G3968

πατρίς

patrisG:N-F

fatherland

πατρίς, -ίδος, ἡ (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.† (AS)

The KJV translates G3968 in the following manner:

country (16x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

πατρίς — patrís

πατρίς, πατρίδος, ἡ (πατήρ), one's native country;

a. as in classical Greek from Homer down, one's fatherland, one's (own) country: Joh 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), Heb 11:14.

b. one's native (own) place i. e. city: Mat 13:54; Mat 13:57; Mar 6:1; Mar 6:4; Luk 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).

8 occurrences

Matthew (2), Mark (2), Luke (2), John (1), Hebrews (1)