Tribes
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Tribes (141 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Tribes (141 Occurrences). ... You will sit on thrones, judging
the twelve tribes of Israel." (WEB KJV WEY ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tribes.htm - 41k

Tribal (25 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Of or pertaining to a tribe or tribes; as, a tribal
scepter. Multi-Version Concordance Tribal (25 Occurrences). ...
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Chaldeans (82 Occurrences)
... erets kasdim; Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans
2. Originally Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach ...
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Ed (1 Occurrence)
... on the east side of the Jordan, in the land of Gilead, "over against the land of
Canaan." After the division of the Promised Land, the tribes of Reuben and Gad ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ed.htm - 9k

Apportioned (24 Occurrences)
... YLT). Numbers 26:55 Only by lot is the land apportioned, by the names of
the tribes of their fathers they inherit; (YLT). Numbers ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/apportioned.htm - 13k

Chaldea (8 Occurrences)
... erets kasdim; Chaldaia, Chaldaioi): 1. Geographical Position Seats of the Chaldeans
2. Originally Sumero-Akkadian 3. History of the Chaldean Tribes 4. Merodach ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chaldea.htm - 25k

Period (43 Occurrences)
... MAIN EVENTS 1. Struggles of Individual Tribes 2. Civil Strife 3. The Six Invasions
4. Need of Central Government V. RELIGIOUS CONDITIONS VI. ...
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Distributed (30 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:55 But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the
Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distributed.htm - 16k

Medes (15 Occurrences)
... Herodotus confounds the Medes here with the Manda (or Umman-Manda, "hosts of the
Manda") of the inscriptions; but these were probably Aryan tribes, possibly of ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/medes.htm - 18k

Breastplate (45 Occurrences)
... On each stone was engraved the name of one of the twelve tribes (Exodus
28:15-29; 39:8-21). It was in size about ten inches square. ...
biblethesaurus.org/b/breastplate.htm - 24k

Canaanites (63 Occurrences)
... and broken up into a great many peoples, as we can judge from the list of nations
(Genesis 10), the `sons of Canaan.'" Six different tribes are mentioned in ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/canaanites.htm - 55k

Ancestral (14 Occurrences)
... Numbers 1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of
the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ancestral.htm - 10k

Assemble (77 Occurrences)
... assemble in this city in hostility to Thy holy Servant Jesus whom Thou hadst
anointed--Herod and Pontius Pilate with the Gentiles and also the tribes of Israel ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assemble.htm - 32k

Distribution (32 Occurrences)
... Numbers 26:55 But let the distribution of the land be made by the decision of the
Lord: by the names of the tribes of their fathers let their heritage be given ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/distribution.htm - 18k

Pisidia (2 Occurrences)
... and Ephesus; the Seleucid kings regularly founded their cities in Asia Minor at
important strategical points, to strengthen their hold on the native tribes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pisidia.htm - 21k

Army (401 Occurrences)
... their fathers' houses (Numbers 2:2). "From twenty years old and upward, all that
are able to go forth to war in Israel," the males of the tribes were numbered ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/army.htm - 76k

Authorities (44 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 1:15 And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I
appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/authorities.htm - 19k

Kedar (11 Occurrences)
... 25:13). It is the name for the nomadic tribes of Arabs, the Bedouins generally
(Isaiah 21:16; 42:11; 60:7; Jeremiah 2:10; Ezek. 27 ...
biblethesaurus.org/k/kedar.htm - 13k

Levite (43 Occurrences)
... inheritance (Numbers 18:20; 26:62; Deuteronomy 10:9; 18:1, 2), and for their support
it was ordained that they should receive from the other tribes the tithes ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/levite.htm - 26k

Respected (28 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Deuteronomy 1:13 Take for yourselves men who are wise, far-seeing, and
respected among you, from your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you. ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/respected.htm - 15k

Experienced (23 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Deuteronomy 1:13 Take wise men of understanding and well known according
to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you." (See NAS RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/experienced.htm - 13k

