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PATRIARCH; PATRIACHS

pa'-tri-ark, patriarches). The word occurs in the New Testament in application to Abraham (Heb 7:4), to the sons of Jacob (Acts 7:8,9), and to David (Acts 2:29). In Septuagint it is used as the equivalent of the head of the fathers' house, or of a tribe (1 Ch 24:31; 27:32; 2 Ch 26:12). Commonly now the term is used of the persons whose names appear in the genealogies and covenant-histories in the periods preceding Moses (Gen 5; 11, histories of Noah, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc.; compare "patriarchal dispensation"). The problems connected with the longevity ascribed to the patriarchs in the genealogies and narratives in Gen are dealt with in special articles.
See ANTEDILUVIAN PATRIARCHS; ANTEDILUVIANS (GENEALOGY).
James Orr
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Definition for 'patriarch; patriachs'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". bible-history.com - ISBE; 1915.

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