Strongs Number: G3965
- Greek Word
- πατριά
- Transliteration
- patria
- Phonetic
- pat-ree-ah'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
paternal descent that is (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
- Thayers Definition
-
1. lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
2. a nation or tribe
a. a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin
b. the Israelites which distributed into twelve tribes, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob, these were divided into families which were divided into houses
3. family, in a wider sense, nation, people
- Origin
- As if feminine of a derivative of G3962
- Bible Usage
- family kindred lineage.