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Word Study: Father

Father. In Greek: πατήρ (patēr)
According to Bill Mounce:

 

a father, Mt. 2:224:2122; spc. used of God, as the Father of man by creation, preservation, etc., Mt. 5:164548; and peculiarly as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mt. 7:212 Cor. 1:3; the founder of a race, remote progenitor, forefather, ancestor, Mt. 3:9

Matthew 3:9 MOUNCE

and kai do not mē presume dokeō you can say legō to en yourselves heautou, ‘ We have echō · ho...

23:3032; an elder, senior, father in age, 1 Jn. 2:1314; a spiritual father, 1 Cor. 4:15; father by origination, Jn. 8:44Heb. 12:9; used as an appellation of honor, Mt. 23:9Acts 7:2

Source: https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/pater

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