Strongs Number: G5443
- Greek Word
- φυλή
- Transliteration
- phulē
- Phonetic
- foo-lay'
- Part of Speech
- Noun Feminine
- Strongs Definition
-
an offshoot that is race or clan
- Thayers 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 (compare G5444)
- Bible Usage
- kindred tribe.