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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 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.

Numbers 34:22
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the son of Jogli.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:22 · retained source text

And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Dan, Bukki the sonne of Iogli.

Numbers 34:23
The prince of the children of Joseph, for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the son of Ephod.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:23 · retained source text

The Prince of the children of Ioseph: for the tribe of the children of Manasseh, Hanniel the sonne of Ephod.

Numbers 34:24
And the prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the son of Shiphtan.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Numbers 34:24 · retained source text

And the Prince of the tribe of the children of Ephraim, Kemuel the sonne of Shiphtan.

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