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Concordances
Scofield Reference Index
• Tribes
Thompson Chain Reference
• Tribe
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Zebulun, the Tribe of
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Simeon, the Tribe of
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Dictionaries
American Tract Society
• Tribe
Bridgeway Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe and Kingdom
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Zebulun, Tribe of
• Tribe
• Simeon, the Tribe of
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Holman Bible Dictionary
• Tribes of Israel, the
• Half Tribe
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Tribes of Israel
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• Tribes
• Tribe
King James Dictionary
• Tribe
Morrish Bible Dictionary
• Twelve Tribes
• Tribes, the Twelve
1910 New Catholic Dictionary
• Tribe of Juda
• Tribe of Ephraim
• Tribe of Benjamin
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People's Bible Dictionary
• Tribes
Smith Bible Dictionary
• ad The Tribe of
• Benjamin The Tribe of
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Tribe
• Tribe
Webster Dictionary
• Tribe
Watson's Theological Dictionary
• Tribe
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Bongo (Tribe)
• Cheyenne (Tribe)
• Creek (Tribe)
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Tribe
Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia
• Judah Tribe of
• Manasseh Tribe of
• Tribes
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Judah, Tribe and Territory of.
• Lost Tribes
• Manasseh, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Lost Tribes
The Catholic Encyclopedia
• Jewish Tribe
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Asher, Tribe and Territory
• Issachar, Tribe of
• Judah, Tribe of
•   (only first 3 shown)
Lexicons
• ܫܰܒ݂ܛܳܐ
• ܫܰܪܒ݁ܬ݂ܳܐ
Berry's NT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family, Household
Girdleston's OT Synonyms
• Tribe, Family
• δωδεκάφυλον
• φυλή
• אֻמָּה
• חֲצִי , חֵצִי
• מַחֲצִית
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(Lat. tribus, from tres, three), a word which is believed to have originally meant a "third part" of the people, in reference to the three patrician orders or political divisions of the people of Ancient Rome, the Ramnes, Tities and Luceres, representing the Latin, Sabine and Etruscan settlements. Its ethnological meaning has come to be any aggregate of families or small communities which are grouped together under one chief or leader, observing similar customs and social rules, and tracing their descent from one common ancestor. Examples of such "enlarged families" are the twelve tribes of Israel. In general the tribe is the earliest form of political organization, nations being gradually constituted by tribal amalgamation.

(See FAMILY.)