1. tribe, clan — A division of a people based on descent from a common ancestor, especially the twelve tribes of Israel; used extensively in Revelation for the eschatological gathering (Rev 5:9, 7:4-9, 11:9, 13:7, 14:6) and in references to specific Israelite tribes (Luke 2:36 tribe of Asher; Phil 3:5 tribe of Benjamin; Heb 7:13-14 tribe of Judah). Singular and plural forms are purely number inflection. Multilingual evidence is uniform: Spanish 'tribu(s)', Arabic 'سِبط/قَبائِل/أسباط', Korean '지파(들)', Swahili 'kabila/makabila', Hindi 'गोत्र/गोत्रों'. 31×
AR["السِّبْطِ","سِبطٍ","سِبطِ","سِبْطٍ","سِبْطِ"]·ben["গোত্রের","গোষ্ঠী","বংশ","বংশে","বংশের","বংশের,"]·DE["Stamm","φυλῆς"]·EN["of-tribe","tribe"]·FR["tribu"]·heb["וְ-לָשׁוֹן","מִשֵּׁבֶט","שֵׁבֶט","שֵׁבֶט-"]·HI["गोत्र","गोत्र,"]·ID["suku","suku,"]·IT["phules","tribu","tribù"]·jav["suku","taler","trah"]·KO["지파","지파-와","지파-의","지파를","지파의"]·PT["da-tribo","de-tribo","tribo"]·RU["колена","колена,","колену"]·ES["de-tribu","tribu"]·SW["kabila","kabila,"]·TR["Yahuda'nın","kabilesinden","soya","soyunun","ve-"]·urd["قبیلہ","قبیلے","قبیلے-سے","قبیلے-کے"]
Matt 19:28, Matt 24:30, Luke 2:36, Luke 22:30, Acts 13:21, Rom 11:1, Phil 3:5, Heb 7:13, Heb 7:14, Jas 1:1, Rev 1:7, Rev 5:5 (+19 more)
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BDB / Lexicon Reference
φῡλή, ἡ, (φύω) properly, like{φῦλον}, a race, tribe; but accusative to Refs 4th c.BC+ a union formed in an organized community (whether πόλις or ἔθνος): hence, tribe, i.e. __I a body of men united __I.1 by supposed ties of blood and descent, clan, such as the three Dorian tribes, Rhetra cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; of the four Ionic tribes, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the Laconian, Refs 5th c.BC+; of the old…