Tribe (-s)
Tribe (-s)
“a company of people united by kinship or habitation, a clan, tribe,” is used (a) of the peoples of the earth, Mat 24:30; in the following the RV has “tribe(-s)” for AV, “kindred(-s),” Rev 1:7; Rev 5:9; Rev 7:9; Rev 11:9; Rev 13:7; Rev 14:6 (b) of the “tribes” of Israel, Mat 19:28; Luk 2:36; Luk 22:30; Act 13:21; Rom 11:1; Phi 3:5; Heb 7:13-14; Jam 1:1; Rev 5:5; Rev 7:4-8; Rev 21:12.
an adjective signifying “of twelve tribes” (dodeka, “twelve,” and No. 1), used as a noun in the neuter, occurs in Act 26:7.