Midian (60 Occurrences)
... 3. Modern Arabs: The representations of Midian in Scripture are consistent with
what we know of the immemorial ways of Arabian tribes, now engaged in pastoral ...
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Midianites (30 Occurrences)
... 3. Modern Arabs: The representations of Midian in Scripture are consistent with
what we know of the immemorial ways of Arabian tribes, now engaged in pastoral ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/midianites.htm - 21k

Peoples (305 Occurrences)
... who pierced him. All the tribes of the earth will mourn over him. Even so,
Amen. (See NIV). Revelation 7:9 After these things I looked ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/peoples.htm - 37k

Apportion (19 Occurrences)
... Moses commanded the children of Israel, saying, "This is the land which you shall
inherit by lot, which Yahweh has commanded to give to the nine tribes, and to ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/apportion.htm - 12k

Arabic
... Ignorance," that is, before the days of Mohammed, are in substantially the same
dialect as that of the Koran, for it appears that Bedouin tribes ranging within ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/arabic.htm - 17k

Africa (1 Occurrence)
... The sons of Cush, and also those of his firstborn, Sheba, were all Arabian tribes,
nominally under the domain of Mizraim or Egypt, and on this account classed ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/africa.htm - 10k

Allot (8 Occurrences)
... Ezekiel 47:13 Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: This shall be the border whereby ye shall
allot the land as inheritance according to the twelve tribes of Israel ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/allot.htm - 9k

Shibboleth (1 Occurrence)
... The tribes living on the east of Jordan, separated from their brethren on the west
by the deep ravines and the rapid river, gradually came to adopt peculiar ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/shibboleth.htm - 8k

Semites
... From him descended the Hebrews and the Arab tribes, probably also some East
African colonies (Genesis 10:24-30; Genesis 11:12-26). ...
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Asher (43 Occurrences)
... Of the tribe founded by him nothing is recorded beyond its holding a place in the
list of the tribes (35:26; 46:17; Exodus 1:4, etc.) It increased in numbers ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/asher.htm - 26k

Semitic
... From him descended the Hebrews and the Arab tribes, probably also some East
African colonies (Genesis 10:24-30; Genesis 11:12-26). ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/semitic.htm - 28k

Shiloh (34 Occurrences)
... lot of Ephraim where Israel assembled under Joshua at the close of the war of conquest
(Joshua 18:1). Here territory was allotted to the seven tribes who had ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/shiloh.htm - 27k

Thousands (65 Occurrences)
... Revelation 7:4 And I heard the number of those sealed, (144 thousands were
sealed out of all the tribes of the sons of Israel): (YLT). ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/thousands.htm - 29k

Engraved (62 Occurrences)
... the names of the children of Israel, twelve, according to their names, engraved
as a seal: every one according to his name shall they be for the twelve tribes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/engraved.htm - 26k

Galatia (6 Occurrences)
... 25. This province of Galatia, within the limits of which these Celtic tribes
were confined, was the central region of Asia Minor. ...
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Ahijah (23 Occurrences)
... We have on record two of his remarkable prophecies, 1 Kings 11:31-39, announcing
the rending of the ten tribes from Solomon; and 1 Kings 14:6-16, delivered to ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ahijah.htm - 21k

Allotted (54 Occurrences)
... Numbers 36:3 And if they be married to any of the sons of the other tribes of the
children of Israel, then will their inheritance be taken away from the ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/allotted.htm - 22k

Philistines (224 Occurrences)
... south-west of Judea, Abimelech of Gerar being their king (Genesis 21:32, 34;
26:1). They are, however, not noticed among the Canaanitish tribes mentioned in ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/philistines.htm - 75k

Syrians (63 Occurrences)
... David subdued them, although they were aided by the tribes from beyond the Euphrates
(2 Samuel 10), but after the division of the kingdom they often proved too ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/syrians.htm - 37k

