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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 372 times in 318 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 7 (Gen 10:5–Num 2:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5 - From these the coastlands of the nations [fn]were separated into their lands, every one according to his tongue, according to their families, into their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - and the Arvadite and the Zemarite and the Hamathite; and afterward the families of the Canaanite were scattered.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These are the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, by their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These are the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their tongues, by their lands, according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 -

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, by their nations; and out of these the nations were separated on the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 -

And I will bless those who bless you,

And the one who [fn]curses you I will [fn]curse.

And in you all the families of the earth will be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - but you will go to my land and to my kin, and take a wife for my son Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:38

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38 - but you shall go to my father’s house and to my family, and take a wife for my son.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40 - “And he said to me, ‘Yahweh, before whom I have walked, will send His angel with you and will make your journey successful, and you will take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - Then you will be free from my oath, when you come to my relatives. Now if they do not give her to you, you will be free from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “And your seed will also be like the dust of the earth, and you will [fn]spread out to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and in you and in your seed all the families of the earth shall be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 -

Now these are the names of the chiefs [fn]descended from Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: chief Timna, chief [fn]Alvah, chief Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 -

“Dan shall render justice to his people,

As one of the tribes of Israel.

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And a man from the house of Levi went and took a daughter of Levi as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote down all the words of Yahweh. Then he arose early in the morning and built an altar [fn]at the foot of the mountain with twelve pillars for the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - “The stones shall be according to the names of the sons of Israel: twelve, according to their names; they shall be like the engravings of a signet, each according to his name for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - “See, I have called by name Bezalel, the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And behold, I Myself have [fn]appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the hearts of all who are [fn]wise at heart I have put [fn]wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 -

Then Moses said to the sons of Israel, “See, Yahweh has called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34 - “He also has put in his heart to teach, both he and Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - Now Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that Yahweh had commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - With him was Oholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and a skillful designer and a [fn]weaver in [fn]blue and in purple and in scarlet material and fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - The stones were corresponding to the names of the sons of Israel; they were twelve, corresponding to their names, engraved with the engravings of a signet, each with its name for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the son of the Israelite woman blasphemed the Name and cursed. So they brought him to Moses. (Now his mother’s name was Shelomith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle or his uncle’s son may redeem him, or one of his blood relatives from his family may redeem him; or [fn]if he prospers, he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - “With you, moreover, there shall be a man of each tribe, each one head of his father’s household.

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“These are they who were called upon by the congregation, the leaders of their fathers’ tribes; they were the heads of [fn]divisions of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - their numbered men of the tribe of Reuben were 46,500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - their numbered men of the tribe of Simeon were 59,300.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - their numbered men of the tribe of Gad were 45,650.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - their numbered men of the tribe of Judah were 74,600.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - their numbered men of the tribe of Issachar were 54,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - their numbered men of the tribe of Zebulun were 57,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - their numbered men of the tribe of Ephraim were 40,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - their numbered men of the tribe of Manasseh were 32,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - their numbered men of the tribe of Benjamin were 35,400.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - their numbered men of the tribe of Dan were 62,700.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - their numbered men of the tribe of Asher were 41,500.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - their numbered men of the tribe of Naphtali were 53,400.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 -

These are the ones who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered, with the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each of whom was of his father’s household.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 -

The Levites, however, were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor shall you take their [fn]census among the sons of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Issachar, and the leader of the sons of Issachar: Nethanel the son of Zuar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - “Then the tribe of Zebulun, and the leader of the sons of Zebulun: Eliab the son of Helon,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “And those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the sons of Simeon: Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - “Then the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the sons of Gad: Eliasaph the son of [fn]Deuel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - “Next to him shall be the tribe of Manasseh, and the leader of the sons of Manasseh: Gamaliel the son of Pedahzur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - “Then the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the sons of Benjamin: Abidan the son of Gideoni,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, and the leader of the sons of Asher: Pagiel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - “Then the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the sons of Naphtali: Ahira the son of Enan,

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