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Twelve tribes (δωδεκάφυλον)
Only here in New Testament. A collective term, embracing the tribes as a whole. Meyer renders our twelve-tribe-stock.
Instantly (ἐν ἐκτενείᾳ)
Only here in New Testament. Lit., in intensity. See on fervently, 1Pe 1:22. Compare more earnestly, Luk 22:44; without ceasing, Act 12:5; fervent, 1Pe 4:8. See, also, on instantly and instant, Luk 7:4; Luk 23:23.
Serving
Compare Act 24:14; and see on Luk 1:74.
Come (καταντῆσαι)
Lit., to arrive at, as if at a goal. Compare Act 16:1; Act 18:19; Act 25:13, etc. Rev. attain.