πατριάρχηςpatriárchēs

Meanings

Same root

• πατριάpatriá · G3965paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
• ἄρχωárchō · G757to be first (in political rank or power)

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

• Acts 2:29 “Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.
• Acts 7:8 “God also gave Abraham the covenant of circumcision at that time. So when Abraham became the father of Isaac, he circumcised him on the eighth day. And the practice was continued when Isaac became the father of Jacob, and when Jacob became the father of the twelve patriarchs of the Israelite nation.
• Acts 7:9 “These patriarchs were jealous of their brother Joseph, and they sold him to be a slave in Egypt. But God was with him
• Hebrews 7:4 Consider then how great this Melchizedek was. Even Abraham, the great patriarch of Israel, recognized this by giving him a tenth of what he had taken in battle.