- Transliteration: Patria

- Phonetic: pat-ree-ah'

- Definition:

1. lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry

2. a nation or tribe

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

b. 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

- Origin: a derivative of G3962" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3962

- TDNT entry: 21:55,8

- Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine

- Strong's: As if feminine of a derivative of G3962" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3962; paternal descent that is (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation): - family kindred lineage.