Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
fatherless
Usage: ἀπάτωρ, -ορος, ὁ, ὴ (ἀ- neg., πατήρ) __1. fatherless. __2. without father (MM, VGT, see word), i.e., with no recorded genealogy: Heb.7:3.† (AS)
Apator means “without father” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H540 — aman (“believe”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G540 ἀπάτωρ (apator) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. apator (ap-at'-ore) adj. 1. fatherless, i.e. of unrecorded paternity [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3962] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include without. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
apator (ap-at'-ore) adj. 1. fatherless, i.e. of unrecorded paternity [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3962] KJV: without father Root(s): G1, G3962
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fatherless
Usage: ἀπάτωρ, -ορος, ὁ, ὴ (ἀ- neg., πατήρ) __1. fatherless. __2. without father (MM, VGT, see word), i.e., with no recorded genealogy: Heb.7:3.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render apator, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
1 indexed usage in New Testament.
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's G540.
Without father, without mother, without descent, having neither beginning of days, nor end of life; but made like unto the Son of God; abideth a priest continually.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G540, grouped by book.
Apator (Strong's G540) is a Greek word most simply glossed "without father". apator (ap-at'-ore) adj. 1. fatherless, i.e. of unrecorded paternity [from G1 (as a negative particle) and G3962]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's G540 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G540 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as without. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.