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tribe

Meaning of “tribe”

A body of people descended from a common ancestor, especially one of the divisions of Israel.

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KJV context and cross-referencesBullokar 1616
242 occurrences203 verses18 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Exodus 31:2

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Joshua 1:12
¶ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to half the tribe of Manasseh, spake Joshua, saying,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 1:12 · retained source text

¶ And to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to halfe the tribe of Manasseh, spake Ioshua, saying,

Joshua 4:2
Take you twelve men out of the people, out of every tribe a man,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:2 · retained source text

Take you twelue men out of the people, out of euery tribe a man,

Joshua 4:4
Then Joshua called the twelve men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of every tribe a man:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 4:4 · retained source text

Then Ioshua called the twelue men, whom he had prepared of the children of Israel, out of euery tribe a man:

Joshua 4:12
And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and half the tribe of Manasseh, passed over armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake unto them:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 4:12 · retained source text

And the children of Reuben, and the children of Gad, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh, passed ouer armed before the children of Israel, as Moses spake vnto them:

1611 marginal noteNum. 32.27.

Joshua 7:1
BUT the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 7:1 · retained source text

¶ But the children of Israel committed a trespasse in the accursed thing: for Achan the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah, of the tribe of Iudah, tooke of the accursed thing: and the anger of the LORD was kindled against the children of Israel.

1611 marginal noteChap. 22.20. 1.chron. 2.7.

Joshua 7:14
In the morning therefore ye shall be brought according to your tribes: and it shall be, that the tribe which the Lord taketh shall come according to the families thereof; and the family which the Lord shall take shall come by households; and the household which the Lord shall take shall come man by man.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:14 · retained source text

In the morning therefore ye shal be brought, according to your tribes: and it shall be that the tribe which the LORD taketh, shall come according to the families thereof, and the familie which the LORD shall take, shal come by housholdes: and the housholdes which the LORD shall take, shal come man by man.

Joshua 7:16
¶ So Joshua rose up early in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes; and the tribe of Judah was taken:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:16 · retained source text

¶ So Ioshua rose vp earely in the morning, and brought Israel by their tribes, and the tribe of Iudah was taken.

Joshua 7:18
And he brought his household man by man; and Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, was taken.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 7:18 · retained source text

And hee brought his houshold, man by man, and Achan the sonne of Carmi, the sonne of Zabdi, the sonne of Zerah, of the tribe of Iudah, was taken.

Joshua 12:6
Them did Moses the servant of the Lord and the children of Israel smite: and Moses the servant of the Lord gave it for a possession unto the Reubenites, and the Gadites, and the half tribe of Manasseh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 12:6 · retained source text

Them did Moses the seruant of the LORD, and the children of Israel smite, and Moses the seruant of the LORD gaue it for a possession vnto the Reubenites, and Gadites, and the halfe tribe of Manasseh.

1611 marginal noteNum. 32.29. deut. 3.12. Chap. 13.8.

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