What does πατρίς (patrís) mean in the Bible?
πατρίς (patrís): One's native town or homeland, often with overtones of familial belonging and ancestral heritage.
Greek · G3968
πατρίς
Fatherland
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πατρίς G3968
Pronunciation patrís
What does πατρίς (patrís) mean in the Bible?
πατρίς (patrís): One's native town or homeland, often with overtones of familial belonging and ancestral heritage.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3968?
The BSB source-word alignment has 8 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include hometown (6), . . . (1), a country of their own (1).
Where does πατρίς (patrís) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 13:54. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Mark (2), Matthew (2), Hebrews (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It hometown 6× Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:1, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:23
. . . 1× Matthew 13:54
a country of their own 1× Hebrews 11:14
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 13:54 πατρίδα to . . . Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Matthew 13:57 πατρίδι to hometown Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Mark 6:1 πατρίδα to hometown Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular Mark 6:4 πατρίδι to hometown Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 4:23 πατρίδι to hometown Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Luke 4:24 πατρίδι to hometown Noun - Dative Feminine Singular John 4:44 πατρίδι to hometown Noun - Dative Feminine Singular Hebrews 11:14 πατρίδα to a country of their own Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 13:54
Aligned rows 8
Books represented 5
Matthew 2 Mark 2 Luke 2 John 1 Hebrews 1
Source forms
πατρίδι 5x patridi Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:23, Luke 4:24
πατρίδα 3x patrida Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:1, Hebrews 11:14
Parsing patterns
Noun - Dative Feminine Singular 5x Matthew 13:57, Mark 6:4, Luke 4:23, Luke 4:24
Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular 3x Matthew 13:54, Mark 6:1, Hebrews 11:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One's native town or homeland, often with overtones of familial belonging and ancestral heritage.
Strong's G3968
Lexical occurrences 8 verses Greek text appearances 8 times Word forms 2 forms 8 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
fatherland
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
One's native town or homeland, often with overtones of familial belonging and ancestral heritage.
(πατήρ), [in LXX chiefly for מוֹלֶדֶת ;] prop. poët. fern. of πάτριος, of one's fathers; as subst., ἡ π. = πάτρα, fatherland, country, home, native place: Act.18:27, WH, mg., Heb.11:14; of one's own town, Mat.13:54, 57, Mrk.6:1, 4, Luk.4:23-24, Jhn.4:44.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
8 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 13:54 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πατρίδα patrida
fatherland
Read verse Matthew 13:57 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πατρίδι patridi
fatherland
Read verse Mark 6:1 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πατρίδα patrida
fatherland
Read verse Mark 6:4 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πατρίδι patridi
fatherland
Read verse Luke 4:23 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πατρίδι patridi
fatherland
Read verse Luke 4:24 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πατρίδι patridi
fatherland
Read verse John 4:44 Noun Dative Singular Feminine
πατρίδι patridi
fatherland
Read verse Hebrews 11:14 Noun Accusative Singular Feminine
πατρίδα patrida
fatherland
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 8 Case pattern Dative (5) Number pattern Singular (8)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Dative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:57 · Mark 6:4 · Luke 4:23 · Luke 4:24 · John 4:44 5×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Matt 13:54 · Mark 6:1 · Heb 11:14 3×
Word Origins
πατρίς is built from this root:
παράσημος G3902
Part of These Phrases
Compound and idiomatic phrases that include this word. Follow a link to study the phrase and how its parts work together.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain