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Koine Greek wordlink #147450

SR GNT Yac 1:1 φυλαῖς (fulais) ‘a slave to the twelve tribes which are in the’ Strongs=54430 Lemma=fulē
Word role=noun case=dative gender=feminine number=plural

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Only use of identical word form φυλαῖς (N-DFP) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φυλαῖς’ (N-DFP) is always and only glossed as ‘tribes’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘fulē’ have 6 different glosses: ‘a tribe’, ‘the tribe’, ‘of the tribe’, ‘of tribe’, ‘tribe’, ‘tribes’.

Greek words (7) other than φυλαῖς (N-DFP) with a gloss related to ‘tribes’

MAT 19:28 φυλὰς (fulas) N-AFP ‘judging the twelve tribes of Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)’ SR GNT Mat 19:28 word 39

MAT 24:30 φυλαὶ (fulai) N-NFP ‘will_be mourning all the tribes of the earth and’ SR GNT Mat 24:30 word 21

LUKE 22:30 φυλὰς (fulas) N-AFP ‘thrones the twelve tribes judging of Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)’ SR GNT Luke 22:30 word 27

REV 1:7 φυλαὶ (fulai) N-NFP ‘him all the tribes of the earth Yes’ SR GNT Rev 1:7 word 24

REV 7:9 φυλῶν (fulōn) N-GFP ‘every nation and tribes and peoples and’ SR GNT Rev 7:9 word 22

REV 11:9 φυλῶν (fulōn) N-GFP ‘the peoples and tribes and tongues and’ SR GNT Rev 11:9 word 10

REV 21:12 φυλῶν (fulōn) N-GFP ‘is of the twelve tribes of the sons of Israaʸl/(Yisrā^ʼēl)’ SR GNT Rev 21:12 word 33

Key: N=noun AFP=accusative,feminine,plural DFP=dative,feminine,plural GFP=genitive,feminine,plural NFP=nominative,feminine,plural