What does ἐπαγγελία · πατήρ mean in the Bible?
ἐπαγγελία · πατήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "promise of my Father".
Greek · G1860, G3962
τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου
Promise · a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
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ἐπαγγελία G1860 promise
Pronunciation epangelía
Divine commitment to future blessing, not mere human word but binding covenantal assurance
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πατήρ G3962 a "father" (literally or figuratively, near or more remote)
Pronunciation patḗr
Denotes biological parent, ancestor, originator, authority figure, or God—context determines whether literal or metaphorical application.
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What does τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου (tēn epangelian tou patros mou) mean in the Bible?
ἐπαγγελία · πατήρ is a Greek phrase meaning "promise of my Father".
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Questions this entry answers
How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1860, G3962?
G1860, G3962 is connected to 52 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. promise of my Father
Source Gloss
promise of my Father
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 8 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 8 Aligned forms 52 Case pattern Accusative (22) Number pattern Singular (40)
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Acts 2:39 · Rom 4:13 · Rom 4:14 · Gal 3:22 · 2 Pet 3:4 · 1 John 2:25 6×
Nominative · Plural · Feminine Rom 9:4 · 2 Cor 1:20 · Gal 3:16 3×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Acts 7:17 · Acts 26:6 · Rom 9:8 · Rom 9:9 · Gal 3:18 · Gal 4:23 · Gal 4:28 · Eph 1:13 · Eph 2:12 · Eph 3:6 · Heb 4:1 · Heb 6:15 · Heb 6:17 · Heb 11:9 · 2 Pet 3:9 17×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Gal 3:21 · Heb 11:33 2×
Dative · Singular · Feminine Eph 6:2 1×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Heb 8:6 1×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Luke 24:49 · Acts 1:4 · Acts 2:33 · Acts 13:23 · Acts 13:32 · Acts 23:21 · Rom 4:16 · Rom 4:20 · Gal 3:14 · Gal 3:17 · Gal 3:29 · 1 Tim 4:8 · 2 Tim 1:1 · Heb 9:15 · Heb 10:36 · Heb 11:39 16×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Rom 15:8 · 2 Cor 7:1 · Heb 6:12 · Heb 7:6 · Heb 11:13 · Heb 11:17 6×
Word Origins
τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain