As if feminine of a derivative of G3962; paternal {descent} that {is} (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation): - {family} {kindred} lineage.
From G3962; {paternal} that {is} ancestral: - of fathers.
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Act 2:29Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you of the patriarchG3966 David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.
Act 7:8And he gave him the covenant of circumcision: and so Abraham begat Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat theG3966 twelve patriarchsG3966.