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πατριά

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Gloss: family line

Transliteration: patria

Strong’s: G3965

πατριά, -ᾶς, ἡ
(πατήρ), [in LXX chiefly for אָב, Exo.6:14, al., also for מִשְׁפָּחָה, Exo.6:15, 4Ki.14:7, Psa.22:27, al. ;]
__1. lineage, ancestry (Hdt.).
__2. = πάτρα (more common in cl.), a family or tribe (so sometimes in Hdt., in LXX of related people, in a sense narrower than φυλή and wider than οἶκος; see Exo.12:3, Num.32:28): Luk.2:4; in a wider sense (1Ch.16:28, Psa.22:27), Act.3:25" (LXX) Eph.3:15.†
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