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Strong's #5443 - φυλή

Transliteration

phylḗ

Phonetics

foo-lay'

Origin

from (G5453) (cf (G5444))

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TDNT

9:245,1280

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

a tribe
1. in the NT all the persons descending from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch, Jacob
a nation, people

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 524 ‑ אֻמָּה (oom‑maw'); 1004 ‑ בַּיִת (bah'‑yith); 1471 ‑ גֹּי (go'ee, go'‑ee); 3816 ‑ לְאוֹם (leh‑ome', leh‑ome'); 4138 ‑ מוֹלֶדֶת (mo‑leh'‑deth); 4294 ‑ מַטָּה (mat‑teh', mat‑taw'); 4940 ‑ מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish‑paw‑khaw'); 7626 ‑ שֵׁבֶט (shay'‑bet);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

ASV (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 3

James 1

Revelation 20

BSB (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

CSB (30)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

ESV (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

KJV (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

N95 (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

NAS (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

NLT (21)

Matthew 2

Luke 3

Acts 3

Romans 5

Philippians 4

Hebrews 4

James 4

Revelation 12

WEB (32)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 3

James 1

Revelation 21

YLT (31)

Matthew 2

Luke 2

Acts 1

Romans 1

Philippians 1

Hebrews 2

James 1

Revelation 21

ASV (31)

every tribe 1

of the tribe 2

the tribe 15

the tribes 2

to 1

tribe 5

tribes 5

BSB (31)

a tribe 1

from the tribe 1

of the tribe 1

the tribe 14

tribe 6

tribes 8

CSB (30)

the families 1

the peoples 1

the tribe 17

tribe 6

tribes 5

ESV (31)

tribe 23

tribes 8

KJV (31)

kindred 2

kindreds 4

tribe 19

tribes 6

LEB (0)

The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

LSB (31)

tribe 23

tribes 8

N95 (31)

tribe 23

tribes 8

NAS (31)

tribe 23

tribes 8

NLT (21)

nations 1

peoples 1

tribe 12

tribes 7

WEB (32)

of all tribes 1

of the tribe 2

the tribe 15

the tribes 2

to 1

tribe 6

tribes 5

YLT (31)

of the tribe 2

the tribe 14

the tribes 1

tribe 6

tribes 8

RAH

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

SWE

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

ANT

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

BEZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

BGB

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

BMT

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 2

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

BYZ

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

ELZ

A-GSF 1

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 19

N-NPF 2

NA26

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

SBL

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

SCV

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

STV

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

TIS

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 20

N-NPF 2

TRG

N-APF 2

N-ASF 3

N-DPF 1

N-GPF 3

N-GSF 19

N-NPF 2

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φῡλή, ἡ,

(φύω) prop., like cross φῦλον,

a race, tribe; but acc. to Dicaearch.Hist. 9 a union formed in an organized community (whether πόλις or ἔθνος): hence, tribe, i.e.

I a body of men united

1 by supposed ties of blood and descent, clan, such as the three Dorian tribes, Rhetra ap. Plu. Lyc. 6, Hdt. 5.68, St.Byz. s. vv. Ὑλλεῖς, Δυμᾶνες, IG 4.596 (Argos); of the four Ionic tribes, Hdt. 5.69, Arist. Ath. 8.3, Plu. Sol. 19, etc.; of the Laconian, Hdt. 4.145; of the old Roman, D.H. 2.7, etc.; of the Persian, X. Cyr. 1.2.5 and 12; of the Jewish, LXX Numbers 1:4, al. (but also of subdivisions of the tribe (σκῆπτρον), ib. 1 Ki. 10.20.21), Matthew 19:28, etc.

2. by local habitation, such as the ten local tribes at Athens formed by Cleisthenes, Hdt. 5.69, 6.131, IG 12.10.44, al.; or those formed by Servius at Rome, φ. τοπικαί, opp. γενικαί, D.H. 4.14, cf. Plu. Rom. 20; in Roman Egypt, BGU 1113.3 (i B.C.), PFlor. 39.4 (iv A. D.), etc., cf. (in general) Arist. Pol. 1264a8, 1300a25, 1309a12, Pl. Lg. 753c, etc.

