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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - φυλή
φυλή
G5443
Transliteration: phylḗ
Pronunciation: foo-lay'
Definition: kindred
- Original: φυλή - Transliteration: Phule - Phonetic: foo-lay'
- Definition:
1. a tribe
a. in the NT all the persons descending from one of the twelve sons of the patriarch, Jacob
2. a nation, people
- Origin: from G5453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5453 (cf G5444" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5444) - TDNT entry: 13:05,1 - Part(s) of speech: Noun Feminine - Strong's: From G5453" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5453 (compare G5444" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5444); an offshoot that is race or clan: - kindred tribe.