Dict: easton - Father

easton:

Father @ a name applied

(1) to any ancestor kjv@Deuteronomy:1:11; kjvKings:15:11; kjv@Matthew:3:9 kjv@Matthew:23:30, etc.); and

(2) as a title of respect to a chief, ruler, or elder, etc. kjv@Judges:17:10 kjv@Judges:18:19; kjv@1Samuel:10:12; kjv@2Kings:2:12; kjv@Matthew:23:9, etc.).

(3) The author or beginner of anything is also so called; e.g., Jabal and Jubal kjv@Genesis:4:20-21; comp. kjv@Job:38:28). Applied to God kjv@Exodus:4:22; kjv@Deuteronomy:32:6; kjv@2Samuel:7:14; kjv@Psalms:89:27-28, etc.).

(1.) As denoting his covenant relation to the Jews kjv@Jeremiah:31:9; kjv@Isaiah:63:16 kjv@Isaiah:64:8; kjv@John:8:41, etc.).

(2.) Believers are called God's "sons" kjv@John:1:12; kjv@Romans:8:16; kjv@Matthew:6:4 kjv@Matthew:6:8, 15, 18; 10:20,29). They also call him "Father" kjv@Romans:1:7; kjv@1Corinthians:1:3; kjv@2Corinthians:1:2; kjv@Galatians:1:4)