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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 according to their families; H4940 and those who were numbered H6485 of them were 45,600. H2568 H705 H505 H8337 H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:42 - These H428 are the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 according to their families: H4940 of [fn]Shuham, H7748 the family H4940 of the Shuhamites. H7749 These H428 are the families H4940 of Dan H1835 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:43 - All H3605 the families H4940 of the Shuhamites, H7749 according to those who were numbered H6485 of them, were 64,400. H702 H8346 H505 H702 H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:44 - The sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families: H4940 of Imnah, H3232 the family H4940 of the Imnites; H3232 of Ishvi, H3440 the family H4940 of the Ishvites; 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 who were numbered H6485 of them, 53,400. H7969 H2572 H505 H702 H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:48 - The sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to 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 those who were numbered H6485 of them were 45,400. H2568 H705 H505 H702 H3967
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:57 - These H428 are those who were numbered H6485 of the Levites H3881 according to 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 Levi: H3878 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 Korahites. H7145 Kohath H6955 [fn]became H3205 the father H3205 of Amram. H6019
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:1 - Then 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 came H7126 near; H7126 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 the name H8034 of our father H1 be withdrawn H1639 from among H8432 his family H4940 because H3588 he had H369 no H369 son? H1121 Give H5414 us a possession H272 among H8432 our father’s H1 brothers.” H251
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 27:11 - ‘If H518 his father H1 has H369 no H369 brothers, H251 then you shall give H5414 his inheritance H5159 to his nearest H7138 relative H7607 in his own family, H4940 and he shall possess H3423 it; and it shall be a statutory H2708 ordinance H4941 to the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478 just H834 as the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 Moses.’” H4872
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 33:54 - ‘You shall inherit H5157 the land H776 by lot H1486 according to your families; H4940 to the larger H7227 you shall give H7235 more H7235 inheritance, H5159 and to the smaller H4592 you shall give H4591 less H4591 inheritance. H5159 Wherever H413 H834 H8033 the lot H1486 falls H3318 to anyone, that shall be his. You shall inherit H5157 according to the tribes H4294 of your fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:1 - And the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the family H4940 of the sons 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 H7126 near H7126 and spoke H1696 before H6440 Moses H4872 and before H6440 the leaders, H5387 the heads H7218 of the fathers’ H1 households of the sons H1121 of Israel, H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:6 - “This H2088 is [fn]what H1697 H834 the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680 concerning the daughters H1323 of Zelophehad, H6765 saying, H559 ‘Let them marry H1961 H802 [fn]whom they wish; H2896 H5869 only H389 they must marry H1961 H802 within the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of their father.’ H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:8 - “Every H3605 daughter H1323 who comes H3423 into possession H3423 of an inheritance H5159 of any H4480 tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 shall be wife H802 to one H259 of the family H4940 of the tribe H4294 of her father, H1 so H4616 that the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 each H376 may possess H3423 the inheritance H5159 of his fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 36:12 - They married H802 those from the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph, H3130 and their inheritance H5159 [fn]remained H1961 with the tribe H4294 of the family H4940 of their father. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - so H6435 that there H3426 will not be among you a man H376 or H176 woman, H802 or H176 family H4940 or H176 tribe, H7626 whose H834 heart H3824 turns H6437 away H6437 today H3117 from the LORD H3068 our God, H430 to go H1980 and serve H5647 the gods H430 of those H1992 nations; H1471 that there H3426 will not be among you a root H8328 bearing H6509 poisonous H7219 fruit H6509 and wormwood. H3939
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young H5288 men H5288 who were spies H7270 went H935 in and brought H3318 out Rahab H7343 and her father H1 and her mother H517 and her brothers H251 and all H3605 she had; they also brought H3318 out all H3605 her relatives H4940 and placed H5117 them outside H4480 H2351 the camp H4264 of Israel. H3478
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - ‘In the morning H1242 then you shall come H7126 near H7126 by your tribes. H7626 And it shall be that the tribe H7626 which H834 the LORD H3068 takes H3920 by lot shall come H7126 near H7126 by families, H4940 and the family H4940 which H834 the LORD H3068 takes H3920 shall come H7126 near H7126 by households, H1004 and the household H1004 which H834 the LORD H3068 takes H3920 shall come H7126 near H7126 man H1397 by man. H1397
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - He brought H7126 the family H4940 of Judah H3063 near, H7126 and he took H3920 the family H4940 of the Zerahites; H2227 and he brought H7126 the family H4940 of the Zerahites H2227 near H7126 man H1397 by man, H1397 and Zabdi H2067 was taken. H3920
