ἐκ πάσης φυλῆς (Ek pasēs phylēs)

MEANING'From every tribe.' Revelation 5:9 --- the scope of the redeemed: from every tribe, language, people, and nation. Thread 7's eschatological fulfillment: the universal invitation has resulted in a genuinely universal redeemed community.

GRAMMAREk (from, out of) + pasēs (every --- genitive feminine singular of pas) + phylēs (tribe --- genitive of phylē). The full phrase in Revelation 5:9: ek pasēs phylēs kai glōssēs kai laou kai ethnous (from every tribe and language and people and nation). Four terms of human diversity: phylē (tribal group), glōssa (language group), laos (people group), ethnos (ethnic/national group). All four together = genuinely every human grouping.

SIGNIFICANCEEk pasēs phylēs is Thread 7's eschatological confirmation. The universal invitation of Revelation 22:17 has already begun its work --- the Lamb has redeemed people from every tribe and language and people and nation. No human group is absent from the redeemed community. Thread 7 (whosoever will) results in this: every people group represented before the throne.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESRevelation 5:9; 7:9 (the great multitude from every nation/phylē/laos/glōssa); 14:6 (the eternal gospel to every nation/phylē/glōssa/laos).

CROSS-REFERENCESRevelation 5:9 · 7:9 · Genesis 22:18 (kol goyei ha-arets --- all nations of the earth) · Revelation 22:17