Definition

a father-land, i.e. native town; (figuratively) heavenly home

Etymology

from G3902 (παράσημος);

Word family

• παράσημος parásēmos

How the KJV renders it

• (own) country

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.