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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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Numbers 31:5
So there were delivered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of every tribe, twelve thousand armed for war.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 31:5 · retained source text

So there were deliuered out of the thousands of Israel, a thousand of euery tribe, twelue thousand armed for warre.

Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand of every tribe, them and Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, to the war, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow in his hand.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 31:6 · retained source text

And Moses sent them to the warre, a thousand of euery tribe, them and Phinehas the sonne of Eleazar the Priest, to the warre, with the holy instruments, and the trumpets to blow, in his hand.

Numbers 32:33
And Moses gave unto them, even to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben, and unto half the tribe of Manasseh the son of Joseph, the kingdom of Sihon king of the Amorites, and the kingdom of Og king of Bashan, the land, with the cities thereof in the coasts, even the cities of the country round about.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 32:33 · retained source text

And Moses gaue vnto them, euen to the children of Gad, and to the children of Reuben; and vnto halfe the tribe of Manasseh the sonne of Ioseph, the kingdome of Sihon King of the Amorites, and the kingdome of Og King of Bashan, the land with the cities thereof, in the coastes, euen the cities of the countrey round about.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 3.12. iosh. 13.8. and 22.4.

Numbers 34:13
And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherit by lot, which the Lord commanded to give unto the nine tribes, and to the half tribe:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:13 · retained source text

And Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, This is the land which ye shall inherite by lot, which the LORD commanded to giue vnto the nine tribes, and to the halfe tribe.

Numbers 34:14
For the tribe of the children of Reuben according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad according to the house of their fathers, have received their inheritance; and half the tribe of Manasseh have received their inheritance:
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Numbers 34:14 · retained source text

For the tribe of the children of Reuben, according to the house of their fathers, and the tribe of the children of Gad, according to the house of their fathers, haue receiued their inheritance, and halfe the tribe of Manasseh haue receiued their inheritance.

1611 marginal noteChap. 32.33. iosh. 14.2,3.

Numbers 34:15
The two tribes and the half tribe have received their inheritance on this side Jordan near Jericho eastward, toward the sunrising.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:15 · retained source text

The two tribes, and the halfe tribe haue receiued their inheritance on this side Iordane neere Iericho, Eastward, toward the Sunne rising.

Numbers 34:19
And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Judah, Caleb the son of Jephunneh.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:19 · retained source text

And the names of the men are these: Of the tribe of Iudah, Caleb the sonne of Iephunneh.

Numbers 34:20
And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the son of Ammihud.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:20 · retained source text

And of the tribe of the children of Simeon, Shemuel the sonne of Ammihud.

Numbers 34:21
Of the tribe of Benjamin, Elidad the son of Chislon.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:21 · retained source text

Of the tribe of Beniamin, Elidad the sonne of Chislon.

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