Strong's Number G3965

πατριά

patria · pat-ree-ah'

Transliteration:

patria{pat-ree-ah'}

Word Origin:

a derivative of 3962

TDNT:

5:1015,805

Part of Speech:

noun feminine

Strong's Definition:

paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)

Usage in the KJV:

lineage 1, kindred 1, family 1

Total: 3
Occurs 3 times in the Greek text.

Definition:

lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
a race or tribe
1. a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin
2. the Israelites which distributed into twelve tribes, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob, these were divided into families which were divided into houses
family, in a wider sense, nation, people