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - So Moses H4872 gave H5414 an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - The border H1366 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 was the [fn]Jordan. H3383 This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Reuben H7205 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 and their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - Moses H4872 also gave H5414 an inheritance to the tribe H4294 of Gad, H1410 to the sons H1121 of Gad, H1410 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Gad H1410 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 and their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - Moses H4872 also gave H5414 an inheritance to the half-tribe H2677 H7626 of Manasseh; H4519 and it was for the half-tribe H2677 H4294 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - also half H2677 of Gilead, H1568 with Ashtaroth H6252 and Edrei, H154 the cities H5892 of the kingdom H4468 of Og H5747 in Bashan, H1316 were for the sons H1121 of Machir H4353 the son H1121 of Manasseh, H4519 for half H2677 of the sons H1121 of Machir H4353 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - Now the lot H1486 for the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families H4940 [fn]reached H1961 the border H1366 of Edom, H123 southward H5045 to the wilderness H4057 of Zin H6790 at the extreme H7097 south. H8486
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - The west H3220 border H1366 was at the Great H1419 Sea, H3220 even its [fn]coastline. H1366 This H2088 is the border H1366 around H5439 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - Now this was the territory H1366 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families: H4940 the border H1366 of their inheritance H5159 eastward H4217 was Ataroth-addar, H5853 as far H5704 as upper H5945 Beth-horon. H1032
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah H8599 the border H1366 continued H1980 westward H3220 to the [fn]brook H5158 of Kanah, H7071 and [fn]it ended H1961 H8444 at the sea. H3220 This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Ephraim H669 according to their families, H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - So the lot was made for the rest H3498 of the sons H1121 of Manasseh H4519 according to their families: H4940 for the sons H1121 of Abiezer H44 and for the sons H1121 of Helek H2507 and for the sons H1121 of Asriel H844 and for the sons H1121 of Shechem H7928 and for the sons H1121 of Hepher H2660 and for the sons H1121 of Shemida; H8061 these H428 were the male H2145 [fn]descendants H1121 of Manasseh H4519 the son H1121 of Joseph H3130 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - Now the lot H1486 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 came H5927 up according to their families, H4940 and the territory H1366 of their lot H1486 [fn]lay H3318 between H996 the sons H1121 of Judah H3063 and the sons H1121 of Joseph. H3130
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - Moreover, the Jordan H3383 was its border H1379 on the east H6924 side. H6285 This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin, H1144 according to their families H4940 and according to its borders H1367 all H5439 around. H5439
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - Now the cities H5892 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families H4940 were Jericho H3405 and Beth-hoglah H1031 and Emek-keziz, H6010 H7104
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - and Zelah, H6762 Haeleph H507 and the Jebusite H2983 (that is, Jerusalem), H3389 Gibeah, H1390 Kiriath; H7157 fourteen H702 H6240 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691 This H2088 is the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Benjamin H1144 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - Then the second H8145 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to Simeon, H8095 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families, H4940 and their inheritance H5159 was in the midst H8432 of the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Judah. H3063
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - and all H3605 the villages H2691 which H834 were around H5439 these H428 cities H5892 as far H5704 as Baalath-beer, H1192 Ramah H7414 H5045 of the [fn]Negev. H7414 H5045 This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Simeon H8095 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - Now the third H7992 lot H1486 came H5927 up for the sons H1121 of Zebulun H2074 according to their families. H4940 And the territory H1366 of their inheritance H5159 was as far H5704 as Sarid. H8301
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the sons H1121 of Zebulun H2074 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17 - The fourth H7243 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to Issachar, H3485 to the sons H1121 of Issachar H3485 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Issachar H3485 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - Now the fifth H2549 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Asher H836 according to their families, H4940 these H428 cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32 - The sixth H8345 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to the sons H1121 of Naphtali; H5321 to the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families. H4940
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This H2088 was the inheritance H5159 of the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Naphtali H5321 according to their families, H4940 the cities H5892 with their villages. H2691
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - The seventh H7637 lot H1486 [fn]fell H3318 to the tribe H4294 of the sons H1121 of Dan H1835 according to their families. H4940

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