Forms of the word
Greek transliteration
patria
Simplified transliteration
patria
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament
3
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Gloss
family, family line, clan; people, nation
Definition
descent, lineage; a family, tribe, race, Lk. 2:4; Acts 3:25; Eph. 3:15*
Greek-English Concordance for πατριά
| Luke 2:4 |
So Joseph also went up from Galilee, from the town of Nazareth, to Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and lineage (patrias | πατριᾶς | gen sg fem) of David, |
| Acts 3:25 |
You are the sons of the prophets and of the covenant which God made with your fathers, saying to Abraham, ‘And in your offspring shall all the families (patriai | πατριαί | nom pl fem) of the earth be blessed.’ |
| Ephesians 3:15 |
from whom every family (patria | πατριά | nom sg fem) in heaven and on earth derives its name, |