πατριά
patria
Feminine noun · A derivative of πατήρ (G3962)
As if feminine of a derivative of G3962; paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation):—family, kindred, lineage.
Outline
- lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
- a nation or tribe
- a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin
- 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