Quick Definition
συμφυλέτης, ου, ὁ n.m. a fellow country-man
Strong's Definition
a co-tribesman, i.e. native of the same country
Derivation: from G4862 (σύν) and a derivative of G5443 (φυλή);
KJV Usage: countryman
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, m. | -ου | φύω
11.57 · Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes · Socio-Political
fellow countryman a person who is a member of the same πατριά[b] or φυλή[b] ‘nation’ (11.56) The term ἄνδρες is often added to ἀδελφοί[d], constituting a lexical unit having essentially the same meaning as ἀδελφοί[d], but with the connotation of greater formality: ἄνδρες ἀδελφοίἐξὸν εἰπεῖν μετὰ παρρησίας πρὸς ὑμᾶς ‘fellow countrymen, I can speak to you quite plainly’ ACT 2:29.
συμφυλέτης, συγγενής[b], and ἀδελφός[d] may often be translated by a phrase, for example, ‘a person of the same country’ or ‘a man who belongs to the same nation’ or ‘one who is part of the same tribe.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συμ-φυλέτης, -ov, 6, (σύν and φυλή; see συμμαθητής), one who is of the same people, a _fellow-countryman, (Vulg. contribulis): 1 Th. ii. 14. (Eccles. writ.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συμφυλέτης symphyletēs 1x
pr. one of the same tribe; a fellow citizen, fellow countryman, 1 Thess. 2:14*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† συμ-φυλέτης, -ου, ὁ
(< σύν, φυλή; cf. σύμφυλος, Aq.: Za 13:7; and v. Rutherford, NPhr., 255 f.)
a fellow-tribesman, fellow-countryman: I Th 2:14 (v. M, Th., in l., and Intr. liii). Not found elsewhere.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συμφυλέτης, “fellow-countryman.”’ For the force of this word, which is found only in 1 Thess 215, cf. Milligan Zhess. ad 7, and Intr. p. liii, Rutherford WP p. 255f. illustrates the frequency of similar compounds in late Greek.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συμφυλέτης (sumphuletēs) — fellow countryman. συμφῡλ-έτης, ου, ὁ, of the same φυλή, [Refs]: generally, fellow-countryman, [NT]