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lost tribes
pl n
(Bible) the lost tribes Old Testament the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
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lost′ tribes′
n.pl.
the members of the 10 tribes of ancient Israel taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II and believed never to have returned to Palestine.
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Noun | 1. | 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) Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel - twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob |
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