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Lexicon :: Strong's H4940 - mišpāḥâ

Aa
מִשְׁפָּחָה
Transliteration
mišpāḥâ
Pronunciation
mish-paw-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2442b

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh, mish-paw-khaw'; from H8192 (compare H8198); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people:—family, kind(-red).


KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x

The KJV translates Strong's H4940 in the following manner: families (290x), kindred (9x), kinds (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 301x
The KJV translates Strong's H4940 in the following manner: families (290x), kindred (9x), kinds (2x).
  1. clan, family

    1. clan

      1. family

      2. tribe

      3. people, nation

    2. guild

    3. species, kind

    4. aristocrats

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh, mish-paw-khaw'; from H8192 (compare H8198); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extension a tribe or people:—family, kind(-red).
STRONGS H4940: Abbreviations
מִשְׁפָּחָה 303 noun feminine clan (RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175 BaNB § 161 a); — absolute מ׳ Amos 3:1 +; construct מִשְׁפַּ֫חַת Judges 9:1 +; suffix מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי Genesis 24:38 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁפָּחוֹת Nahum 3:4 +; construct מִשְׁפְּחוֹת Amos 3:2 +; suffix מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם Genesis 8:19 + 2 times, usually תָם - Numbers 1:18 + 84 times, etc.; —
1. clan:
a. family connection of individual Genesis 24:38 (+ בֵּיתאָֿבִי), Genesis 24:40 (+ id.), Genesis 24:41 (all J; = מוֺלַדְתִּי Genesis 24:4), 2 Samuel 14:7, united in sacrifice 1 Samuel 20:6, 29, in passover Exodus 12:21 (J E; compare BenzEncy.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9, 12); compare Leviticus 20:5 (H), Leviticus 25:10, 41 (P), Leviticus 25:49 (P; defined as מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ), non-Hebrew Leviticus 25:47 (H), Leviticus 25:45(P), Judges 1:25; מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶיהָ Joshua 6:23 (E or R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare Steuern Holz; בֵּית אָבִיהָ in Joshua 6:25 [J]), compare Numbers 27:4, 11 (P); בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ מ׳ Judges 9:1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by שֵׁבֶט 1 Samuel 9:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:21; with specific name, in series גֶבֶר, בַּיִת, מ׳, שֵׁבֶט Joshua 7:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:17b, Joshua 7:17c (all J; Joshua 7:17a read plural Di Benn, or שֵׁבֶט GFMJudges 13:2; Steuern allows either); compare Deuteronomy 29:17; Judges 21:24, אָבִי בְּיִשׂ׳ מ׳ 1 Samuel 1:18 (+ חַיַּי, see II [חַי]; בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ׳ 2 Samuel 16:5; with name also Ruth 2:1, 3and (non-Israel) Job 32:2.
b. in loose, popular sense= tribe, Judges 13:2; Judges 17:7; Judges 18:19, compare Judges 18:2 (|| שֵׁבֶט Judges 18:1), Judges 18:11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see GFM).
c. technical divisions of people of Israel Numbers 11:10 (J) Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:1; compare Jeremiah 3:14; Numbers 1:2, 18; Numbers 2:34; Numbers 33:54 (all P), so (post-exilic) Nehemiah 4:7: Esther 9:28 (מְדִינָה, מ׳, דּוֺר).
d. usually (P) technical divisions of tribes of Israel, Exodus 6:14, 15, 25; Numbers 3:15 112 times Numbers (93 times Numbers 26, including Numbers 3:43 where הַשּׁוּחָמִי apparently = Dan), + 34 times Joshua 13-21; also 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45; 1 Chronicles 7:5; Zechariah 12:13; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) Numbers 3:18, 19, 20 + 41 times Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) Numbers 3:21 (twice in verse) + 6 times Numbers 3 + Numbers 4:18; compare (in other tribes) 1 Chronicles 2:53; 1 Chronicles 4:2, 8, 21, 27, 38; 1 Chronicles 5:7; also Zechariah 12:12b Zechariah 12:12c Zechariah 12:13b Zechariah 12:14a, and (distributive) Zechariah 12:12a Zechariah 12:14b, pleonastic מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם מ׳ Numbers 36:6 compare Numbers 36:8, and (א׳ מַטֵּה מ׳) Numbers 36:12.
e. late, divinity of other peoples 1 Chronicles 16:28 = Psalm 96:7; Psalm 22:28; in Edom Genesis 36:40 (P).
f. in wider sense=people, nation; תָאֲדָמָה מִשְׁפְּחֹת כֹּל Amos 3:2; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 28:14 (both J), compare Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 20:32; Nahum 3:4 (all || גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 14:17; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 25:9; as one's posterity Genesis 10:30, 31, 32 (all P), so probably Genesis 10:5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3:1, Judah Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 8:3 (הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת הַמּ׳), Israel + Judah, שְׁתֵּי הַמּ׳ Jeremiah 33:24; מִצְרַיִם מִשְׁפַּחַת Zechariah 14:18; compare Psalm 107:41.
†2. = guild 1 Chronicles 2:55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families).
†3. = species, kind:
a. of judgments Jeremiah 15:3.
b. animals Genesis 8:19 (P).
†4. plural = aristocrats Job 31:34 (compare English 'the classes').
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

