- Original: πατριά - 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 - TDNT entry: 21:55,8 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: 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. Total KJV Occurrences: 3 • family, 1 Eph 3:15 • kindreds, 1 Act 3:25 • lineage, 1 Luke 2:4