adjective

patrōos

Greekπατρῷος (patrōos)

Strong’sG3971

hereditary

stem patrō-3 times in the New Testament3 of 26 forms occur

Translated as

fathers3×

What it means

πατρῷος, -α, -ον

(< πατήρ), [in LXX: Pr 27:10 (אָב), II Es 7:5, II-IV Mac12*;]

of one's fathers, received from one's fathers: Ac 22:3 24:14 28:17.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3971 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpat-ro'-os

paternal, i.e. hereditary

Fromfrom G3962;

King Jamesof fathers.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	masculine singular	feminine singular	neuter singular	masculine plural	feminine plural	neuter plural
subject nominative	patrōos	patrōas	patrōem	patrōois	patrōais	patrōeim
object accusative	patrōon	patrōan		patrōoin	patrōain
direct address vocative	patrōor	patrōar		patrōoir	patrōair
of, belonging to genitive	patrōou1×πατρῴου	patrōau	patrōeu	patrōoiu	patrōaiu	patrōeiu
to, for dative	patrōo1×πατρῴῳ	patrōa	patrōe	patrōoi	patrōai	patrōei1×πατρῴοις

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

patrōstem+oaegender+smnru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

patrō is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

patrōou“fathers”of, belonging togenitive singular1×

Acts 22:3“fathers”Mis amō anēros Ioudaios, gennirētos en Tarsa tau Kilikiau, anatrefirētos de en ta polita houta para toin podoin Gamaliēl, paideuirētos kata akribeian tou patrōou nomou, zēlōtos huparcharōtos tou theou kathōs pantois vis avō sēmeron,“I am a Jew, born in Tarsus of Cilicia, but raised in this city. I was educated at the feet of Gamaliel in strict conformity to the law of our fathers. I was just as zealous for God as any of you are today.

patrōo“fathers”to, fordative singular1×

Acts 24:14“fathers”homologamō de houtem si hoti kata tan hodan han legalō hairesian houtōs latreuamō to patrōo theo, pisteuarōtos pantei tei kata ton nomon kai tei en toi profētoi grafirētei,I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,

patrōei“fathers”to, fordative plural1×

Acts 28:17“fathers”Gineta de meta hēmerain treis sunkalera auton toin arōtoin toiu Ioudaioiu prōtoin; sunercharatoiu de autoiu legate pros autoin; Mis, anēroir adelfoir, oudenem enantiem poiaratos to lao ē tei ethei tei patrōei desmios ek Hierosolumeiu paradōima eis tain cheirain toiu Rōmaioiu,After three days, he called together the leaders of the Jews. When they had gathered, he said to them, “Brothers, although I have done nothing against our people or the customs of our fathers, I was taken prisoner in Jerusalem and handed over to the Romans.