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, Act_22:3 (2Ma_6:1; Aelian v. h. 6, 10); Θεός, Act_24:14 (4Ma_12:19; and often in Greek writings θεοί πατροωι, Ζεύς πατροως etc.); τοῖς ἔθεσι τοῖς πατροωις, Act_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.]

πατρῷος patrōos 3x received from one s ancestors, paternal, ancestral, Act_22:3 ; Act_24:14 ; Act_28:17

πατρῷος , -α , -ον ( < πατήρ ), [in LXX : Pro_27:10 ( H1 ), Ezr_7:5 ; 2-4 Mac 12 * ;] of one's fathers, received from one's fathers: Act_22:3 ; Act_24:14 ; Act_28:17 .†

πατρῷος [page 499] received from one s fathers, which occurs ter in Acts, may be illustrated by P Eleph 5 .22 (B.C. 284 3) ἔχω λόγον καὶ κεκόμιζμαι ἅπαντα τῶν πατρώιων , P Oxy III. 483 .24 (A.D. 108) τοὺς πατρῴους θεούς (cf. Act_24:14 ), Chrest. I. 116 .4 (ii/iii A.D.) ἡγοῦ μάλιστα τοὺς πατρῴους καὶ σέ [β ]ου Ἶσιν Σαρᾶπιν κτλ ., ib , 96 vi. 22 (A.D. 215) εἰ ]ς ἐπ [ιμέ ]λ [ε ]ι [α ]ν τοῦ πατρῴου ἡμ [ῶν θεοῦ , P Lond 973 b .6 (iii/A.D.) (= III. p. 213) προσκύνημά σου ποιῶ . . . παρὰ τοῖς πατρῴοις θεοῖς , P Oxy VII. 1025 .13 (late iii/A.D.) συνεορτάσοντες ἐν τῇ πατρω̣α̣ ἡ̣ [μῶν ] ἑορτῇ γενεθλίῳ τ̣ο̣υ̣̑ Κρο̣ν̣ο̣υ̣ θεοῦ μεγίστου , in order to celebrate with us our traditional festival on the birthday of Cronus the most great god (Ed.), and from the inscrr. Syll 571 (= .3 987) .35 (iv/B.C.) το ]ῦ Διὸς τοῦ Πατρώιου .

πατρῷος πατρῷος, η, ον [Etym: πατήρ] "of or from one's father, coming or inherited from him", Lat. paternus, Hom. , etc.; ξεῖνος πατρώιος my "hereditary" friend, Il. ; γαῖα πατρωίη "one's fatherland", id=Il. ; πατρώια "one's patrimony", id=Il. , etc.; π. δόξα "hereditary" glory, Xen. ; Ζεὺς π. also the god "who protects a parent's rights", Ar. like πάτριος, "of or belonging to one's father", Pind. , Soph. ; τὰ πατρώια "the cause of one's father", Opp. to τὰ μητρώια, Hdt.

πατρῷος, -α, -ον (πατήρ), [in LXX: Pro.27:10 (אָב), Est.7:5, 2 -4Ma.12:1-19 * ;] of one's fathers, received from one's fathers: Act.22:3 24:14 28:17.† (AS)