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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 13 times in 13 verses in 'Gen' in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:31

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:32 -

These are the families of the sons of Noah, according to their descendants, 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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:38

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:40

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:41

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:14 - “Your [fn]descendants 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 [fn]descendants shall all the families of the earth be blessed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 -

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 49:16 -

“Dan shall judge his people,

As one of the tribes of Israel.

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