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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Patriarchal Government
• Patriarch
Thompson Chain Reference
• Patriarchs
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Patriarchal Government
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Patriarchs
Chabad Knowledge Base
• Patriarchs
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Patriarch
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Patriarchs
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Patriarchs, the
• Patriarchs, Testament of the Twelve
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Testaments of Twelve Patriarchs
• Patriarch
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
• Patriarch
Dictionary of Early Christian Biography
• Timotheus, Patriarch of Constantinople
• Theodotus, Patriarch of Antioch
• Stephanus I., Patriarch of Antioch
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King James Dictionary
• Patriarch
Morrish Bible Dictionary
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1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Scriptural Patriarchs
• Patriarchs, Scriptural
• Patriarchate of Jerusalem
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Hawker's Poor Man's Dictionary
• Patriarchs
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Patriarch
Vines' Expository Dictionary
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Webster Dictionary
• Patriarchism
• Patriarchic
• Patriarchate
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Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Patriarchs
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Patriarch
• Testaments of the Three Patriarchs
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Antediluvian Patriarchs
• Patriarch; Patriachs
• Patriarchs, Testaments of the Twelve
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McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Acacius Patriarch of Constantinople
• Albert Patriarch of Jerusalem
• Alexandria, Patriarchate of
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Patriarch
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Patriarch
• Patriarch and Patriarchate
• Patriarchate of Lisbon
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The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Patriarchal Family and Authority
• Patriarchs, the
• Testaments of the Twelve Patriarchs
Lexicons
• πατριάρχης

This name is given to the ancient fathers, chiefly those who lived before Moses, as Adam, Lamech, Noah, Shem, &c, Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, the sons of Jacob, and heads of the tribes. The Hebrews call them princes of the tribes, or heads of the fathers. The name patriarch is derived from the Greek patriarcha, "head of a family."