Definition

an offshoot, i.e. race or clan

Etymology

from G5453 (φύω) (compare G5444 (φύλλον));

Word family

• φύω phýō
• φύλλον phýllon

How the KJV renders it

• kindred
• tribe

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.