ΦΥΛΑ, φυλα
PHYLA, phyla
Sounds Like: FOO-lah
Translations: tribes, clans, nations, peoples
From the root: ΦΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tribe, clan, or nation, denoting a group of people united by common ancestry, customs, or political organization. In the plural, as here, it refers to multiple such groups. It is often used in the context of the tribes of Israel or broader ethnic divisions.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 12:10
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 16:42
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΥΛΗ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΥΛ — tribe, a tribe, nation, a nation, people, a people
- ΦΥΛΑΙ — tribes, clans, nations, peoples
- ΦΥΛΑΙΣ — tribes, (to) tribes, (for) tribes, (by) tribes, (with) tribes
- ΦΥΛΑΣΚΑΙ — tribe, clan, race, nation, people, a tribe, a clan
- ΦΥΛΕ — tribe, a tribe, clan, a clan, race, a race, nation, a nation
- ΦΥΛΗ — tribe, a tribe, race, a race, nation, a nation, people, a people
- ΦΥΛΗΝ — tribe, a tribe, race, a race, nation, a nation, clan, a clan
- ΦΥΛΗΣ — of a tribe, of a race, of a clan, of a nation
- ΦΥΛΩΝ — of tribes, tribes
- ΦΥΛ‾Η‾ — tribe, a tribe, nation, a nation, race, a race, people, a people
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