noun · masculine

propatōros

Greekπροπάτωρ (propatōr)

Strong’sG3962

father, Father, ancestor

stem propatōr-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

forefather1×

What it means

** προ-πάτωρ, -ορος, ὁ

(< πατήρ), [in LXX: III Mac 2:21 A*;]

a forefather: Ro 4:1.†

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

Strong’s G3962 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpat-ayr'

a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)

Fromapparently a primary word;

King Jamesfather, parent.

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	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	propatōros	propatōrois
object accusative	propatōron1×προπάτορα	propatōroin
direct address vocative	propatōror	propatōroir
of, belonging to genitive	propatōrou	propatōroiu
to, for dative	propatōro	propatōroi

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

propatōrstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

propatōro 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

propatōron“forefather”objectaccusative singular1×

Romans 4:1“forefather”Tinem oun legani heuriskarē Abraam ton propatōron nu kata sarxan?What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has discovered?