The Koine Bible

Greek Lexicon

SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

φυλή

Lexicon Index Written Scriptures

Lemma	φυλή
Citation form	φυλή, ῆς, ἡ
Part of speech	noun
Gloss	a tribe, race
Strong’s	G5443
Transliteration	phylḗ
Definition	an offshoot, i.e. race or clan
KJV glosses	:--kindred, tribe.
Derivation	from (compare )
SBLGNT occurrences	23

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 form	Grammar 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

noun; MorphGNT ----APF-
noun; MorphGNT ----ASF-
noun; MorphGNT ----DPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GPF-
noun; MorphGNT ----GSF-
noun; MorphGNT ----NPF-

Septuagint occurrences

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