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tribe

Meaning of “tribe”

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

Definition sources

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 19:39
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:39 · retained source text

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages.

Joshua 19:40
¶ And the seventh lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:40 · retained source text

¶ And the seuenth lot came out for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families:

Joshua 19:48
This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 19:48 · retained source text

This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages.

Joshua 20:8
And on the other side Jordan by Jericho eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wilderness upon the plain out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 20:8 · retained source text

And on the other side Iordan by Iericho Eastward, they assigned Bezer in the wildernesse vpon the plaine, out of the tribe of Reuben, and Ramoth in Gilead out of the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan out of the tribe of Manasseh.

1611 marginal noteDeut. 4.43. 1.chro. 6.78.

Joshua 21:4
And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:4 · retained source text

And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the Priest, which were of the Leuites, had by lot out of the tribe of Iudah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Beniamin, thirteene cities.

Joshua 21:5
And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:5 · retained source text

And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot, out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

Joshua 21:6
And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.
4 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:6 · retained source text

And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the halfe tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteene cities.

Joshua 21:7
The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.
3 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:7 · retained source text

The children of Merari by their families, had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelue cities.

Joshua 21:9
¶ And they gave out of the tribe of the children of Judah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Joshua 21:9 · retained source text

¶ And they gaue out of the tribe of the children of Iudah, and out of the tribe of the children of Simeon, these cities which are here mentioned by name,

1611 marginal noteHebr. called.

Joshua 21:17
And out of the tribe of Benjamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Joshua 21:17 · retained source text

And out of the tribe of Beniamin, Gibeon with her suburbs, Geba with her suburbs,

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