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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 spread. These are the sons of Japheth in their lands, each with his own language, by their families, in their nations.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 10:18 - the Ar'vadites, the Zem'arites, and the Ha'mathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:31

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 10:32

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:3 - I will bless those who bless you, and him who curses you I will curse; and by you all the families of the earth shall bless themselves."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:4 - but will go to my country and to my kindred, 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 kindred, 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 kindred 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 kindred; and if they will 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 descendants shall be like the dust of the earth, and you shall spread abroad to the west and to the east and to the north and to the south; and by you and your descendants shall all the families of the earth bless themselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 36:40 - These are the names of the chiefs of Esau, according to their families and their dwelling places, by their names: the chiefs Timna, Alvah, 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 Box Exo 2:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:1 - Now a man from the house of Levi went and took to 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 Box Exo 28:21

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:21 - There shall be twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they shall be like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:2 - "See, I have called by name Bez'alel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah:

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 31:6

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - And behold, I have appointed with him Oho'liab, the son of Ahis'amach, of the tribe of Dan; and I have given to all able men ability, 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 people of Israel, "See, the LORD has called by name Bez'alel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 35:34

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:34 - And he has inspired him to teach, both him and Oho'liab the son of Ahis'amach of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:22 - Bez'alel the son of Uri, son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah, made all that the LORD commanded Moses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:23 - and with him was Oho'liab the son of Ahis'amach, of the tribe of Dan, a craftsman and designer and embroiderer in blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 39:14

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:14 - There were twelve stones with their names according to the names of the sons of Israel; they were like signets, each engraved with its name, for the twelve tribes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:11 - and the Israelite woman's son blasphemed the Name, and cursed. And they brought him to Moses. His mother's name was Shelo'mith, the daughter of Dibri, of the tribe of Dan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:49 - or his uncle, or his cousin may redeem him, or a near kinsman belonging to his family may redeem him; or if he grows rich he may redeem himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:4 - And there shall be with you a man from each tribe, each man being the head of the house of his fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:16 - These were the ones chosen from the congregation, the leaders of their ancestral tribes, the heads of the clans of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:21 - the number of the tribe of Reuben was forty-six thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:23 - the number of the tribe of Simeon was fifty-nine thousand three hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:25 - the number of the tribe of Gad was forty-five thousand six hundred and fifty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:27 - the number of the tribe of Judah was seventy-four thousand six hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:29 - the number of the tribe of Is'sachar was fifty-four thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:31 - the number of the tribe of Zeb'ulun was fifty-seven thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:33 - the number of the tribe of E'phraim was forty thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:35 - the number of the tribe of Manas'seh was thirty-two thousand two hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:37 - the number of the tribe of Benjamin was thirty-five thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:39 - the number of the tribe of Dan was sixty-two thousand seven hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:41 - the number of the tribe of Asher was forty-one thousand five hundred.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:43 - the number of the tribe of Naph'tali was fifty-three thousand four hundred.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:44 - These are those who were numbered, whom Moses and Aaron numbered with the help of the leaders of Israel, twelve men, each representing his fathers' house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:47 - But the Levites were not numbered by their ancestral tribe along with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 1:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 1:49 - "Only the tribe of Levi you shall not number, and you shall not take a census of them among the people of Israel;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:5 - Those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Is'sachar, the leader of the people of Is'sachar being Nethan'el the son of Zu'ar,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:7 - Then the tribe of Zeb'ulun, the leader of the people of Zeb'ulun being Eli'ab the son of Helon,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:12 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Simeon, the leader of the people of Simeon being Shelu'mi-el the son of Zurishad'dai,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:14 - Then the tribe of Gad, the leader of the people of Gad being Eli'asaph the son of Reu'el,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:20 - And next to him shall be the tribe of Manas'seh, the leader of the people of Manas'seh being Gama'liel the son of Pedah'zur,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:22 - Then the tribe of Benjamin, the leader of the people of Benjamin being Abi'dan the son of Gideo'ni,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:27 - And those to encamp next to him shall be the tribe of Asher, the leader of the people of Asher being Pa'giel the son of Ochran,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 2:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 2:29 - Then the tribe of Naph'tali, the leader of the people of Naph'tali being Ahi'ra the son of Enan,

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