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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 3 / 7 (Num 34:26–Jos 18:2)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:26 - Of the tribe of the people of Issachar a chief, Paltiel the son of Azzan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:27 - And of the tribe of the people of Asher a chief, Ahihud the son of Shelomi.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 34:28 - Of the tribe of the people of Naphtali a chief, Pedahel the son of Ammihud.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - The heads of the fathers’ houses of the clan of the people of Gilead the son of Machir, son of Manasseh, from the clans of the people of Joseph, came near and spoke before Moses and before the chiefs, the heads of the fathers’ houses of the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:3 - But if they are married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the people of Israel, then their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of our fathers and added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry. So it will be taken away from the lot of our inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:4 - And when the jubilee of the people of Israel comes, then their inheritance will be added to the inheritance of the tribe into which they marry, and their inheritance will be taken from the inheritance of the tribe of our fathers.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:5 - And Moses commanded the people of Israel according to the word of the LORD, saying, “The tribe of the people of Joseph is right.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:7 - The inheritance of the people of Israel shall not be transferred from one tribe to another, for every one of the people of Israel shall hold on to the inheritance of the tribe of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - And every daughter who possesses an inheritance in any tribe of the people of Israel shall be wife to one of the clan of the tribe of her father, so that every one of the people of Israel may possess the inheritance of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:9 - So no inheritance shall be transferred from one tribe to another, for each of the tribes of the people of Israel shall hold on to its own inheritance.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 36:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They were married into the clans of the people of Manasseh the son of Joseph, and their inheritance remained in the tribe of their father’s clan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - Choose for your tribes wise, understanding, and experienced men, and I will appoint them as your heads.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:23 - The thing seemed good to me, and I took twelve men from you, one man from each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 3:13 - The rest of Gilead, and all Bashan, the kingdom of Og, that is, all the region of Argob, I gave to the half-tribe of Manasseh. (All that portion of Bashan is called the land of Rephaim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:23 - And as soon as you heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain was burning with fire, you came near to me, all the heads of your tribes, and your elders.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:8 - At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD to stand before the LORD to minister to him and to bless in his name, to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:5 - But you shall seek the place that the LORD your God will choose out of all your tribes to put his name and make his habitation[fn] there. There you shall go,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:14 - but at the place that the LORD will choose in one of your tribes, there you shall offer your burnt offerings, and there you shall do all that I am commanding you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:18 - “You shall appoint judges and officers in all your towns that the LORD your God is giving you, according to your tribes, and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:1 - “The Levitical priests, all the tribe of Levi, shall have no portion or inheritance with Israel. They shall eat the LORD’s food offerings[fn] as their[fn] inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 18:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 18:5 - For the LORD your God has chosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the LORD, him and his sons for all time.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:8 - We took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 33:5 - Thus the LORD[fn] became king in Jeshurun,
when the heads of the people were gathered,
all the tribes of Israel together.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:12 - And to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh Joshua said,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 3:12 - Now therefore take twelve men from the tribes of Israel, from each tribe a man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:2 - “Take twelve men from the people, from each tribe a man,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:4 - Then Joshua called the twelve men from the people of Israel, whom he had appointed, a man from each tribe.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:5 - And Joshua said to them, “Pass on before the ark of the LORD your God into the midst of the Jordan, and take up each of you a stone upon his shoulder, according to the number of the tribes of the people of Israel,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 4:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:12 - The sons of Reuben and the sons of Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh passed over armed before the people of Israel, as Moses had told them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 7:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:1 - But the people of Israel broke faith in regard to the devoted things, for Achan the son of Carmi, son of Zabdi, son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took some of the devoted things. And the anger of the LORD burned against the people of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - In the morning therefore you shall be brought near by your tribes. And the tribe that the LORD takes by lot shall come near by clans. And the clan that the LORD takes shall come near by households. And the household that the LORD takes shall come near man by man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:16 - So Joshua rose early in the morning and brought Israel near tribe by tribe, and the tribe of Judah was taken.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 11:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:23 - So Joshua took the whole land, according to all that the LORD had spoken to Moses. And Joshua gave it for an inheritance to Israel according to their tribal allotments. And the land had rest from war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:6 - Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the people of Israel defeated them. And Moses the servant of the LORD gave their land for a possession to the Reubenites and the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 12:7 - And these are the kings of the land whom Joshua and the people of Israel defeated on the west side of the Jordan, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, that rises toward Seir (and Joshua gave their land to the tribes of Israel as a possession according to their allotments,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:7 - Now therefore divide this land for an inheritance to the nine tribes and half the tribe of Manasseh.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:8 - With the other half of the tribe of Manasseh[fn] the Reubenites and the Gadites received their inheritance, which Moses gave them, beyond the Jordan eastward, as Moses the servant of the LORD gave them:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:14 - To the tribe of Levi alone Moses gave no inheritance. The offerings by fire to the LORD God of Israel are their inheritance, as he said to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - And Moses gave an inheritance to the tribe of the people of Reuben according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - And Moses gave an inheritance to the half-tribe of Manasseh. It was allotted to the half-tribe of the people of Manasseh according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:1 - These are the inheritances that the people of Israel received in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest and Joshua the son of Nun and the heads of the fathers’ houses of the tribes of the people of Israel gave them to inherit.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:2 - Their inheritance was by lot, just as the LORD had commanded by the hand of Moses for the nine and one-half tribes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 14:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 14:4 - For the people of Joseph were two tribes, Manasseh and Ephraim. And no portion was given to the Levites in the land, but only cities to dwell in, with their pasturelands for their livestock and their substance.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - The allotment for the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans reached southward to the boundary of Edom, to the wilderness of Zin at the farthest south.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Judah according to their clans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:21 - The cities belonging to the tribe of the people of Judah in the extreme south, toward the boundary of Edom, were Kabzeel, Eder, Jagur,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah the boundary goes westward to the brook Kanah and ends at the sea. Such is the inheritance of the tribe of the people of Ephraim by their clans,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:1 - Then allotment was made to the people of Manasseh, for he was the firstborn of Joseph. To Machir the firstborn of Manasseh, the father of Gilead, were allotted Gilead and Bashan, because he was a man of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:2 - There remained among the people of Israel seven tribes whose inheritance had not yet been apportioned.

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