Tribe (-s) - Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Tribe (-s)

[ 1,,G5443, phule ]
a company of people united by kinship or habitation, a clan, tribe," is used
(a) of the peoples of the earth, Matthew 24:30; in the following the RV has "tribe(-s)" for AV, "kindred(-s)," Revelation 1:7; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7; Revelation 14:6
(b) of the "tribes" of Israel, Matthew 19:28; Luke 2:36; Luke 22:30; Acts 13:21; Romans 11:1; Philippians 3:5; Hebrews 7:13-Hebrews 7:14; James 1:1; Revelation 5:5; Revelation 7:4-Revelation 7:8; Revelation 21:12.

[ 2,,G1429, dodekaphulos ]
an adjective signifying "of twelve tribes" (dodeka, "twelve," and No. 1), used as a noun in the neuter, occurs in Acts 26:7.

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