phylē · tribe

What it means

phylē (φυλή) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “tribe”.

Also a people or clan.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. One of the twelve tribes of Israel.
2. The peoples of the earth.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• tribe ×23
• tribes ×8

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×2
• Luke×2
• Acts×1
• Romans×1
• Philippians×1
• Hebrews×2
• James×1
• Revelation×21

• Matthew 19:28

  And Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you that you who have followed me, in the renewal, when the Son of Man sits on the throne of his glory, you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Matthew 24:30

  And then the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth will mourn, and they will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

• Luke 2:36

  And there was a prophetess, Anna, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was advanced in many days, having lived with a husband seven years from her virginity,

• Luke 22:30

  so that you may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and you will sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

• Acts 13:21

  And then they asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.

• Romans 11:1

  I say then, God has not rejected his people, has he? By no means! For I too am an Israelite, of the offspring of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin.

• Philippians 3:5

  circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin, a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

• Hebrews 7:13

  For the one about whom these things are said has belonged to another tribe, from which no one has served at the altar.

• Hebrews 7:14

  For it is evident that our Lord has sprung from Judah, a tribe in reference to which Moses said nothing about priests.

• James 1:1

  James, a slave of God and of the Lord Jesus the Messiah, to the twelve tribes that are in the dispersion: greetings.

• Revelation 1:7

  Look, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him; and all the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Yes, amen.

• Revelation 5:5

  And one of the elders says to me, “Do not weep; look, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has conquered, so as to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

• Revelation 5:9

  And they sing a new song, saying, “Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slaughtered, and by your blood you bought for God people from every tribe and language and people and nation;

• Revelation 7:4

  And I heard the number of those who were sealed: a hundred forty-four thousand, sealed from every tribe of the sons of Israel.

• Revelation 7:5

  From the tribe of Judah twelve thousand were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben twelve thousand, from the tribe of Gad twelve thousand,

• Revelation 7:6

  from the tribe of Asher twelve thousand, from the tribe of Naphtali twelve thousand, from the tribe of Manasseh twelve thousand,

• Revelation 7:7

  from the tribe of Simeon twelve thousand, from the tribe of Levi twelve thousand, from the tribe of Issachar twelve thousand,

• Revelation 7:8

  from the tribe of Zebulun twelve thousand, from the tribe of Joseph twelve thousand, from the tribe of Benjamin twelve thousand were sealed.

• Revelation 7:9

  After these things I looked, and look, a great crowd that no one could count, from every nation and tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, and palm branches in their hands;

• Revelation 11:9

  And people from the peoples and tribes and languages and nations look at their corpse for three and a half days, and they do not allow their corpses to be placed in a tomb.

• Revelation 13:7

  And it was given to it to make war with the saints and to conquer them, and there was given to it authority over every tribe and people and language and nation.

• Revelation 14:6

  And I saw another angel flying in midheaven, having eternal good news to proclaim to those who live on the earth, and to every nation and tribe and language and people,

• Revelation 21:12

  It had a great and high wall, with twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names inscribed, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israel.

And 8 more times.