3962 pater {pat-ayr'}

显然为字根; TDNT - 5:945,805; 阳性名词

钦定本 - Father 268, father 150; 419

1) 生育者或男性先祖
   1a) 较近的先祖: 肉身的父亲, 身生的父亲, 或双亲
   1b) 较远的先祖: 宗族或支派的创始者, 一个民族的始祖, 祖宗: 亚伯拉罕
       被称为是雅各和大卫的先祖
       1b1) 父亦即先祖, 祖宗, 一个国家的创始者
   1c) 年纪较长的人, 长者
2) 隐喻
   2a) 任何事物的开山始祖及传达者
       2a1) 一个家族, 或是由和自己有同样理念的人士所组成的团体之创始人
       2a2) 将自己的理念灌输给他人, 激励且管理他们的想法的人
   2b) 一个处于父亲的地位且以亲职照顾他人的人
   2c) 尊敬的称呼
       2c1) 老师, 当其弟子回顾得自他的知识和训练时, 所用的称呼
       2c2) 犹太教议会/公会中的成员, 以其智慧及专才,使他人得益
 3) 上帝被称为天父
   3a) 因为他是星宿, 天上之的太阳和月亮的创造者, 支持者, 和管理者
   3b) 因为他是凡有理性, 有智慧者的创造者, 保存者, 守护者, 保护者,
       无论是天使或人类    
       3b1) 凡有灵的生命的和所有人类的父
   3c) 他是每位基督徒的父亲, 藉着基督得与上帝有特别亲近, 且亲密的关系, 
       并且不再害怕自已是罪人, 会受到神的严厉的审判, 反倒尊敬他, 是已
       与自己和好的亲爱父亲.
   3d) 他是耶稣基督的父, 他是以爱和父联合, 且有亲密的关系, 明白天父的旨意者, 
       被指派去解释和执行神拯救世人的计画, 也和世人分享自己的神性.
        3d1) 藉由耶稣基督他自己
        3d2) 藉由使徒

3962 pater {pat-ayr'}

apparently a root word; TDNT - 5:945,805; n m

AV - Father 268, father 150; 419

1) generator or male ancestor
   1a) either the nearest ancestor: father of the corporeal
       nature, natural fathers, both parents
   1b) a more remote ancestor, the founder of a family or tribe,
       progenitor of a people, forefather: so Abraham is called,
       Jacob and David
       1b1) fathers i.e. ancestors, forefathers, founders of a nation
   1c) one advanced in years, a senior
2) metaph.
   2a) the originator and transmitter of anything
       2a1) the authors of a family or society of persons animated by
            the same spirit as himself
       2a2) one who has infused his own spirit into others, who
            actuates and governs their minds
   2b) one who stands in a father's place and looks after another
       in a paternal way
   2c) a title of honour
       2c1) teachers, as those to whom pupils trace back the knowledge
            and training they have received
       2c2) the members of the Sanhedrin, whose prerogative it was by
            virtue of the wisdom and experience in which they excelled,
            to take charge of the interests of others
3) God is called the Father
   3a) of the stars, the heavenly luminaries, because he is their
       creator, upholder, ruler
   3b) of all rational and intelligent beings, whether angels or
       men, because he is their creator, preserver, guardian and
       protector
       3b1) of spiritual beings and of all men
   3c) of Christians, as those who through Christ have been
       exalted to a specially close and intimate relationship with
       God, and who no longer dread him as a stern judge of
       sinners, but revere him as their reconciled and loving Father
    3d) the Father of Jesus Christ, as one whom God has united to
        himself in the closest bond of love and intimacy, made
        acquainted with his purposes, appointed to explain and carry
        out among men the plan of salvation, and made to share also
        in his own divine nature
        3d1) by Jesus Christ himself
        3d2) by the apostles