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. |