Quick Definition
the Twelve Tribes of Israel
Strong's Definition
the commonwealth of Israel
Derivation: from G1427 (δώδεκα) and G5443 (φυλή);
KJV Usage: twelve tribes
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
δωδεκάφυλον, δωδεκαφυλου, τό (from δώδεκα, and φυλή, tribe), the twelve tribes, used collectively of the Israelitish people, as consisting of twelve tribes: Act_26:7. (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 55, 6 [ET]; Protevangelium Jacobi,
c. 1, 3; λαός ὁ δωδεκάφυλος, Sibylline Oracles Cf. δεκάφυλος, τετράφυλος, Herodotus 5, 66; (Winer's Grammar, 100 (95)).)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
δωδεκάφυλον dōdekaphylon 1x
twelve tribes, Act_26:7
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† δωδεκά -φυλος , -ον
( < δώδεκα , φυλή ),
of twelve tribes: as subst . neut., τό δ . ( cf. λαὸς ὁ δ ., Sibyll. Orac.), the twelve tribes , Act_26:7 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
δωδεκάφυλον [page 174]
To the reff. to this word in Grimm-Thayer we may add (from Hort James , p. 2) Joseph. Hypomnesticum (Fabricius Cod. Pseud. V.T. ii. p. 3) τοὺς δώδεκα φυλάρχους ἐξ ὧν τὸ δωδεκάφυλον τοῦ Ἰσραὴλ συνίσταται . For the formation cf. τὸ δωδεκάμηνον twelvemonth, common in papyri. We should not expect to find δωδεκάφυλον itself outside Jewish circles.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
δωδεκά-φυλος, -ον
(δώδεκα, φυλή),
of twelve tribes: as subst. neut., τό δ. (cf. λαὸς ὁ δ., Sibyll. Orac.), the twelve tribes, Act.26:7.†
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