- πατρίς
- πατρίς, ίδος, ἡ (πατήρ; really fem. of πάτριος ‘of one’s fathers’, but used as subst. even in Hom. So also ins, pap, LXX; TestLevi 13:8; EpArist 102; Philo, Joseph.; Just., D. 39, 5)① a relatively large geographical area associated with one’s familial connections and personal life, fatherland, homeland (Hom. et al.; 2 Macc 8:21; 13:14; Philo; Jos., Bell. 1, 246, Ant. 19, 233) Dg 5:5. Of Galilee as Jesus’ homeland J 4:44 (JPryor, CBQ 49, ’87, 254–63 [all Israel]). Fig. (for early extended use s. Eur., Fgm. 1047, 2 [Stob. 40:9] TGF p. 692 ἅπασα δὲ χθὼν ἀνδρὶ γενναίῳ πατρίς ‘all the earth is homeland to a noble man’; cp. Ovid, Fast. 1, 493), of the heavenly home (cp. Ael. Aristid. 43, 18 K.=1 p. 7 D.: τὴν πρώτην πατρίδα τὴν οὐράνιον; Anaxagoras in Diog. L. 2, 7; Epict. 2, 23, 38; Philo, Agr. 65) Hb 11:14. ἀγάπη τῆς πατρίδος love of one’s country 1 Cl 55:5.② a relatively restricted area as locale of one’s immediate family and ancestry, home town, one’s own part of the country (oft. ins, pap; Appian, Bell. Civ. 1. 48 §207; 210; Phlegon: 257 Fgm. 36, 3, 14 Jac.; Herodian 8, 3, 1; Philo, Leg. ad Gai. 278; Jos., Ant. 6, 67; 10, 114) Mt 13:54; Mk 6:1; Lk 2:3 D; 4:23; Ac 18:25 D, 27 D. As a proverb: οὐκ ἔστιν προφήτης ἄτιμος εἰ μὴ ἐν τῇ πατρίδι αὐτοῦ (Dio Chrys. 30 [47], 6 πᾶσι τοῖς φιλοσόφοις χαλεπὸς ἐν τῇ πατρίδι ὁ βίος; Ep. 44 of Apollonius of Tyana [Philostrat. I 354, 12] ἡ πατρὶς ἀγνοεῖ; Epict. 3, 16, 11 the philosopher avoids his πατρίς) Mk 6:4; cp. Mt 13:57; Lk 4:24; Ox 1 recto, 11 (cp. GTh 31). Also J 4:44; s. 1 above.—B. 1303. DELG s.v. πατήρ. M-M. Sv.
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