group of families or a whole race

, (Hdt.). lineage ancestry = (more common in cl.), or (so sometimes in Hdt., in LXX of related people, in a sense narrower than and wider than ; v. , ): ; in a wider sense (, ), , .† πάτρα φυλή οἶκος a family tribe Ex 12:3 Nu 32:28 Lk 2:4 I Ch 16:28 Ps 21 (22):27 Ac 3:25 Eph 3:15 (LXX)

geslacht, geslachten

lineage, ancestry; a family, tribe.

family line

paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation)

family, kindred, lineage

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.† (AS)