Strong G3965πατριά

family line

Transliteration
patria
Pronunciation
pat-ree-ah'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

As if feminine of a derivative of G3962; paternal descent that is (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation): - family kindred lineage.

Detailed definition

πατριά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(πατήρ), [in LXX chiefly for אָב, Exo.6:14, al., also for מִשְׁפָּחָה, Exo.6:15, 4Ki.14:7, Psa.22:27, al.;]
1. lineage, ancestry (Hdt.).

2. = πάτρα (more common in cl.), a family or tribe (so sometimes in Hdt., in LXX of related people, in a sense narrower than φυλή and wider than οἶκος; see Exo.12:3, Num.32:28): Luk.2:4; in a wider sense (1Ch.16:28, Psa.22:27), Act.3:25" (LXX) Eph.3:15.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G3965 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • family1
  • kindred1
  • lineage1

First verses

  1. Luke 2:4
    And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)
  2. Acts 3:25
    Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying unto Abraham, And in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.
  3. Ephesians 3:15
    Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,
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Detailed Greek dictionary
πατρι-ά,
Ionic dialect πατρ-ιή, ἡ, (πατήρ) lineage, descent, especially by the father's side, ἐγενεηλόγησε τὴν π. τὴν Κύρου [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.75, compare 2.143, NT.Luke.2.4.)]
II ={πάτρα} [Refs (II.2,)]clan, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.200, “Michel” 195.1 (Elis, 5th c.BC), 995 A 26 (Delph., 5th c.BC).)]
II.2 family, [LXX+NT (LXX.Exo.12.3, +others, NT.Eph.3.15.)]
III in plural, = patrum officia, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 1.5.14.)]