King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3968
Transliteration: patris
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rece')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: of one's fathers, fatherland
Meaning: of one's fathers, fatherland
πατρίς, πατρίδος, ἡ (πατήρ), one's native country;
Word Summary
patris: of one's fathers, fatherland
Original Word: πατρίςTransliteration: patris
Phonetic Spelling: (pat-rece')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: of one's fathers, fatherland
Meaning: of one's fathers, fatherland
Strong's Concordance
own country. From parasemos; a father-land, i.e. Native town; (figuratively) heavenly home -- (own) country.
see GREEK parasemos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3968: πατρίςπατρίς, πατρίδος, ἡ (πατήρ), one's native country;
a. as in classical Greek from Homer down, one's fatherland, one's (own) country: John 4:44 (cf. γάρ, II. 1); equivalent to a fixed abode (home (R. V. a country of their own), opposed to the land where one παρεπιδημει), Hebrews 11:14.
b. one's native (own) place i. e. city: Matthew 13:54, 57; Mark 6:1, 4; Luke 4:23,(24); so Philo, leg. ad Gaium § 36 (ἐστι δέ μοι Ἱεροσόλυμα πατρίς); Josephus, Antiquities 10, 7, 3; 6, 4, 6; ᾧ πατρίς ἡ Ἀκυληια ἦν, Herodian, 8, 3, 2 (1 edition, Bekker).