The corpus record

πατρι-άρχης

patriarches · ὁ

father, chief of a race, patriarch, title borne by the Bishops

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Where it lives

Machabaeorum IV 2 · 2.59/10k
Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Acts 3 · 1.67/10k
Paralipomenon II 3 · 1.52/10k
Paralipomenon I 2 · 1.5/10k

What it meant

πατρι-άρχης · patri-archēs — LSJ

father, chief of a race, patriarch

father or chief of a race, patriarch, LXX 1 Ch. 27.22, Act.Ap. 2.29, 7.8, Ep.Hebr. 7.4.

II title borne by the Bishops, of, belonging to him

title borne by the Bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Alexandria, Just. Nov. 3.2, etc. :—Adj. πατρι-αρχικός, ή, όν, of or belonging to him, θρόνος ib. 7 Praef. 1, cf. Cod.Just. 1.5.12.22.

In the wild

πατριάρχου · patriarchou New Testament, Acts 2.28 (DIORISIS sentence 46)
πατριάρχας · patriarchas New Testament, Acts 7.8 (DIORISIS sentence 178)
πατριάρχαι · patriarchai New Testament, Acts 7.9 (DIORISIS sentence 179)
πατριάρχης · patriarchēs New Testament, Hebrews 7.4 (DIORISIS sentence 99)
πατριάρχαι · patriarchai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 16
πατριάρχαι · patriarchai Septuaginta, Machabaeorum IV 7

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Where it came from

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