Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun tribes_of_israel

1 sense of tribes of israel

Sense 1
Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel -- (twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob)
       => kin, kin group, kinship group, kindred, clan, tribe -- (group of people related by blood or marriage)