as if feminine of a derivative of G3962; paternal descent, i.e. (concretely) a group of families or a whole race (nation):--family, kindred, lineage.
lineage running back to some progenitor, ancestry
a nation or tribe
a group of families, all those who in a given people lay claim to a common origin
the Israelites which distributed into twelve tribes, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob, these were divided into families which were divided into houses
