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Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φυλή

Lemmaφυλή
Citation formφυλή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glossa tribe, race
Strong’sG5443
Transliterationphylḗ
Definitionan offshoot, i.e. race or clan
KJV glosses:--kindred, tribe.
Derivationfrom (compare )
SBLGNT occurrences23

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
φυλαὶ
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Matthew 24:30
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — Revelation 1:7
φυλαῖς
noun, dative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----DPF-) — James 1:1
φυλὰς
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Matthew 19:28
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Luke 22:30
φυλὴν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Hebrews 7:14
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 13:7
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Revelation 14:6
φυλῆς
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Luke 2:36
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Acts 13:21
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Romans 11:1
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Philippians 3:5
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Hebrews 7:13
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 5:5
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 5:9
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 7:4
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 7:5
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 7:6
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 7:7
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Revelation 7:8
φυλῶν
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Revelation 11:9
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Revelation 21:12
noun, genitive, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----GPF-) — Revelation 7:9

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: φυλη.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for φυλή with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.