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Lexicon :: Strong's H4940 - mišpāḥâ

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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').
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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

H4940

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Strong's Number H4940 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥâ),
which occurs 303 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 4 / 5 (Jos 19:48–Est 9:28)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, H4940 these cities with their villages.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - And the lot came out for the families H4940 of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of the Levites, had by lot out of the tribe of Judah, and out of the tribe of Simeon, and out of the tribe of Benjamin, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - And the rest of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families H4940 of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe of Dan, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families H4940 of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the half tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - The children of Merari by their families H4940 had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - Which the children of Aaron, being of the families H4940 of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi, had: for theirs was the first lot.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - And the families H4940 of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath, even they had the cities of their lot out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - All the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families H4940 of the children of Kohath that remained.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - And unto the children of Gershon, of the families H4940 of the Levites, out of the other half tribe of Manasseh they gave Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, to be a city of refuge for the slayer; and Beeshterah with her suburbs; two cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families H4940 were thirteen cities with their suburbs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - And unto the families H4940 of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe of Zebulun, Jokneam with her suburbs, and Kartah with her suburbs,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - So all the cities for the children of Merari by their families, H4940 which were remaining of the families H4940 of the Levites, were by their lot twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:25 - And when he shewed them the entrance into the city, they smote the city with the edge of the sword; but they let go the man and all his family. H4940

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:1 - And Abimelech the son of Jerubbaal went to Shechem unto his mother's brethren, and communed with them, and with all the family H4940 of the house of his mother's father, saying,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family H4940 of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 17:7 - And there was a young man out of Bethlehemjudah of the family H4940 of Judah, who was a Levite, and he sojourned there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:2 - And the children of Dan sent of their family H4940 five men from their coasts, men of valour, from Zorah, and from Eshtaol, to spy out the land, and to search it; and they said unto them, Go, search the land: who when they came to mount Ephraim, to the house of Micah, they lodged there.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:11 - And there went from thence of the family H4940 of the Danites, out of Zorah and out of Eshtaol, six hundred men appointed with weapons of war.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:19 - And they said unto him, Hold thy peace, lay thine hand upon thy mouth, and go with us, and be to us a father and a priest: is it better for thee to be a priest unto the house of one man, or that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family H4940 in Israel?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:24 - And the children of Israel departed thence at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, H4940 and they went out from thence every man to his inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:1 - And Naomi had a kinsman of her husband's, a mighty man of wealth, of the family H4940 of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:3 - And she went, and came, and gleaned in the field after the reapers: and her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred H4940 of Elimelech.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 9:21 - And Saul answered and said, Am not I a Benjamite, of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family H4940 the least of all the families H4940 of the tribe of Benjamin? wherefore then speakest thou so to me?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:21 - When he had caused the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, H4940 the family H4940 of Matri was taken, and Saul the son of Kish was taken: and when they sought him, he could not be found.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:18 - And David said unto Saul, Who am I? and what is my life, or my father's family H4940 in Israel, that I should be son in law to the king?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:6 - If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Bethlehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family. H4940

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:29 - And he said, Let me go, I pray thee; for our family H4940 hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he hath commanded me to be there: and now, if I have found favour in thine eyes, let me get away, I pray thee, and see my brethren. Therefore he cometh not unto the king's table.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And, behold, the whole family H4940 is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver him that smote his brother, that we may kill him, for the life of his brother whom he slew; and we will destroy the heir also: and so they shall quench my coal which is left, and shall not leave to my husband neither name nor remainder upon the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 16:5 - And when king David came to Bahurim, behold, thence came out a man of the family H4940 of the house of Saul, whose name was Shimei, the son of Gera: he came forth, and cursed still as he came.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:53 - And the families H4940 of Kirjathjearim; the Ithrites, and the Puhites, and the Shumathites, and the Mishraites; of them came the Zareathites, and the Eshtaulites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 2:55 - And the families H4940 of the scribes which dwelt at Jabez; the Tirathites, the Shimeathites, and Suchathites. These are the Kenites that came of Hemath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:2 - And Reaiah the son of Shobal begat Jahath; and Jahath begat Ahumai, and Lahad. These are the families H4940 of the Zorathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:8 - And Coz begat Anub, and Zobebah, and the families H4940 of Aharhel the son of Harum.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:21 - The sons of Shelah the son of Judah were, Er the father of Lecah, and Laadah the father of Mareshah, and the families H4940 of the house of them that wrought fine linen, of the house of Ashbea,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:27 - And Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters; but his brethren had not many children, neither did all their family H4940 multiply, like to the children of Judah.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:38 - These mentioned by their names were princes in their families: H4940 and the house of their fathers increased greatly.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 5:7 - And his brethren by their families, H4940 when the genealogy of their generations was reckoned, were the chief, Jeiel, and Zechariah,

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:19 - The sons of Merari; Mahli, and Mushi. And these are the families H4940 of the Levites according to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:54 - Now these are their dwelling places throughout their castles in their coasts, of the sons of Aaron, of the families H4940 of the Kohathites: for theirs was the lot.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:60 - And out of the tribe of Benjamin; Geba with her suburbs, and Alemeth with her suburbs, and Anathoth with her suburbs. All their cities throughout their families H4940 were thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:61 - And unto the sons of Kohath, which were left of the family H4940 of that tribe, were cities given out of the half tribe, namely, out of the half tribe of Manasseh, by lot, ten cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:62 - And to the sons of Gershom throughout their families H4940 out of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe of Asher, and out of the tribe of Naphtali, and out of the tribe of Manasseh in Bashan, thirteen cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:63 - Unto the sons of Merari were given by lot, throughout their families, H4940 out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe of Gad, and out of the tribe of Zebulun, twelve cities.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:66 - And the residue of the families H4940 of the sons of Kohath had cities of their coasts out of the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:70 - And out of the half tribe of Manasseh; Aner with her suburbs, and Bileam with her suburbs, for the family H4940 of the remnant of the sons of Kohath.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 6:71 - Unto the sons of Gershom were given out of the family H4940 of the half tribe of Manasseh, Golan in Bashan with her suburbs, and Ashtaroth with her suburbs:

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:5 - And their brethren among all the families H4940 of Issachar were valiant men of might, reckoned in all by their genealogies fourscore and seven thousand.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:28 - Give unto the LORD, ye kindreds H4940 of the people, give unto the LORD glory and strength.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 4:13 - Therefore set I in the lower places behind the wall, and on the higher places, I even set the people after their families H4940 with their swords, their spears, and their bows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:28 - And that these days should be remembered and kept throughout every generation, every family, H4940 every province, and every city; and that these days of Purim should not fail from among the Jews, nor the memorial of them perish from their seed.

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