ΦΥΛΗ, φυλη
PHYLĒ, phylē
Sounds Like: foo-LEE
Translations: tribe, a tribe, race, a race, nation, a nation, people, a people
From the root: ΦΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tribe, a race, or a nation, often denoting a group of people descended from a common ancestor or sharing a common origin. It is frequently used in the context of the twelve tribes of Israel in the Bible. It can also refer more broadly to a people or a nation.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Deuteronomy — 29:17
- Joshua — 13:32
- Judith — 8:18
- Tobit — 1:4
- Sirach — 16:4
- Zechariah — 12:12, 12:13, 12:14, 14:18
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 4:67, 4:68, 7:175
- Book 5 — 1:3, 1:83, 1:87, 1:90, 1:100, 2:120, 2:128, 2:174, 6:230, 6:231
- Book 6 — 7:134, 14:367
- Book 7 — 1:8, 2:55, 2:56, 2:58, 11:263, 11:264, 11:279, 13:320
- Book 8 — 2:38, 8:221, 10:247
- Book 11 — 4:84
- Book 20 — 9:216
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 49:16
- Numbers — 2:14, 34:14, 36:5
- Deuteronomy — 18:1, 29:18
- Joshua — 7:14, 7:16, 13:15, 15:21, 21:9
- Judges — 18:1, 18:30, 20:12, 21:6, 21:17
- Ruth — 3:11
- 1 Samuel — 10:21, 20:6
- 2 Kings — 17:18
- Esther — 4:17
- Judith — 8:18
- Tobit — 1:4, 1:4
- Sirach — 16:4
- Ezekiel — 19:14, 21:13, 47:23
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:96
- Amos — 1:8
- Micah — 6:9
- Zechariah — 12:12, 12:13, 12:14, 14:18
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
- ΦΥΛΑΣΚΑΙ — tribe, clan, race, nation, people, a tribe, a clan
- ΦΥΛΕ — tribe, a tribe, clan, a clan, race, a race, nation, a nation
- 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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