HyperDic: lost_tribes

English > 1 sense of the expression *Lost Tribes*:
NOUN	group	Lost Tribes	the ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity / captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin)

English > *Lost Tribes*: 1 sense > noun 1, group
Meaning	The ten Tribes of Israel that were deported into captivity / captivity in Assyria around 720 BC (leaving only the tribes of Judah and Benjamin).
Broader	Tribes of Israel, Twelve Tribes of Israel	Twelve kin groups of ancient Israel each traditionally descended from one of the twelve sons of Jacob