STRONGS G1429:
δωδεκάφυλον,
-ου,
τό, (from
δώδεκα, and
φυλή tribe),
the twelve tribes, used collectively of the Israelitish people, as consisting of twelve tribes:
Acts 26:7. (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 55, 6; Protevangelium Jacobi, c. 1, 3;
λαὸς ὁ δωδεκάφυλος, Sibylline Oracles Cf.
δεκάφυλος,
τετράφυλος, Herodotus 5, 66; [Winer's Grammar, 100 (95)].)
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