patris · homeland

What it means

patris (πατρίς) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “homeland”.

Native land.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The town where one was born and raised.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• hometown ×6
• homeland ×2

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Mark×2
• Luke×2
• John×1
• Hebrews×1

• Matthew 13:54

  And coming to his hometown, he was teaching them in their synagogue, so that they were astonished and said, “Where did this man get this wisdom and the miracles?

• Matthew 13:57

  And they stumbled over him. But Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and in his house.”

• Mark 6:1

  And he went out from there and comes to his hometown, and his disciples follow him.

• Mark 6:4

  And Jesus was saying to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his hometown and among his relatives and in his house.”

• Luke 4:23

  And he said to them, “Surely you will tell me this proverb: Physician, heal yourself; all that we heard was done in Capernaum, do here also, in your hometown.”

• Luke 4:24

  And he said, “Truly I tell you, no prophet is welcome in his hometown.

• John 4:44

  For Jesus himself testified that a prophet has no honor in his own homeland.

• Hebrews 11:14

  For those who say such things make it clear that they are seeking a homeland.