8:19; 8:19; 10:5; 10:30; 10:31; 10:32; 12:3; 24:4; 24:38; 24:38; 24:40; 24:41; 28:14; 36:40

Exodus

6:14; 6:15; 6:25; 12:21

Leviticus

20:5; 25:10; 25:41; 25:45; 25:47; 25:49

Numbers

1:2; 1:18; 1:18; 2:34; 3; 3:1; 3:15; 3:18; 3:19; 3:20; 3:21; 3:43; 4:18; 11:10; 26; 27:4; 27:11; 33:54; 36:6; 36:8; 36:12

Deuteronomy

29:17

Joshua

6:23; 6:25; 7:14; 7:17; 7:17; 7:17; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21

Judges

1:25; 9:1; 9:1; 13:2; 13:2; 17:7; 18:1; 18:2; 18:11; 18:19; 21:24

Ruth

2:1; 2:3

1 Samuel

1:18; 9:21; 10:21; 20:6; 20:29

2 Samuel

14:7; 16:5

1 Chronicles

2:53; 2:55; 4:2; 4:8; 4:21; 4:27; 4:38; 5:7; 6:4; 6:45; 7:5; 16:28

Nehemiah

4:7

Esther

9:28

Job

31:34; 32:2

Psalms

22:28; 96:7; 107:41

Jeremiah

1:15; 2:4; 3:14; 8:3; 10:25; 15:3; 25:9; 31:1; 33:24

Ezekiel

20:32

Amos

3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 3:2

Micah

2:3

Nahum

3:4; 3:4

Zechariah

12:12; 12:12; 12:12; 12:13; 12:13; 12:14; 12:14; 14:17; 14:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4940 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥâ),
which occurs 304 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 5 (Num 26:41–Jos 19:40)

