G3965

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

  1. lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
  2. a nation 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
  3. family, in a wider sense, nation, people
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