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Word Study: Father
Father. In Greek: πατήρ (patēr)
According to Bill Mounce:
a father, Mt. 2:22; 4:21, 22; spc. used of God, as the Father of man by creation, preservation, etc., Mt. 5:16, 45, 48; and peculiarly as the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, Mt. 7:21; 2 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...
; 23:30, 32; an elder, senior, father in age, 1 Jn. 2:13, 14; a spiritual father, 1 Cor. 4:15; father by origination, Jn. 8:44; Heb. 12:9; used as an appellation of honor, Mt. 23:9; Acts 7:2
Source: https://www.billmounce.com/greek-dictionary/pater
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