Stamp (25 Occurrences)
... Exodus 28:21 The jewels are to be twelve in number, for the names of the children
of Israel; every jewel having the name of one of the twelve tribes cut on it ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/stamp.htm - 16k

Spies (22 Occurrences)
... reached Kadesh for the first time, and were encamped there, Moses selected twelve
spies from among the chiefs of the divisions of the tribes, and sent them ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/spies.htm - 15k

Ammonite (22 Occurrences)
... sight of (Judges 5:2), this tribe is closely associated with the Moabites (Judges
10:11; 2 Chronicles 20:1; Zephaniah 2:8). Both of these tribes hired Balaam ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/ammonite.htm - 18k

Antioch (21 Occurrences)
... and Ephesus; the Seleucid kings regularly founded their cities in Asia Minor at
important strategical points, to strengthen their hold on the native tribes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/antioch.htm - 27k

Appoint (114 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 1:13 Take wise men of understanding and well known according to your
tribes, and I will make them heads over you." (See NAS RSV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/appoint.htm - 41k

Elea'zar (72 Occurrences)
... 32:28 So Moses gave charge concerning them to Eleazar the priest, and to Joshua
the son of Nun, and to the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/elea'zar.htm - 27k

Simeon (48 Occurrences)
... scattered" according to the prediction in Genesis 49:5-7. They gradually dwindled
in number, and sank into a position of insignificance among the other tribes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/simeon.htm - 35k

Leaders (167 Occurrences)
... Numbers 1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of
the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. ...
biblethesaurus.org/l/leaders.htm - 35k

Tribe (250 Occurrences)
... one ancestor. The "twelve tribes" of the Hebrews were the twelve collections
of families which sprang from the sons of Jacob. In ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/tribe.htm - 45k

Captivity (141 Occurrences)
... The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. ...
Many speculations have been indulged in with reference to these ten tribes. ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/captivity.htm - 79k

Station (78 Occurrences)
... Joshua 24:1 And Joshua gathereth all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and calleth
for the elders of Israel, and for its heads, and for its judges, and for its ...
biblethesaurus.org/s/station.htm - 33k

Gideon (45 Occurrences)
... 2. The Midianite Oppression: The Midianites under Zebah and Zalmunna, their two
greatest chiefs, accompanied by other wild tribes of the eastern desert, had ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/gideon.htm - 36k

Twelve (176 Occurrences)
... me, in the regeneration when the Son of Man will sit on the throne of his glory,
you also will sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/twelve.htm - 38k

Companies (38 Occurrences)
... 1 Chronicles 28:1 David assembled all the princes of Israel, the princes of the
tribes, and the captains of the companies who served the king by division, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/companies.htm - 18k

Israelite (83 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. ISRAELITE; ISRAELITISH. iz'-ra-el-it,
iz'-rael-it-ish: Belonging to the tribes of ISRAEL (which see). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/israelite.htm - 33k

Ephraim (168 Occurrences)
... Took precedence over that of Manasseh by virtue of Jacob's blessing (Genesis
41:52; 48:1). The descendants of Joseph formed two of the tribes of Israel ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/ephraim.htm - 56k

Genealogy (29 Occurrences)
... the poll of fighting men is made on genealogical principles; in Numbers 2:2, where
the positions on the march and in camp are determined by tribes and families ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/genealogy.htm - 70k

Divisions (92 Occurrences)
... Numbers 1:16 These are those who were called of the congregation, the princes of
the tribes of their fathers; they were the heads of the thousands of Israel. ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/divisions.htm - 37k

Chiefs (227 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Numbers 1:16 These are the men named out of all the people, chiefs of
their fathers' houses, heads of the tribes of Israel. (BBE). ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chiefs.htm - 37k

Commanders (93 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/commanders.htm - 36k

Aaron (343 Occurrences)
... When the ransomed tribes fought their first battle with Amalek in Rephidim, Moses
stood on a hill overlooking the scene of the conflict with the rod of God in ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/aaron.htm - 56k

