2001 Translation

PHYLĒN, phylēn

Sounds Like: foo-LEEN

Translations: tribe, a tribe, race, a race, nation, a nation, clan, a clan

From the root: ΦΥΛΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a tribe, race, or nation, often denoting a division of people, such as the twelve tribes of Israel. It can also refer to a clan or a group of people sharing common ancestry or characteristics. In a sentence, it would be used to identify a specific group of people.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Genesis — 24:38
• Numbers — 17:18
• 1 Chronicles — 17:6
• Psalms — 77:67, 77:68
• Revelation — 13:7, 14:6

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 3 — 11:258
• Book 4 — 2:19
• Book 5 — 1:43, 1:75, 2:142, 2:149, 2:168, 2:169, 3:175, 6:214, 8:297
• Book 6 — 4:46, 12:247, 12:251
• Book 7 — 1:29, 11:262, 11:275, 11:276, 13:320, 14:376
• Book 8 — 7:207, 13:341
• Book 9 — 5:99
• Book 11 — 4:107

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Four — 3:35

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 32:2, 121:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 24:4, 24:38, 24:41
• Numbers — 1:4, 1:44, 1:49, 3:6, 13:3, 17:3, 18:2, 36:7, 36:9, 36:12
• Deuteronomy — 1:23, 10:8
• Judges — 21:3, 21:24
• 1 Samuel — 10:21
• 2 Samuel — 7:7
• 1 Chronicles — 17:6, 23:14
• Tobit — 5:12, 5:14
• Psalms — 77:67, 77:68
• Ezekiel — 19:11, 37:19
• Amos — 1:5
• Micah — 2:3

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Hebrews — 7:14
• Revelation — 13:7, 14:6

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
• ΦΥΛΗ — tribe, a tribe, race, a race, nation, a nation, people, a people
• 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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