Lectionary Calendar
Saturday, April 5th, 2025
the Fourth Week of Lent
the Fourth Week of Lent
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Bible Lexicons
Berry's Synonyms of the New Testament Berry's NT Synonyms
Tribe, Family, Household
These words form a series. φυλή is sometime a race, nation, but usually a tribe, such as one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob. πατριά is a smaller division within the tribe, it is an association of families closely related, in the N.T. generally used of those descended from a particular one of the sons of Jacob's sons. οἶκος is yet narrower, household, including all the inmates of a single house, being the unit of organization.