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:41 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 after their families: H4940 and they that were numbered of them H6485 were forty and H705 five H2568 thousand H505 and six H8337 hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:42 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 after their families: H4940 of Shuham, H7748 the family H4940 of the Shuhamites. H7749 These H428 are the families H4940 of Dan H1835 after their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All H3605 the families H4940 of the Shuhamites, H7749 according to those that were numbered of them, H6485 were threescore and H8346 four H702 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:44 - Of the children H1121 of Asher H836 after their families: H4940 of Jimna, H3232 the family H4940 of the Jimnites: H3232 of Jesui, H3440 the family H4940 of the Jesuites: H3441 of Beriah, H1283 the family H4940 of the Beriites. H1284
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:45 - Of the sons H1121 of Beriah: H1283 of Heber, H2268 the family H4940 of the Heberites: H2277 of Malchiel, H4439 the family H4940 of the Malchielites. H4440
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:47 - These H428 are the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to those that were numbered of them; H6485 who were fifty and H2572 three H7969 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:48 - Of the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 after their families: H4940 of Jahzeel, H3183 the family H4940 of the Jahzeelites: H3184 of Guni, H1476 the family H4940 of the Gunites: H1477
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:49 - Of Jezer, H3337 the family H4940 of the Jezerites: H3340 of Shillem, H8006 the family H4940 of the Shillemites. H8016
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:50 - These H428 are the families H4940 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families: H4940 and they that were numbered of them H6485 were forty and H705 five H2568 thousand H505 and four H702 hundred. H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - And these H428 are they that were numbered H6485 of the Levites H3881 after their families: H4940 of Gershon, H1648 the family H4940 of the Gershonites: H1649 of Kohath, H6955 the family H4940 of the Kohathites: H6956 of Merari, H4847 the family H4940 of the Merarites. H4848
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:58 - These H428 are the families H4940 of the Levites: H3881 the family H4940 of the Libnites, H3846 the family H4940 of the Hebronites, H2276 the family H4940 of the Mahlites, H4250 the family H4940 of the Mushites, H4188 the family H4940 of the Korathites. H7145 And Kohath H6955 begat H3205 Amram. H6019
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - Then came H7126 the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad, H6765 the son H1121 of Hepher, H2660 the son H1121 of Gilead, H1568 the son H1121 of Machir, H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 of the families H4940 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph: H3130 and these H428 are the names H8034 of his daughters; H1323 Mahlah, H4244 Noah, H5270 and Hoglah, H2295 and Milcah, H4435 and Tirzah. H8656
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:4 - Why H4100 should H1639 the name H8034 of our father H1 be done away H1639 from among H8432 his family, H4940 because H3588 he hath no H369 son? H1121 Give H5414 unto us therefore a possession H272 among H8432 the brethren H251 of our father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - And if H518 his father have H1 no H369 brethren, H251 then ye shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 unto his kinsman H7607 that is next H7138 to him H413 of his family, H4940 and he shall possess H3423 it: H853 and it shall be H1961 unto the children H1121 of Israel H3478 a statute H2708 of judgment, H4941 as H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 Moses. H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - And ye shall divide H5157 the land H776 by lot H1486 for an inheritance H5157 among your families: H4940 and to the more H7227 ye shall give the more H7235 inheritance, H5159 and to the fewer H4592 ye shall give the less H4591 inheritance: H5159 every man's inheritance shall be H1961 in H413 the place H834 where H8033 his lot H1486 falleth; H3318 according to the tribes H4294 of your fathers H1 ye shall inherit. H5157
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - And H7126 the H1 chief H7218 fathers H1 of the families H4940 of the children H1121 of Gilead, H1568 the son H1121 of Machir, H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Joseph, H3130 came near, H7126 and spake H1696 before H6440 Moses, H4872 and before H6440 the princes, H5387 the chief H7218 fathers H1 of the children H1121 of Israel: H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - This H2088 is the thing H1697 which H834 the LORD H3068 doth command H6680 concerning the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad, H6765 saying, H559 Let them H1961 marry H802 to whom H2896 they think H5869 best; H2896 only H389 to the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of their father H1 shall they H1961 marry. H802
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - And every H3605 daughter, H1323 that possesseth H3423 an inheritance H5159 in any tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Israel, H3478 shall be H1961 wife H802 unto one H259 of the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of her father, H1 that H4616 the children H1121 of Israel H3478 may enjoy H3423 every man H376 the inheritance H5159 of his fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - And they were H1961 married H802 into the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph, H3130 and H1961 their inheritance H5159 remained H1961 in H5921 the tribe H4294 of the family H4940 of their father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - Lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you man, H376 or H176 woman, H802 or H176 family, H4940 or H176 tribe, H7626 whose H834 heart H3824 turneth away H6437 this day H3117 from H5973 the LORD H3068 our God, H430 to go H3212 and serve H5647 the gods H430 of H1471 these H1992 nations; H1471 lest H6435 there should be H3426 among you a root H8328 that beareth H6509 gall H7219 and wormwood; H3939
