G3965Greekpatriaὶ
πατριαὶ
paternal descent, i.e., (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
3
Total Occurrences
3
Books
0
Old Testament
3
New Testament
Detailed Definition
- 1lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
- 2a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin
- 3the israelites which distributed into twelve tribes, descended from the twelve sons of jacob, these were divided into families which were divided into houses
- 4a race or tribe
- 5family, in a wider sense, nation, people
Etymology & Derivation
as if feminine of a derivative of g3962