ΦΥΛΑΣΚΑΙ, φυλασκαι
PHYLASKAI, phylaskai
Sounds Like: foo-LAHS-keh
Translations: tribe, clan, race, nation, people, a tribe, a clan
From the root: ΦΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is likely a misspelling or a variant of the Koine Greek word 'φυλαῖς' (phylais), which is the dative or locative plural of 'φυλή' (phylē). 'Φυλή' refers to a tribe, clan, race, or people group. In the given context, 'κατά φυλαῖς' would mean 'according to tribes' or 'by tribes', indicating a division or grouping of people.
Inflection: Plural, Dative or Locative, Feminine (likely a misspelling of ΦΥΛΑΙΣ)
Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Seven — 4:11
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
- ΦΥΛΑ — tribes, clans, nations, peoples
- ΦΥΛΑΙ — tribes, clans, nations, peoples
- ΦΥΛΑΙΣ — tribes, (to) tribes, (for) tribes, (by) tribes, (with) tribes
- 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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