Word Summary
dōdekaphylon: the twelve tribes
Original Word: δωδεκάφυλονTransliteration: dōdekaphylon
Phonetic Spelling: (do-dek-af'-oo-lon)
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Short Definition: the twelve tribes
Meaning: the twelve tribes
Strong's Concordance
twelve tribes.
From dodeka and phule; the commonwealth of Israel -- twelve tribes.
see GREEK dodeka
see GREEK phule
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1429: δωδεκάφυλονδωδεκάφυλον,
δωδεκαφυλου,
τό (from
δώδεκα, and
φυλή, tribe),
the twelve tribes, used collectively of the Israelitish people, as consisting of twelve tribes:
Acts 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)).)