Lexicon phulé: a clan or tribe Original Word: φυλή, ῆς, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: phulé Phonetic Spelling: (foo-lay') Short Definition: a tribe, race Definition: a tribe or race of people. HELPS word-Studies 5443 phylḗ (from 5453 /phýō, "to generate") – a tribe (race, lineage); the descendants of a common ancestor, like the progeny springing from Jacob (Israel). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom phuóDefinitiona clan or tribe NASB Translationtribe (23), tribes (8).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5443: φυλήφυλή, φυλῆς, ἡ (from φύω), from Pindar and Herodotus down; 1. a tribe; in the N. T. all the persons descended from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch Jacob (the Sept. for מַטֵּה and שֵׁבֶט; also for מִשְׁפָּחָה, see πατριά, 2): Hebrews 7:13f; with the addition of the genitives Ασηρ, Βενιαμίν, etc., Luke 2:36; Acts 13:21; Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 7:5-8; δώδεκα φυλάς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, Matthew 19:28; Luke 22:30; James 1:1; Revelation 21:12; (πᾶσα φυλή υἱῶν Ἰσραήλ, Revelation 7:4). 2. a race, nation, people: Matthew 24:30; Rev. (); ; (); .
Strong's kindred, tribe. From phuo (compare phullon); an offshoot, i.e. Race or clan -- kindred, tribe. see GREEK phuo see GREEK phullon |
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