twelve tribes of israel

English Thesaurus

1. twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob (noun.group)

hypernym	:	clan, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, tribe,
definition	:	group of people related by blood or marriage (noun.group)

hyponym	:	lost tribes,
definition	:	the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin) (noun.group)