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φυλή

First declension Noun; Feminine 자동번역 Transliteration:

Principal Part: φυλή φυλῆς

Structure: φυλ (Stem) + η (Ending)

Etym.: fu/w

Sense

  1. A union of individuals into a community
  2. A union based on descent: tribe, clan
  3. A union based on location: county
  4. A division of soldiers

Declension

First declension
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative φυλή φυλᾱ́ φυλαί
Genitive φυλῆς φυλαῖν φυλῶν
Dative φυλῇ φυλαῖν φυλαῖς
Accusative φυλήν φυλᾱ́ φυλᾱ́ς
Vocative φυλή φυλᾱ́ φυλαί

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο διεσπάρησαν αἱ φυλαὶ τῶν Χαναναίων, (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:18)
  • Αὗται αἱ φυλαὶ υἱῶν Νῶε κατὰ γενέσεισ αὐτῶν, κατὰ ἔθνη αὐτῶν. ἀπὸ τούτων διεσπάρησαν νῆσοι τῶν ἐθνῶν ἐπὶ τῆσ γῆσ μετὰ τὸν κατακλυσμόν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 10:32)
  • καὶ εὐλογήσω τοὺσ εὐλογοῦντάσ σε καὶ τοὺσ καταρωμένουσ σε καταράσομαι. καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆσ γῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 12:3)
  • καὶ ἔσται τὸ σπέρμα σου ὡσ ἡ ἄμμοσ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ πλατυνθήσεται ἐπὶ θάλασσαν καὶ ἐπὶ λίβα καὶ ἐπὶ βορρᾶν, καὶ ἐπ̓ ἀνατολάσ, καὶ ἐνευλογηθήσονται ἐν σοὶ πᾶσαι αἱ φυλαὶ τῆσ γῆσ καὶ ἐν τῷ σπέρματί σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:14)
  • δύο φυλαὶ καὶ ἥμισυ φυλῆσ ἔλαβον τοὺσ κλήρουσ αὐτῶν πέραν τοῦ Ἰορδάνου κατὰ Ἱεριχὼ ἀπὸ νότου κατὰ ἀνατολάσ. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 34:15)

Synonyms

  1. A union based on descent

  2. A division of soldiers

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