lost tribes

noun

1. the members of the ten tribes of ancient Israel who were taken into captivity in 722 b.c. by Sargon II of Assyria and are believed never to have returned to Palestine. 2 Kings 17:1–23.

lost tribes

plural noun

1. the lost tribes
   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

Example Sentences

Levitical peculiarities suggest the ubiquitous decad of the lost tribes of Israel.

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Did you ever observe one of the descendants of the Lost Tribes who inhabit Chatham street dreamily waiting for a passing rustic?

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As many attempts have been made to find the great island of Atlantis, as to discover the country of the lost tribes.

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In this respect, then, there is no need to search for an extra-limital origin through lost tribes for any art there exhibited.

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Where are our missing twenty millions of Irish should be here today instead of four, our lost tribes?

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