Synonym for: Tribe, Family, Household.

See Definition for \fulh\ 5443 See Definition for \patria\ 3965 See Definition for \oikov\ 3624

These words form a series. \fulh\ is sometimes a race, nation, but usually a tribe, such as one of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.

\patria\ is a smaller division within the tribe, it's 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.

\oikov\ is yet narrower, household, including all the inmates of a single house, being the unit of organization.