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LOST TRIBES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Lost Tribes" is a kind of...):
Tribes of Israel; Twelve Tribes of Israel (twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob)
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