Greek
πατήρ patēr
“father” · 413 times in the New Testament
Through the Bible
- “father” 398
- “patriarchs” 4
- “as our father” 2
- “him” 1
- “his” 1
- other ways 7
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Matthew | 63 |
| Mark | 18 |
| Luke | 56 |
| John | 136 |
| Acts | 35 |
| Romans | 14 |
| 1 Corinthians | 6 |
| 2 Corinthians | 5 |
| Galatians | 5 |
| Ephesians | 11 |
| Philippians | 4 |
| Colossians | 5 |
| 1 Thessalonians | 5 |
| 2 Thessalonians | 3 |
| 1 Timothy | 2 |
| 2 Timothy | 1 |
| Titus | 1 |
| Philemon | 1 |
| Hebrews | 9 |
| James | 4 |
| 1 Peter | 3 |
| 2 Peter | 2 |
| 1 John | 14 |
| 2 John | 4 |
| Jude | 1 |
| Revelation | 5 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“father” 398
Matthew 62
- 2:22 …in place of his father Herod he was afraid…
- 4:21 …a boat with their father Zebedee mending their nets…
- 4:22 …the boat and their father and followed Him…
- 5:16 …deeds and glorify your Father in heaven…
- 5:45 …be sons of your Father in heaven He causes…
- 5:48 …therefore as your heavenly Father is perfect…
- 6:1 …no reward from your Father in heaven…
- 6:4 …in secret And your Father who sees what is…
- 6:6 …and pray to your Father who is unseen And…
- 6:6 …is unseen And your Father who sees what is…
- 6:8 …like them for your Father knows what you need…
- 6:9 …you should pray Our Father in heaven hallowed be…
- 6:14 …their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you…
- 6:15 …men neither will your Father forgive yours…
- 6:18 …but only to your Father who is unseen And…
- 6:18 …is unseen And your Father who sees what is…
- 6:26 …and yet your heavenly Father feeds them Are you…
- 6:32 …things and your heavenly Father knows that you need…
- 7:11 …much more will your Father in heaven give good…
- 7:21 …the will of My Father in heaven…
- 8:21 …go and bury my father
- 10:20 …the Spirit of your Father speaking through you…
- 10:21 …brother to death and a father his child children will…
- 10:29 …the will of your Father
- 10:32 …confess him before My Father in heaven…
- 10:33 …deny him before My Father in heaven…
- 10:35 …a man against his father a daughter against her…
- 10:37 …Anyone who loves his father or mother more than…
- 11:25 …declared I praise You Father Lord of heaven and…
- 11:26 …Yes Father for this was well…
- 11:27 …to Me by My Father No one knows the…
- 11:27 …the Son except the Father and no one knows…
- 11:27 …no one knows the Father except the Son and…
- 12:50 …the will of My Father in heaven is My…
- 13:43 …the kingdom of their Father He who has ears…
- 15:4 …God said Honor your father and mother and Anyone…
- 15:4 …and Anyone who curses his father or mother must be…
- 15:5 …anyone says to his father or mother Whatever you…
- 15:6 …need not honor his father Thus you nullify the…
- 15:13 …plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will…
- 16:17 …blood but by My Father in heaven…
- 16:27 …will come in His Father’s glory with His angels…
- 18:10 …the face of My Father in heaven…
- 18:14 …the same way your Father in heaven is not…
- 18:19 …for you by My Father in heaven…
- 18:35 …is how My heavenly Father will treat each of…
- 19:5 …man will leave his father and mother and be…
- 19:19 …honor your father and mother and love…
- 19:29 …brothers or sisters or father or mother or children…
- 20:23 …those for whom My Father has prepared them…
- 21:31 …the will of his father The first they answered…
- 23:9 …anyone on earth your father for you have one…
- 23:9 …for you have one Father who is in heaven…
- 23:30 …the days of our fathers we would not have…
- 23:32 …the sin of your fathers
- 24:36 …Son but only the Father
- 25:34 …are blessed by My Father inherit the kingdom prepared…
- 26:29 …with you in My Father’s kingdom…
- 26:39 …facedown and prayed My Father if it is possible…
- 26:42 …away and prayed My Father if this cup cannot…
- 26:53 …can call on My Father and He will at…
- 28:19 …the name of the Father and of the Son…
Mark 18
- 1:20 …and they left their father Zebedee in the boat…
- 5:40 …He took the child’s father and mother and His…
- 7:10 …Moses said Honor your father and your mother and…
- 7:10 …and Anyone who curses his father or mother must be…
- 7:11 …man says to his father or mother Whatever you…
- 7:12 …do anything for his father or mother…
- 8:38 …He comes in His Father’s glory with the holy…
- 9:21 …Jesus asked the boy’s father How long has this…
- 9:24 …Immediately the boy’s father cried out I do…
- 10:7 …man will leave his father and mother and be…
- 10:19 …cheat others honor your father and mother…
- 10:29 …sisters or mother or father or children or fields…
- 11:10 …coming kingdom of our father David Hosanna in the…
- 11:25 …it so that your Father in heaven will forgive…
- 13:12 …brother to death and a father his child Children will…
- 13:32 …Son but only the Father
- 14:36 …Abba Father He said all things…
- 15:21 …Simon of Cyrene the father of Alexander and Rufus…
And 318 more, on the full page.
“patriarchs” 4
“as our father” 2
“him” 1
Luke 1
- 15:12 …younger son said to him Father give me my…
“his” 1
John 1
- 8:44 …want to carry out his desires He was a…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 1
John 1
“them” 1
Acts 1
- 7:45 …God drove out before them It remained until the…
“fathers did” 1
Acts 1
- 7:51 …Spirit just as your fathers did
“also the father” 1
Romans 1
- 4:12 …And he is also the father of the circumcised who…
“forefathers” 1
1 Corinthians 1
- 10:1 …unaware brothers that our forefathers were all under the…
“ancestor” 1
Hebrews 1
- 7:10 …the loin of his ancestor
“parents” 1
Hebrews 1
- 11:23 …By faith Moses parents hid him for three…
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.