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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; 7:8-9
29
Men 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)
8
And 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.
9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:8‑9)
;
Heb. 7:4
4
Now 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 2:29
29
Men 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 7:8-9
8
And 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.
9
And the patriarchs, moved with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt: but God was with him, (Acts 7:8‑9)
;
Heb. 7:4
4
Now 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
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