3. subdivision of the priests in each Egyptian temple, OGI 56.24 (Canopus, iii B. C.), PAmh. 2.112.7 (ii A. D.), etc.

II military contingent furnished by a tribe, among the Athenians, Hdt. 6.111, IG 12.1085; ὁπλιτῶν Th. 6.98, cf. 3.90, X. HG 4.2.19, Pl. Lg. 755c, 755d; ταξίαρχος εἰς τὴν φυλὴν κατατάξας Lys. 13.79.

2. representatives of a tribe, on political bodies, φυλῆς πρυτανευούσης, προεδρευούσης, IG 1.26a16, SIG 589.2 (Magn.Mae., ii B.C.), etc.

III of things, = cross γένος, kind, species, κατὰ φυλὰς διεκρίνομεν τὰ ἔπιπλα X. Oec. 9.6.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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. (); ; (); .

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

φυλή , ῆς , ἡ ,

[in LXX chiefly for; H4294, also for H7626, H4940, etc.;]

a body of men united by kinship or habitation, a clan or tribe: of the tribes of Israel, Matthew 19:28, Luke 2:36; Luke 22:30, Acts 13:21, Romans 11:1, Philippians 3:5, Hebrews 7:13-14, James 1:1, Revelation 5:5; Revelation 7:4-8; Revelation 21:12; of the tribes of the earth, the peoples and nations, Matthew 24:30, Revelation 1:7; Revelation 5:9; Revelation 7:9; Revelation 11:9; Revelation 13:7; Revelation 14:6.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";virtuous,"; ";excellent,"; as in 1Co. 15:33, is well illustrated by P Oxy III. 642 (ii/A.D.) ἀπολαύσωμεν τῷ χρηστῷ ὑμῶν ἤθει, ib. XIV. 1663.11 (ii/iii A.D.) διὰ τὸ ἦθος τὸ χρηστόν, ";on account of his excellent character,"; and ib. VII. 10 (iii/A.D.), a pompous letter from a man to his wife in which he speaks of τῶν χρηστῶν ἐλπίδων τῶν ἐν ἀνθρώποισι νε [[σ ]]νομισμένων, ";the good hopes that are held by mankind"; (Ed.). See also the citation from the Avircius inscr, s.v. πατρίς.

The thought of ";gracious,"; as in Luk. 6:35, appears in P Leid Wvii. 26 (ii/iii A.D.) ( = I. p. 103) κλῦτί μοι (l. κλῦθί μοι), ὁ χρηστὸς ἐν βαζάνοις (l. βασ -), βοήθησον ἐν ἀνάγκαις, and in such a προσκύνημα as Preisigke 158.1 Ἀνδρόμαχος. . ἀφίκετο πρὸς Ἀμενώθην χρηστὸν θεὸν. . . καὶ ὁ θεὸς αὐτῶι ἐβοήθησε. Note also the common use of the adj. as a descriptive epithet in sepulchral inscrr., e.g. Preisigke 9.4 ἄωρε χρηστὲ χαῖρε, 10.5, al. and its occurrence as a proper name in P Grenf I. 49.11 (A.D. 220–1) ὑπὸ τοῦ λαμπροτάτου ἡγεμόνος Γεμεινίου Χρήστου, al. See also s.v. Χριστιανός.

Its use with reference to things may be seen in P Cairo Zen III. 59349.7 (B.C. 244) εἰ ἔστιν ἤδη χρηστόν, ";if it is now fit for use,"; of a jar of wine, P Oxy XVII. 2148.4 (A.D. 27) ἐκομισάμην τὴν σεμίδ ̣[αλ ]ι ̣ν χρηστὴν οὖσαν, ";I received the fine flour which was good"; (Ed.), .16 ἐάν τι ποιῇς χρηστόν, περιποίησον εἰς οἶκον ἀδελ [φ ]ω ̣ν, ";if you make anything good, make an extra amount for your brothers’ house"; (Ed.), and ib. VI. 937.28 (iii/A.D.) δικότυλον ἐλαίου χρηστοῦ, ";two cotylae of good oil"; (Edd.).

List of Word Forms

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 phylō̂n