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Lexicon :: Strong's G5443 - phylē

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φυλή
Transliteration
phylē (Key)
Pronunciation
foo-lay'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 9:245,1280

Strong’s Definitions

φυλή phylḗ, foo-lay'; from G5453 (compare G5444); an offshoot, i.e. race or clan:—kindred, tribe.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x

The KJV translates Strong's G5443 in the following manner: tribe (25x), kindred (6x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 31x
The KJV translates Strong's G5443 in the following manner: tribe (25x), kindred (6x).

  1. a tribe

    1. in the NT all the persons descending from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch, Jacob

  2. a nation, people

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φυλή phylḗ, foo-lay'; from G5453 (compare G5444); an offshoot, i.e. race or clan:—kindred, tribe.
STRONGS G5443:
φυλή, 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. (Revelation 1:7); Revelation 5:9; 7:9; (Revelation 11:9); Revelation 13:7; 14:6.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
19:28; 24:30
Luke
2:36; 22:30
Acts
13:21
Romans
11:1
Philippians
3:5
Hebrews
7:13
James
1:1
Revelation
1:7; 5:5; 5:9; 7:4; 7:5; 7:6; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 11:9; 13:7; 14:6; 21:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G5443 matches the Greek φυλή (phylē),
which occurs 17 times in 15 verses in 'Eze' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:11 - Its strong stems became
rulers’ scepters;
it towered aloft
among the thick boughs;[fn]
it was seen in its height
with the mass of its branches.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 19:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 19:14 - And fire has gone out from the stem of its shoots,
has consumed its fruit,
so that there remains in it no strong stem,
no scepter for ruling. This is a lamentation and has become a lamentation.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 20:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 20:32 - “What is in your mind shall never happen—the thought, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the tribes of the countries, and worship wood and stone.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 21:13 - For it will not be a testing—what could it do if you despise the rod?”[fn] declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 37:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 37:19 - say to them, Thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I am about to take the stick of Joseph (that is in the hand of Ephraim) and the tribes of Israel associated with him. And I will join with it the stick of Judah,[fn] and make them one stick, that they may be one in my hand.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:8 - of the land. It is to be his property in Israel. And my princes shall no more oppress my people, but they shall let the house of Israel have the land according to their tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:13 - Thus says the Lord GOD: “This is the boundary[fn] by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel. Joseph shall have two portions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:21 - “So you shall divide this land among you according to the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:22 - You shall allot it as an inheritance for yourselves and for the sojourners who reside among you and have had children among you. They shall be to you as native-born children of Israel. With you they shall be allotted an inheritance among the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 47:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 47:23 - In whatever tribe the sojourner resides, there you shall assign him his inheritance, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:1 - “These are the names of the tribes: Beginning at the northern extreme, beside the way of Hethlon to Lebo-hamath, as far as Hazar-enan (which is on the northern border of Damascus over against Hamath), and extending[fn] from the east side to the west,[fn] Dan, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:19 - And the workers of the city, from all the tribes of Israel, shall till it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:23 - “As for the rest of the tribes: from the east side to the west, Benjamin, one portion.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:29

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:29 - This is the land that you shall allot as an inheritance among the tribes of Israel, and these are their portions, declares the Lord GOD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 48:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 48:31 - three gates, the gate of Reuben, the gate of Judah, and the gate of Levi, the gates of the city being named after the tribes of Israel.
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