G3971: πατρῷος
patrōios · “ancestral”
Definition
paternal, i.e. hereditary
KJV translates it as: of fathers
Word origin: from G3962 (πατήρ);
Extended definition
(πατήρ), [in LXX: Pro.27:10 (אָב), Est.7:5, 2 -4Ma.12:1-19 * ;]
of one's fathers, received from one's fathers: Act.22:3 24:14 28:17.†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3971 is translated
- of our fathers ×1
- ancestral ×1
- of our fathers, ×1
Bible verses with G3971 (patrōios)
Patrōios appears in 3 verses.
- Acts 22:3
I am verily a man which am a Jew, born in Tarsus, a city in Cilicia, yet brought up in this city at the feet of Gamaliel, and taught according to the perfect manner of the law of the fathers, and was zealous toward God, as ye all are this day.
- Acts 24:14
But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets:
- Acts 28:17
And it came to pass, that after three days Paul called the chief of the Jews together: and when they were come together, he said unto them, Men and brethren, though I have committed nothing against the people, or customs of our fathers, yet was I delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans.