KJV dictionary & concordance
A chief ancestral father of a family or people.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Acts 2:29
Complete exact-word concordance
Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Men and brethren, let me freely speake vnto you of the Patriarch Dauid, that he is both dead & buried, and his sepulchre is with vs vnto this day:
1611 marginal noteOr, I may.
1611 marginal note1.King. 2.10.
Now consider how great this man was, unto whom even the patriarch Abraham gave the tenth of the spoils.
Now consider how great this man was, vnto whō euen the patriarch Abraham gaue the tenth of the spoiles.
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Historical English dictionary sources
The father and ruler of a family; a title applied to eminent progenitors or ancestral heads.
