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TRIBES OF ISRAEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tribes of Israel mean?
• TRIBES OF ISRAEL (noun)
The noun TRIBES OF ISRAEL has 1 sense:
1. twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
Familiarity information: TRIBES OF ISRAEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
Tribes of Israel; Twelve Tribes of Israel
Hypernyms ("Tribes of Israel" is a kind of...):
clan; kin; kin group; kindred; kinship group; tribe (group of people related by blood or marriage)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Tribes of Israel"):
Lost Tribes (the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin))
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