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GreekG5443Noun (Feminine)

φυλή

phulē

23Occurrences
G5443Strong's #
Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

an offshoot, i.e. race or clan

from G5453 (φύω) (compare G5444 (φύλλον));

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
a body of men united by kinship or habitation, a clan or tribe: of the tribes of Israel,; of the tribes of the earth, the peoples and nations.
LXX: chiefly for; מַטֶּה, also for שֵׁבֶט, מִשְׁפָּחָה, etc.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Feminine)

Morphology Code

G:N-F

Full Description

Greek Noun, Feminine

Occurrences

φυλή appears 23 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Revelation
13
Hebrews
2
Luke
2
Matthew
2
Acts
1
James
1
Philippians
1
Romans
1

Key Passages

Acts 13:21BSB

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them forty years under Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Luke 2:36BSB

There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

Philippians 3:5BSB

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

Revelation 14:6BSB

Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

Revelation 7:4BSB

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.