4⁴Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils. (Hebrews 7:4)). In other passages the same persons are called “the fathers.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:

Number:

3966 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Greek:

πατριάρχης

Transliteration:

patriarches

Phonic:

pat-ree-arkh’-ace

Meaning:

from 3965 and 757; a progenitor ("patriarch")

KJV Usage:

patriarch