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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 coastland peoples of the Gentiles were separated into their lands, everyone according to his language, according to their families, into their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - the Arvadite, the Zemarite, and the Hamathite. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were dispersed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20 - These were the sons of Ham, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands and in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31 - These were the sons of Shem, according to their families, according to their languages, in their lands, according to their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 - These were the families of the sons of Noah, according to their generations, in their nations; and from these the nations were divided on the earth after the flood.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - “but you shall go to my country and to my family, 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 - “But he said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk, will send His angel with you and prosper your way; and you shall take a wife for my son from my family and from my father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41 - ‘You will be clear from this oath when you arrive among my family; for if they will not give her to you, then you will be released from my oath.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “Also your descendants shall be as the dust of the earth; you shall spread abroad to the west and the east, to the north and 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 - And these were the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their places, by their names: Chief Timnah, Chief Alvah,[fn] Chief Jetheth,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 - “Dan shall judge his people
As one of the tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - And a man of the house of Levi went and took as wife a daughter of Levi.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 24:4 - And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD. And he rose early in the morning, and built an altar at the foot of the mountain, and twelve pillars according to the twelve tribes of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - “And the stones shall have the names of the sons of Israel, twelve according to their names, like the engravings of a signet, each one with its own name; they shall be according to 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 Box Exo 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - “And I, indeed I, have appointed with him Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have put wisdom in the hearts of all the gifted artisans, that they may make all that I have commanded you:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:30

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:30 - And Moses said to the children of Israel, “See, the LORD 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 - “And He has put in his heart the ability to teach, in him and Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:22

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - And with him was Aholiab the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, an engraver and designer, a weaver of blue, purple, and scarlet thread, and of fine linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - There were twelve stones according to the names of the sons of Israel: according to their names, engraved like a signet, each one with its own name according to the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - And the Israelite woman’s son blasphemed the name of the LORD and cursed; and so they brought him to Moses. (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 anyone who is near of kin to him in his family may redeem him; or if he is able he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - “And with you there shall be a man from every tribe, each one the head of his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were chosen from the congregation, leaders of their fathers’ tribes, heads of the divisions in Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Reuben were forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Simeon were fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Gad were forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Judah were seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Issachar were fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Zebulun were fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Ephraim were forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Manasseh were thirty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Benjamin were thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Dan were sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Asher were forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - those who were numbered of the tribe of Naphtali were fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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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 one representing his father’s house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites were not numbered among them by their fathers’ tribe;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - “Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, nor take a census of them among the children of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - “Then comes the tribe of Zebulun, and Eliab the son of Helon shall be the leader of the children of Zebulun.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - “Those who camp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, and the leader of the children of Simeon shall be Shelumiel the son of Zurishaddai.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - “Then comes the tribe of Gad, and the leader of the children of Gad shall be Eliasaph the son of Reuel.”[fn]

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - “Then comes the tribe of Benjamin, and the leader of the children of Benjamin shall be 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 children of Asher shall be Pagiel the son of Ocran.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - “Then comes the tribe of Naphtali, and the leader of the children of Naphtali shall be Ahira the son of Enan.”

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