Ancient Greek lemma · Strong’s G5443

φυλή

phyle · /foo-lay'/ — “tribe”

a race, tribe; a union formed in an organized community; tribe; a body; united; by supposed ties of blood and descent, clan; tribes; by local habitation; subdivision of the priests in each Egyptian temple; military…

Full entry

a race, tribe; a union formed in an organized community; tribe; a body; united; by supposed ties of blood and descent, clan; tribes; by local habitation; subdivision of the priests in each Egyptian temple; military contingent furnished by a tribe; representatives of a tribe; kind, species

Derivation: from φῦλον (phyllon, a race or stock)