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - And H935 the young men H5288 that were spies H7270 went in, H935 and brought out H3318 Rahab, H7343 and H853 her father, H1 and H853 her mother, H517 and H853 her brethren, H251 and H853 all H3605 that H834 she had; and H853 they brought out H3318 all H3605 her kindred, H4940 and left them H3240 without H2351 the camp H4264 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - In the morning H1242 therefore ye shall be brought H7126 according to your tribes: H7626 and it shall be, H1961 that the tribe H7626 which H834 the LORD H3068 taketh H3920 shall come H7126 according to the families H4940 thereof; and the family H4940 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall take H3920 shall come H7126 by households; H1004 and the household H1004 which H834 the LORD H3068 shall take H3920 shall come H7126 man by man. H1397
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - And he brought H7126 the family H4940 of Judah; H3063 and he took H3920 the family H4940 of the Zarhites: H2227 and he brought H7126 the family H4940 of the Zarhites H2227 man by man; H1397 and H3920 Zabdi H2067 was taken: H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - And H5414 Moses H4872 gave H5414 unto the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 inheritance according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - And H1961 the border H1366 of the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 was H1961 Jordan, H3383 and the border H1366 thereof. This H2063 was the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Reuben H7205 after their families, H4940 the cities H5892 and the villages thereof. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - And H5414 Moses H4872 gave H5414 inheritance unto the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 even unto the children H1121 of Gad H1410 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Gad H1410 after their families, H4940 the cities, H5892 and their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - And H5414 Moses H4872 gave H5414 inheritance unto the half H2677 tribe H7626 of Manasseh: H4519 and this was H1961 the possession of the half H2677 tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 by their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - And half H2677 Gilead, H1568 and Ashtaroth, H6252 and Edrei, H154 cities H5892 of the kingdom H4468 of Og H5747 in Bashan, H1316 were pertaining unto the children H1121 of Machir H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 even to the one half H2677 of the children H1121 of Machir H4353 by their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - This then was H1961 the lot H1486 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 by their families; H4940 even to H413 the border H1366 of Edom H123 the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 southward H5045 was the uttermost part H7097 of the south coast. H8486
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - And H1366 the west H3220 border H1366 was to the H3220 great H1419 sea, H3220 and the coast H1366 thereof. This H2088 is the coast H1366 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 round about H5439 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - And H1961 the border H1366 of the children H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families H4940 was H1961 thus: even H1961 the border H1366 of their inheritance H5159 on the east side H4217 was H1961 Atarothaddar, H5853 H5853 unto H5704 Bethhoron H1032 H1032 the upper; H5945
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - The border H1366 went out H3212 from Tappuah H8599 westward H3220 unto the river H5158 Kanah; H7071 and H1961 the goings out thereof H8444 were H1961 at the sea. H3220 This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Ephraim H669 by their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - There was also H1961 a lot for H1121 the rest H3498 of the children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 by their families; H4940 for the children H1121 of Abiezer, H44 and for the children H1121 of Helek, H2507 and for the children H1121 of Asriel, H844 and for the children H1121 of Shechem, H7928 and for the children H1121 of Hepher, H2660 and for the children H1121 of Shemida: H8061 these H428 were the male H2145 children H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph H3130 by their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - And H5927 the lot H1486 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came up H5927 according to their families: H4940 and H3318 the coast H1366 of their lot H1486 came forth H3318 between H996 the children H1121 of Judah H3063 and H996 the children H1121 of Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - And Jordan H3383 was the border H1379 of it H853 on the H6285 east H6924 side. H6285 This H2063 was the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 by the coasts thereof H1367 round about, H5439 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - Now H1961 the cities H5892 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families H4940 were H1961 Jericho, H3405 and Bethhoglah, H1031 H1031 and the valley H6010 of Keziz, H7104
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - And Zelah, H6762 Eleph, H507 and Jebusi, H2983 which H1931 is Jerusalem, H3389 Gibeath, H1394 and Kirjath; H7157 fourteen H702 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691 This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - And H3318 the H1486 second H8145 lot H1486 came forth H3318 to Simeon, H8095 even for the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families: H4940 and H1961 their inheritance H5159 was H1961 within H8432 the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - And all H3605 the villages H2691 that H834 were round about H5439 these H428 cities H5892 to H5704 Baalathbeer, H1192 H1192 Ramath H7414 of the south. H5045 This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - And H5927 the H1486 third H7992 lot H1486 came up H5927 for the children H1121 of Zebulun H2074 according to their families: H4940 and H1961 the border H1366 of their inheritance H5159 was H1961 unto H5704 Sarid: H8301
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the children H1121 of Zebulun H2074 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17 - And the H1486 fourth H7243 lot H1486 came out H3318 to Issachar, H3485 for the children H1121 of Issachar H3485 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Issachar H3485 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 and their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - And H3318 the H1486 fifth H2549 lot H1486 came out H3318 for the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32 - The H1486 sixth H8345 lot H1486 came out H3318 to the children H1121 of Naphtali, H5321 even for the children H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This H2063 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 and their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - And the H1486 seventh H7637 lot H1486 came out H3318 for the tribe H4294 of the children H1121 of Dan H1835 according to their families. H4940

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Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan