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Strong's #3965: patria (pronounced pat-ree-ah')

as if feminine of a derivative of 3962; paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation):--family, kindred, lineage.




Thayer's Greek Lexicon:

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patria

1) lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry

2) a nation or tribe

2a) a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin

2b) 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

Part of Speech: noun feminine

Relation: a derivative of G3962

Citing in TDNT: 5:1015, 805




Usage:

This word is used 3 times:

Luke 2:4: "of the house and lineage of David:)"
Acts 3:25: "seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed."
Ephesians 3:15: "Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth"









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