ΠΑΤΡΙΆ: 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.;] ] 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; v. Ex 12:3, Nu 32:28): Lk 2:4; in a wider sense (I Ch 16:28, Ps 21 (22):27), Ac 3:25(LXX), Eph 3:15.†