The word in Scripture

Father in the Bible

The word father appears 1126 times in the King James Version of the Bible. A father gives life, name, and inheritance; God is the perfect Father. And like every true word of Scripture, it finds its fullness in Jesus Christ.

What father means in the Bible

A father gives life, name, and inheritance; God is the perfect Father.

Where the word father appears

Here are 8 of the passages where the word father appears, chosen from across the Scriptures, in the words of the King James Bible:

“Hearken, O daughter, and consider, and incline thine ear; forget also thine own people, and thy father’s house;”Psalms 45:10

“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.”Isaiah 9:6

“For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death.”Matthew 15:4

“And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven.”Matthew 23:9

“And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.”Luke 15:20

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.”John 1:14

“Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”John 14:6

“That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.”Romans 15:6