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tribes

Meaning of “tribes”

Bodies of people descended from common ancestors, especially the divisions of Israel.

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First occurrence: Genesis 49:16

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Hosea 5:9
Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Hosea 5:9 · retained source text

Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel haue I made knowen that which shall surely be.

Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Habakkuk 3:9 · retained source text

Thy bow was made quite naked according to the oathes of the tribes, euen thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleaue the earth with riuers.

1611 marginal noteOr, thou didst cleaue the riuers of the earth.

Zechariah 9:1
THE burden of the word of the Lord in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall be the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel, shall be toward the Lord.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Zechariah 9:1 · retained source text

¶ The burden of the word of the LORD in the land of Hadrach, and Damascus shall bee the rest thereof: when the eyes of man, as of all the tribes of Israel shalbe toward the LORD.

Matthew 19:28
And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 19:28 · retained source text

And Iesus said vnto them, Uerily I say vnto you, that ye which haue followed me, in the regeneration when the Sonne of man shal sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shal sit vpon twelue thrones, iudging the twelue tribes of Israel.

1611 marginal noteLuke 22.30.

Matthew 24:30
And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Matthew 24:30 · retained source text

And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man in heauen: and then shall all the Tribes of the earth mourne, and they shall see the Sonne of man coming in the clouds of heauen, with power and great glory.

1611 marginal noteReuel. 1.7.

Luke 22:30
That ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 22:30 · retained source text

That yee may eate and drinke at my table in my kingdome, and sit on thrones iudging the twelue Tribes of Israel.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 19.28.

Acts 26:7
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope’s sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 26:7 · retained source text

Vnto which promise our twelue tribes instantly seruing God day and night, hope to come: For which hopes sake, King Agrippa, I am accused of the Iewes.

James 1:1
JAMES, a servant of God and of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the twelve tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · James 1:1 · retained source text

¶ Iames a seruant of God, and of the Lord Iesus Christ, to the twelue Tribes which are scattered abroad, greeting.

Revelation 7:4
And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundred and forty and four thousand of all the tribes of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 7:4 · retained source text

And I heard the number of them which were sealed: and there were sealed an hundreth and fourty and foure thousand, of all the tribes of the children of Israel.

Revelation 21:12
And had a wall great and high, and had twelve gates, and at the gates twelve angels, and names written thereon, which are the names of the twelve tribes of the children of Israel:
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Revelation 21:12 · retained source text

And had a wall great and high, and had twelue gates, and at the gates twelue Angels, & names written thereon, which are the names of the twelue tribes of the children of Israel.

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