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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 304 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 2 / 5 (Num 3:35–Num 26:40)

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:35 - And the leader of the fathers’ households of the families H4940 of Merari was Zuriel the son of Abihail. They were to camp on the northward side of the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 3:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:39 - All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the [fn]command of the LORD by their families H4940, every male from a month old and upward, were twenty-two thousand.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:2 - “Take a [fn]census of the [fn]descendants of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families H4940, by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:18 - “Do not let the tribe of the families H4940 of the Kohathites be eliminated from among the Levites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:22 - “Take a [fn]census of the sons of Gershon [fn]also, by their fathers’ households, by their families H4940;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This is the service of the families H4940 of the Gershonites, in serving and in carrying:

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This is the service of the families H4940 of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting; and their duties shall be [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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“As for the sons of Merari, you shall count them by their families H4940, by their fathers’ households;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This is the service of the families H4940 of the sons of Merari, according to all their service in the tent of meeting, [fn]under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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So Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of the congregation counted the sons of the Kohathites by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:36 - Their numbered men by their families H4940 were 2,750.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:37 - These were the numbered men of the Kohathite families H4940, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD [fn]through Moses.

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And the numbered men of the sons of Gershon by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:40 - their numbered men by their families H4940, by their fathers’ households, were 2,630.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:41

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:41 - These were the numbered men of the families H4940 of the sons of Gershon, everyone who was serving in the tent of meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD.

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And the numbered men of the families H4940 of the sons of Merari by their families H4940, by their fathers’ households,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:44 - their numbered men by their families H4940 were 3,200.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 4:45

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:45 - These were the numbered men of the families H4940 of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron counted according to the [fn]commandment of the LORD [fn]through Moses.

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All the numbered men of the Levites, whom Moses, Aaron, and the leaders of Israel counted, by their families H4940 and by their fathers’ households,

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Now Moses heard the people weeping throughout their families H4940, each one at the entrance of his tent; and the anger of the LORD became very hot, and [fn]Moses was displeased.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:5 -

Reuben, Israel’s firstborn, the sons of Reuben: of Hanoch, the family H4940 of the Hanochites; of Pallu, the family H4940 of the Palluites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:6 - of Hezron, the family H4940 of the Hezronites; of Carmi, the family H4940 of the Carmites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:7 - These are the families H4940 of the Reubenites, and those who were counted of them were 43,730.

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The sons of Simeon by their families H4940: of [fn]Nemuel, the family H4940 of the Nemuelites; of Jamin, the family H4940 of the Jaminites; of [fn]Jachin, the family H4940 of the Jachinites;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:13 - of [fn]Zerah, the family H4940 of the Zerahites; of Shaul, the family H4940 of the Shaulites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:14

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:14 - These are the families H4940 of the Simeonites, 22,200 in number.

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The sons of Gad by their families H4940: of [fn]Zephon, the family H4940 of the Zephonites; of Haggi, the family H4940 of the Haggites; of Shuni, the family H4940 of the Shunites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:16 - of [fn]Ozni, the family H4940 of the Oznites; of Eri, the family H4940 of the Erites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:17 - of [fn]Arod, the family H4940 of the Arodites; of Areli, the family H4940 of the Arelites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:18 - These are the families H4940 of the sons of Gad according to those who were numbered of them, 40,500.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:20 - The sons of Judah by their families H4940 were: of Shelah, the family H4940 of the Shelanites; of Perez, the family H4940 of the Perezites; of Zerah, the family H4940 of the Zerahites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:21 - The sons of Perez were: of Hezron, the family H4940 of the Hezronites; of Hamul, the family H4940 of the Hamulites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:22 - These are the families H4940 of Judah by those who were numbered of them, 76,500.

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The sons of Issachar by their families H4940: of Tola, the family H4940 of the Tolaites; of [fn]Puvah, the family H4940 of the Punites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:24 - of [fn]Jashub, the family H4940 of the Jashubites; of Shimron, the family H4940 of the Shimronites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:25 - These are the families H4940 of Issachar by those who were numbered of them, 64,300.

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The sons of Zebulun by their families H4940: of Sered, the family H4940 of the Seredites; of Elon, the family H4940 of the Elonites; of Jahleel, the family H4940 of the Jahleelites.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:27 - These are the families H4940 of the Zebulunites by those who were numbered of them, 60,500.

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The sons of Joseph by their families H4940: Manasseh and Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:29 - The sons of Manasseh: of Machir, the family H4940 of the Machirites; and Machir fathered Gilead: of Gilead, the family H4940 of the Gileadites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:30 - These are the sons of Gilead: of [fn]Iezer, the family H4940 of the Iezerites; of Helek, the family H4940 of the Helekites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:31 - and of Asriel, the family H4940 of the Asrielites; and of Shechem, the family H4940 of the Shechemites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:32 - and of Shemida, the family H4940 of the Shemidaites; and of Hepher, the family H4940 of the Hepherites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:34

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:34 - These are the families H4940 of Manasseh; and those who were numbered of them were 52,700.

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These are the sons of Ephraim by their families H4940: of Shuthelah, the family H4940 of the Shuthelahites; of [fn]Becher, the family H4940 of the Becherites; of Tahan, the family H4940 of the Tahanites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:36 - These are the sons of Shuthelah: of Eran, the family H4940 of the Eranites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:37

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:37 - These are the families H4940 of the sons of Ephraim by those who were numbered of them, 32,500. These are the sons of Joseph by their families H4940.

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The sons of Benjamin by their families H4940: of Bela, the family H4940 of the Belaites; of Ashbel, the family H4940 of the Ashbelites; of [fn]Ahiram, the family H4940 of the Ahiramites;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:39 - of [fn]Shephupham, the family H4940 of the Shuphamites; of [fn]Hupham, the family H4940 of the Huphamites.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 26:40

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 26:40 - The sons of Bela were [fn]Ard and Naaman: of Ard, the family H4940 of the Ardites; of Naaman, the family H4940 of the Naamites.

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