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φυλή

MainId: 005330000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: True

AlphaPos: φ

StrongCodes: G5443

Notes: {'Caller': 1, 'LanguageCode': 'en', 'LastEdited': '', 'LastEditedBy': '', 'References': [], 'Content': 'πατριά[a] and φυλή[b] nation, people ({D:11.56}) focus attention upon a particular people as a socially functioning unit, while the feature of biological descent is largely secondary. But in the case of γένος[b] and σάρξ[e], the feature of biological descent is focal, while group functioning is largely secondary.'}

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 005330001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: φυλή

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ῆς

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'φύω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 005330001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 10.2

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Kinship Terms

      LEXSubDomains: Groups and Members of Groups of Persons Regarded as Related by Blood but without Special Reference to Successive Generations

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-30 14:42:36

         DefinitionShort: a subgroup of a nation which is regarded as being more closely related biologically than the entire nation

         Glosses: tribe

         Comments: In a number of societies there are only three well-defined biologically related groups: (1) the nuclear family (that is to say, the immediate family); (2) the extended family (often referred to as ‘the clan’); and (3) the tribe or nation as a whole. Under such circumstances it may be necessary to speak of the twelve tribes of Israel as being ‘twelve large clans.’ This would emphasize their biological relationships and at the same time would suggest that they constituted part of a larger ethnic unit, namely, the nation. On the other hand, a number of so-called ‘primitive societies’ have a great many designations for different sets of biologically related persons. These may designate an individual family, an extended family, the clan, a grouping of clans, a division of a tribe into two interacting units (called moieties), and finally the tribe as a whole, equivalent in larger societies to a nation. The choice of appropriate terms for various groups of biologically related persons becomes particularly complex in certain passages in the OT.

      LEXReferences: MAT 19:28, LUKE 2:36, LUKE 22:30, ACTs 13:21, ROM 11:1, PHP 3:5, HEB 7:13, HEB 7:14, YAC 1:1, REV 5:5, REV 5:9, REV 7:4, REV 7:5, REV 7:5, REV 7:5, REV 7:6, REV 7:6, REV 7:6, REV 7:7, REV 7:7, REV 7:7, REV 7:8, REV 7:8, REV 7:8, REV 7:9, REV 11:9, REV 13:7, REV 14:6, REV 21:12

   2. LEXID: 005330001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 11.56

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

      LEXSubDomains: Socio-Political

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-30 14:42:36

         DefinitionShort: a relatively large unit of people who constitute a sociopolitical group, sharing a presumed biological descent (in many contexts {L:πατριά}[b] and φυλή[b] are very similar in meaning to {L:ἔθνος}[a], {D:11.55}){N:001}

         Glosses: ['nation', 'people']

      LEXReferences: MAT 24:30, REV 1:7

   3. LEXID: 005330001003000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 11.15

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Groups and Classes of Persons and Members of Such Groups and Classes

      LEXSubDomains: Socio-Religious

      LEXCollocations: αἱ δώδεκα φυλαί

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2022-05-30 14:42:36

         DefinitionShort: (a set phrase, literally: the twelve tribes, but used in a figurative sense) all of the people of God as a possible reference to the new Israel

         Glosses: all God’s people

         Comments: It is possible to understand {S:05900100100020} as containing a salutation to the twelve tribes of Israel scattered throughout the Diaspora, but this literal interpretation has generally been rejected for a reference to all of God’s people scattered throughout the known world. If one elects to follow a literal translation of this passage, it would be important to introduce a marginal note indicating the alternative meaning and vice versa.

      LEXReferences: YAC 1:1, REV 21:12