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Lexicon :: Strong's G5443 - phylē

Aa
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 31 times in 23 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 19:28 - And Jesus said to them, “Truly I say to you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on [fn]His glorious throne, you also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes G5443 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:30 - “And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in the sky, and then all the tribes G5443 of the earth will mourn, and they will see the SON OF MAN COMING ON THE CLOUDS OF THE SKY with power and great glory.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 2:36 -

And there was a prophetess, [fn]Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe G5443 of Asher. She was advanced in [fn]years having lived with her husband seven years from when she was a virgin,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:30

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 22:30 - that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes G5443 of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:21 - “Then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul the son of Kish, a man of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin, for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 11:1 -

I say then, has God rejected His people? May it never be! For I too am an Israelite, a seed of Abraham, of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPhl 3:5 - circumcised the eighth day, of the nation of Israel, of the tribe G5443 of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the Law, a Pharisee;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:13 - For the one concerning whom these things are spoken belongs to another tribe G5443, from which no one has officiated at the altar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:14 - For it is evident that our Lord [fn]was descended from Judah, a tribe G5443 with reference to which Moses spoke nothing concerning priests.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:1 -

[fn]James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ,

To the twelve tribes G5443 who are in the Dispersion: Greetings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 1:7 - BEHOLD, HE IS COMING WITH THE CLOUDS, and EVERY EYE WILL SEE HIM, EVEN THOSE WHO PIERCED HIM; and all the tribes G5443 of the earth will MOURN OVER HIM. Yes, amen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:5 - And one of the elders *said to me, “Stop crying! Behold, the Lion that is from the tribe G5443 of Judah, the Root of David, has overcome so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 5:9 - And they *sang a new song, saying,

“Worthy are You to take the scroll and to open its seals, because You were slain and purchased for God with Your blood people from every tribe G5443 and tongue and people and nation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:4 -

And I heard the number of those having been sealed, 144,000 sealed from every tribe G5443 of the sons of Israel:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:5 -

from the tribe G5443 of Judah, 12,000 having been sealed,

from the tribe G5443 of Reuben 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Gad 12,000,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:6 -

from the tribe G5443 of Asher 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Naphtali 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Manasseh 12,000,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:7 -

from the tribe G5443 of Simeon 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Levi 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Issachar 12,000,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:8 -

from the tribe G5443 of Zebulun 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Joseph 12,000,

from the tribe G5443 of Benjamin, 12,000 having been sealed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 7:9 -

After these things I looked, and behold, a great [fn]multitude which no one could count, from every nation and all tribes G5443 and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches were in their hands;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 11:9 - And those from the peoples and tribes G5443 and tongues and nations will look at their dead [fn]bodies for three and a half days, and [fn]will not permit their dead bodies to be laid in a tomb.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 13:7 -

And it was also given to him to make war with the saints and to overcome them, and authority over every tribe G5443 and people and tongue and nation was given to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 14:6 -

Then I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having an eternal gospel to proclaim to those who [fn]inhabit the earth, and to every nation and tribe G5443 and tongue and people.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 21:12 - [fn]It had a great and high wall. [fn]It had twelve gates and at those gates, twelve angels; and names [fn]have been written on those gates, which are the names of the twelve tribes G5443 of the sons of Israel.
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