TWELVE TRIBES OF ISRAEL

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Meaning:

Twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob

Synonyms:

Tribes of Israel; Twelve Tribes of Israel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("Twelve 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 "Twelve 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))