noun · feminine
patrias
Greekπατριά (patria)
Strong’sG3965
a family, tribe
stem patri-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books3 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
πατριά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(< πατήρ), [in LXX chiefly for אָב, Ex 6:14, al., also for מִשְׁפָּחָה, Ex 6:15, II Ki 14:7, Ps 21 (22):27, al.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3965 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidpat-ree-ah'
paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)
Fromas if feminine of a derivative of G3962;
King Jamesfamily, kindred, lineage.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | patrias1×πατριὰ | patriais1×πατριαὶ |
| object accusative | patrian | patriain |
| direct address vocative | patriar | patriair |
| of, belonging to genitive | patriau1×πατριᾶς | patriaiu |
| to, for dative | patria | patriai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
patria is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
patrias“family”subjectnominative singular1×
Ephesians 3:15“family”ek hou pantas patrias en ouranoi kai epi gēau onomazitō,from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
patriau“family line”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Luke 2:4“family line”Anabainata de kai Iōsēf apo tau Galilaiau ek politau Nazareth eis tan Ioudaian eis politan David hotinas kalitō Bēthleem, dia tem arō auton ek oikou kai patriau David,So Joseph also went up from Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to the city of David called Bethlehem, since he was from the house and line of David.
patriais“families”subjectnominative plural1×
Acts 3:25“families”vis avō tois huiois toiu profētoiu kai tau diathēkau hau diatitheta tos theos pros toin patēroin vu, legarōtos pros Abraam Kai en te sperme su eneulogili pantais tais patriais tau gēau.And you are sons of the prophets and of the covenant God made with your fathers when He said to Abraham, ‘Through your offspring all the families of the earth will be blessed.’