noun · neuter

dōdekafulem

Greekδωδεκάφυλον (dōdekafulon)

Strong’sG1429

the Twelve Tribes of Israel

stem dōdekaful-once in the New Testament1 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

twelve tribes1×

What it means

*† δωδεκά-φυλος, -ον

(< δώδεκα, φυλή),

of twelve tribes: as subst. neut., τό δ. (cf. λαὸς ὁ δ., Sibyll. Orac.), the twelve tribes, Ac 26:7.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1429 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddo-dek-af'-oo-lon

the commonwealth of Israel

Fromfrom G1427 and G5443;

King Jamestwelve tribes.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject or object direct	dōdekafulem1×δωδεκάφυλον	dōdekafuleim
of, belonging to genitive	dōdekafuleu	dōdekafuleiu
to, for dative	dōdekafule	dōdekafulei

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

dōdekafulstem+egender+mu—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

dōdekafule is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

dōdekafulem“twelve tribes”subject or objectdirect singular1×

Acts 26:7“twelve tribes”eis han tem dōdekafulem nu en ekteneia nuxan kai hēmeran latreuarōtem elpizatō katantara; peri hau elpiau enkalimō hupo Ioudaioiu, basilevor;the promise our twelve tribes are hoping to see fulfilled as they earnestly serve God day and night. It is because of this hope, O king, that I am accused by the Jews.