Judge (297 Occurrences)
... Thummim (Numbers 27:21). Their authority extended only over those tribes
by whom they had been elected or acknowledged. There was no ...
biblethesaurus.org/j/judge.htm - 46k

Arabia (9 Occurrences)
... From this name is derived that which is usually given to the nomadic tribes which
wander over this region, the "Bedaween," or, more generally, "Bedouin,". ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/arabia.htm - 43k

Chose (59 Occurrences)
... 1 Samuel 2:28 And did I choose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be My priest,
to go up unto Mine altar, to burn incense, to wear an ephod before Me? ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/chose.htm - 25k

Rehoboam (42 Occurrences)
... Benjamin was reckoned along with Judah, and these two tribes formed the southern
kingdom, with Jerusalem as its capital; while the northern ten tribes formed ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rehoboam.htm - 34k

Captains (159 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 1:15 So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made
them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/captains.htm - 42k

Government (20 Occurrences)
... 1. The Nomadic Period: The government of the primitive period is that proper to
nomadic tribes composed of families and clans, in no wise peculiar to the ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/government.htm - 50k

Zoan (7 Occurrences)
... It is very natural, therefore, that, like other Semitic tribes even earlier, these
patriarchs should have been well received in the Delta by the Hyksos Pharaohs ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zoan.htm - 17k

Education (4 Occurrences)
... With the settlement of the Hebrew tribes in Palestine and their closer contact with
Canaanitish culture, a more established agricultural life with resulting ...
biblethesaurus.org/e/education.htm - 40k

Divide (71 Occurrences)
... and to the fewer ye shall give the less inheritance: every man's inheritance shall
be in the place where his lot falleth; according to the tribes of your ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/divide.htm - 31k

Yah's (3 Occurrences)
... (WEB). Psalms 122:4 where the tribes go up, even Yah's tribes, according to an
ordinance for Israel, to give thanks to the name of Yahweh. (WEB). ...
biblethesaurus.org/y/yah's.htm - 7k

100 (8 Occurrences)
... Judges 20:10 and we will take ten men of one hundred throughout all the tribes of
Israel, and one hundred of one thousand, and a thousand out of ten thousand ...
biblethesaurus.org/num/100.htm - 8k

Zebulun (46 Occurrences)
... It was one of the tribes which did not drive out the Canaanites, but only made them
tributary (Judges 1:30). It took little interest in public affairs. ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zebulun.htm - 29k

Zilpah (7 Occurrences)
... 30:10, 12; Genesis 35:26; Genesis 46:18), a slave girl of Leah's, given her by Laban
(Genesis 29:24; Genesis 30:9). In Ezekiel 48 the Zilpah tribes have the ...
biblethesaurus.org/z/zilpah.htm - 9k

Girgashite (7 Occurrences)
... Dwelling in clayey soil, the descendants of the fifth son of Canaan (Genesis
10:16), one of the original tribes inhabiting the land of Canaan before the time ...
biblethesaurus.org/g/girgashite.htm - 11k

Ishmaelites (6 Occurrences)
... The sons of Ishmael are given in Genesis 25:13, 14; they were twelve in number and
gave rise to as many tribes, but the term Ishmaelite has a broader ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/ishmaelites.htm - 9k

Inherited (23 Occurrences)
... to the many ye increase their inheritance, and to the few ye diminish their inheritance;
whither the lot goeth out to him, it is his; by the tribes of your ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/inherited.htm - 13k

Inheritances (7 Occurrences)
... the children of Israel took in the land of Canaan, which Eleazar the priest, Joshua
the son of Nun, and the heads of the fathers' houses of the tribes of the ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/inheritances.htm - 8k

Inherits (5 Occurrences)
... (DBY). Numbers 26:55 Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according
to the names of the tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. (See NIV). ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/inherits.htm - 7k




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