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Matthew 19:28 φυλὰς tribes

Jesus said to them, “Truly I tell you, in the renewal of all things, when the Son of Man sits on His glorious throne, you who have followed Me will also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Here: The ancestral tribal groups descended from Jacob's sons, which made up Israel.

Matthew 24:30 φυλαὶ tribes

At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

Here: In Greek scripture this is the normal word for the tribes of Israel. It is also used, in 'all the tribes of the earth' (Genesis 12:3; 28:14), for every people group. Which is meant here is debated.

Luke 2:36 φυλῆς [the] tribe

There was also a prophetess named Anna, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher, who was well along in years. She had been married for seven years,

Here: One of the twelve tribal divisions of Israel. Naming a tribe implies her family kept a remembered or recorded line of descent.

Luke 22:30 φυλὰς tribes

so that you may eat and drink at My table in My kingdom and sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

Here: The ancestral tribes descended from Jacob's sons. In Jesus' day most of them had long been scattered or lost, so naming all twelve points to Israel restored.

Acts 13:21 φυλῆς tribe

Then the people asked for a king, and God gave them Saul son of Kish, from the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled forty years.

Here: One of the twelve tribal lines of Israel. Belonging to a tribe was a real part of Jewish identity in the first century. Paul himself traced his descent to Benjamin.

Romans 11:1 φυλῆς of [the] tribe

I ask then, did God reject His people? Certainly not! I am an Israelite myself, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

Here: One of the twelve tribal lines of Israel. Naming your tribe in the first century was a claim to a known, traceable pedigree.

Philippians 3:5 φυλῆς of [the] tribe

circumcised on the eighth day, of the people of Israel, of the tribe of Benjamin; a Hebrew of Hebrews; as to the law, a Pharisee;

Here: One of the twelve tribal lines descended from Jacob's sons. Paul can name his own tribe, which shows his family kept track of its ancestry.

Hebrews 7:13 φυλῆς to a tribe

He of whom these things are said belonged to a different tribe, from which no one has ever served at the altar.

Hebrews 7:14 φυλὴν a tribe

For it is clear that our Lord descended from Judah, a tribe as to which Moses said nothing about priests.

Here: One of Israel's twelve tribes. In the Torah, which tribe you belonged to decided land, inheritance and, for Levi, the right to serve at the altar.

James 1:1 φυλαῖς tribes

James, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, To the twelve tribes of the Dispersion: Greetings.

Here: 'Tribes', Israel's ancestral family groupings descended from Jacob's sons. Together with 'twelve' it names the readers as Israel in its fullness.

Revelation 1:7 φυλαὶ tribes

Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.

Here: Kin-based groups of people. In Zechariah these are the clans of Israel mourning separately. The full phrase also echoes God's promise to Abraham about 'all the tribes of the earth'.

Revelation 5:5 φυλῆς tribe

Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”

Here: One of Israel's twelve tribes. Judah was the royal tribe, the tribe of David.

Revelation 5:9 φυλῆς tribe

And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.

Here: A group bound by descent. In Revelation 7 the word names Israel's tribes. Here it covers every kinship group on earth.

Revelation 7:4 φυλῆς tribe

And I heard the number of those who were sealed, 144,000 from all the tribes of Israel:

Here: One of Israel's twelve tribes. In 7:9 the same word is used for the "tribes" of all the nations, which deliberately echoes this verse.

Revelation 7:5 φυλῆς φυλῆς φυλῆς [the] tribe

From the tribe of Judah 12,000 were sealed, from the tribe of Reuben 12,000, from the tribe of Gad 12,000,

Here: One of the twelve family groups of Israel, each traced back to one of Jacob's sons. It is the word Revelation used two chapters earlier for 'the tribe of Judah' (5:5).

Revelation 7:6 φυλῆς φυλῆς φυλῆς [the] tribe

from the tribe of Asher 12,000, from the tribe of Naphtali 12,000, from the tribe of Manasseh 12,000,

Here: One of the twelve family lines of Israel, each traced back to a son or grandson of Jacob. It is a kinship and land-holding unit, not a 'tribe' in the anthropological sense.

Revelation 7:7 φυλῆς φυλῆς φυλῆς [the] tribe

from the tribe of Simeon 12,000, from the tribe of Levi 12,000, from the tribe of Issachar 12,000,

Here: One of the twelve family-tribes of Israel, each traced back to one of Jacob's sons. The same word comes back in 7:9 for 'every tribe' of the nations.

Revelation 7:8 φυλῆς φυλῆς φυλῆς [the] tribe

from the tribe of Zebulun 12,000, from the tribe of Joseph 12,000, and from the tribe of Benjamin 12,000.

Revelation 7:9 φυλῶν tribes

After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.

Here: 'Tribes'. It is the same word just used twelve times for the tribes of Israel (7:5–8). Now it covers the tribes and clans of all humanity.

Revelation 11:9 φυλῶν tribes

For three and a half days all peoples and tribes and tongues and nations will view their bodies and will not permit them to be laid in a tomb.

Here: Tribes, meaning kinship groups. The same word is used of the tribes of Israel (7:4-8), but here it is extended to every tribal grouping of mankind.

Revelation 13:7 φυλὴν tribe

Then the beast was permitted to wage war against the saints and to conquer them, and it was given authority over every tribe and people and tongue and nation.

Here: A tribe or clan, a group bound by shared descent. It is the word used for Israel's twelve tribes (7:4–8), here spread to all humanity.

Revelation 14:6 φυλὴν tribe

Then I saw another angel flying overhead, with the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who dwell on the earth—to every nation and tribe and tongue and people.

Here: A tribe, a group joined by descent. It is the word used for Israel's twelve tribes in Revelation 7, used here of every tribe on earth.

Revelation 21:12 φυλῶν tribes

The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates.

Here: Israel's ancestral tribal divisions, each descended from one son of Jacob.