What does δώδεκα · φυλή · Ἰσραήλ mean in the Bible?
δώδεκα · φυλή · Ἰσραήλ is a Greek phrase meaning "twelve tribes of Israel".
Greek · G1427, G5443, G2474
δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ
Twelve · tribe · Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
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δώδεκα G1427 twelve
Pronunciation dṓdeka
Symbolic number representing God's people; especially designates the Twelve Apostles as foundational to Jesus' covenant community.
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φυλή G5443 tribe
Pronunciation phylḗ
Ethnic kinship group; in NT, either Israel's twelve tribes or collective peoples of earth
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Ἰσραήλ G2474 Israel (i.e. Jisrael), the adopted name of Jacob, including his descendants (literally or figuratively)
Pronunciation Israḗl
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What does δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ (dōdeka phylas tou Israēl) mean in the Bible?
δώδεκα · φυλή · Ἰσραήλ is a Greek phrase meaning "twelve tribes of Israel".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1427, G5443, G2474?
G1427, G5443, G2474 is connected to 75 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. twelve tribes of Israel
Source Gloss
twelve tribes of Israel
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 10 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 10 Aligned forms 75 Case pattern Accusative (27) Number pattern Plural (75)
Nominative · Plural · Feminine John 11:9 · Rev 7:5 · Rev 7:6 · Rev 7:7 · Rev 7:8 13×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine Luke 8:1 · Luke 9:12 · Luke 9:17 · Acts 6:2 · Acts 19:7 · Rev 21:21 7×
Genitive · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:2 · Matt 26:14 · Matt 26:20 · Matt 26:47 · Mark 6:43 · Mark 11:11 · Mark 14:10 · Mark 14:17 · Mark 14:20 · Mark 14:43 · Luke 22:3 · Luke 22:47 · John 6:71 · John 20:24 · Rev 12:1 · Rev 21:14 16×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter Mark 5:42 · Luke 2:42 · Luke 8:42 · Luke 8:43 · Rev 21:16 5×
Genitive · Plural · Feminine Acts 24:11 · Rev 21:12 2×
Dative · Plural · Masculine Matt 11:1 · Mark 4:10 · John 6:67 · 1 Cor 15:5 4×
Dative · Plural · Feminine Jas 1:1 1×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Matt 10:1 · Matt 10:5 · Matt 14:20 · Matt 19:28 · Matt 20:17 · Mark 3:14 · Mark 3:16 · Mark 6:7 · Mark 8:19 · Mark 9:35 · Mark 10:32 · Luke 6:13 · Luke 9:1 · Luke 18:31 · John 6:13 · John 6:70 21×
Accusative · Plural · Neuter Matt 9:20 · Mark 5:25 · Rev 21:14 3×
Accusative · Plural · Feminine Matt 19:28 · Matt 26:53 · Luke 22:30 3×
Word Origins
δώδεκα φυλὰς τοῦ Ἰσραήλ is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Hebrew roots and equivalents that share conceptual or etymological ground with this Greek word.
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain