Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 5443: φυλήφυλή, 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. ( Forms and Transliterations φυλαάς φυλαι φυλαί φυλαὶ φυλαις φυλαίς φυλαῖς φυλας φυλάς φυλὰς φυλή φυλην φυλήν φυλὴν φυλης φυλής φυλῆς φυλων φυλών φυλῶν phulai phulais phulas phulen phulēn phules phulēs phulon phulōn phylai phylaì phylais phylaîs phylas phylàs phylen phylēn phylḕn phyles phylês phylēs phylē̂s phylon phylôn phylōn phylō̂nLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |