3965 patria {pat-ree-ah'}
a derivative of 3962; TDNT - 5:1015,805; n f
AV - lineage 1, kindred 1, family 1; 3
1) lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
2) a nation or tribe
2a) a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim
to a common origin
2b) 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