Original Word: πατρῷος, α, ον
Part of Speech: Adjective
Transliteration: patróos
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-ro'-os)
Short Definition: hereditary
Definition: hereditary, received from fathers.STRONGS NT 3971: πατροως

πατροως (poetic and Ionic πατρωιος), πατρωα, πατροων, (πατήρ), from Homer down, "descending from father to son or from ancestors to their posterity as it were by right of inheritance; received from the fathers": νόμος, Acts 22:3 (2 Macc. 6:1; Aelian v. h. 6, 10); Θεός, Acts 24:14 (4 Macc. 12:19; and often in Greek writings θεοί πατροωι, Ζεύς πατροως etc.); τοῖς ἔθεσι τοῖς πατροωις, Acts 28:17 (Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho,

c. 63; πατροως ἔθος, Aelian v. h. 7, 19 variant). [SYNONYMS: πατροως, πατρικός: on the distinction of the grammarians (see Photius, Suidas, Ammonius, etc. under the words) according to which πατροως is used of property descending from father to son, πατρικός of persons in friendship or feud, etc., see Ellendt, Lex. Sophocles ii., p. 530f; Liddell and Scott, under the word πατροως; Schmidt, chapter 154.]

paternal

From pater; paternal, i.e. Hereditary -- of fathers.

see GREEK pater

πατρωοις πατρώοις πατρῴοις πατρώον πατρωου πατρώου πατρῴου πατρωω πατρώω πατρῴῳ patrṓioi patrṓiōi patrṓiois patrṓiou patroo patrōō patroois patrōois patroou patrōouInterlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts