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Concordances
Scofield Reference Index
• Tribes
Thompson Chain Reference
• Tribe
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Zebulun, the Tribe of
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Simeon, the Tribe of
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Tribe
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe and Kingdom
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Zebulun, Tribe of
• Tribe
• Simeon, the Tribe of
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Half Tribe
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Tribes of Israel
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Tribes
• Tribe
King James Dictionary
• Tribe
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Twelve Tribes
• Tribes, the Twelve
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tribe of Juda
• Tribe of Ephraim
• Tribe of Benjamin
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
Smith Bible Dictionary
• ad The Tribe of
• Benjamin The Tribe of
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Tribe
• Tribe
Webster Dictionary
• Tribe
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Tribe
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bongo (Tribe)
• Cheyenne (Tribe)
• Creek (Tribe)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Tribe
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Judah Tribe of
• Manasseh Tribe of
• Tribes
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Judah, Tribe and Territory of.
• Lost Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Lost Tribes
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Jewish Tribe
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Asher, Tribe and Territory
• Issachar, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
Lexicons
• ܫܰܒ݂ܛܳܐ
• ܫܰܪܒ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ
Berry's NT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family, Household
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family
• δωδεκάφυλον
• φυλή
• אֻמָּה
• חֲצִי , חֵצִי
• מַחֲצִית
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(1):

(n.) A division, class, or distinct portion of a people, from whatever cause that distinction may have originated; as, the city of Athens was divided into ten tribes.

(2):

(n.) A nation of savages or uncivilized people; a body of rude people united under one leader or government; as, the tribes of the Six Nations; the Seneca tribe.

(3):

(v. t.) To distribute into tribes or classes.

(4):

(n.) A family of animals descended from some particular female progenitor, through the female line; as, the Duchess tribe of shorthorns.

(5):

(n.) A number of species or genera having certain structural characteristics in common; as, a tribe of plants; a tribe of animals.

(6):

(n.) A family, race, or series of generations, descending from the same progenitor, and kept distinct, as in the case of the twelve tribes of Israel, descended from the twelve sons of Jacob.