ΦΥΛΑΙ, φυλαι
PHYLAI, phylai
Sounds Like: FY-lai
Translations: tribes, clans, nations, peoples
From the root: ΦΥΛΗ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a tribe, clan, or nation, often denoting a division of people, such as the tribes of Israel. It can also refer to a race or a people group. In a broader sense, it can mean a multitude or a large group of people.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Vocative
Strong’s number: G5443 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Barnabus
- Letter of Barnabas — 8:3
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 10:3
Codex Sinaiticus
- Judith — 3:8
- Tobit — 1:5
- Psalms — 71:17, 121:4
- Zechariah — 12:14
- Matthew — 24:30
- Revelation — 1:7
- Epistle of Barnabas — 8:3
- Shepherd of Hermas — 94:2
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 7:166
- Book 5 — 2:128, 2:129
- Book 7 — 2:59
- Book 8 — 9:230
- Book 9 — 14:280
- Book 11 — 4:107, 5:133
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 10:18, 10:32, 12:3, 28:14
- Numbers — 34:15
- Joshua — 14:4, 18:2
- Judges — 20:2, 20:12
- 2 Samuel — 5:1
- Judith — 3:8
- Tobit — 1:5
- Psalms — 71:17, 121:4
- Ezekiel — 20:32
- Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:4, 3:7, 5:19, 7:14
- Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:7, 3:96
- Zechariah — 12:14
The Shepherd of Hermas — Parables
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
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
- 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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