Dictionary entry

πατριάρχης

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

πατριάρχης, -ου, ὁ

(< πατριά, ἄρχω), [in LXX: I Ch 24:31 (אָב), II Ch 19:826:12 (הָאָבוֹתרֹאשׁ), I Ch 27:12 (שַׂר), II Ch 23:20 (שַׂר־הַמֵּאוֹת), IV Mac 7:19 16:25*;]

a patriarch: Ac 2:297:8, 9, He 7:4.†