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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 47 times in 42 verses in 'Jos' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:23 - So the young spies went and brought out Rahab, her father, mother, brothers, and all who belonged to her. They brought out her whole family and took them to a place outside the Israelite camp.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - In the morning you must approach in tribal order. The tribe the LORD selects must approach by clans. The clan the LORD selects must approach by families. The family the LORD selects must approach man by man.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - He then made the clans of Judah approach and the clan of the Zerahites was selected. He made the clan of the Zerahites approach and Zabdi was selected.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - Moses assigned land to the tribe of Reuben by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - The border of the tribe of Reuben was the Jordan. The land allotted to the tribe of Reuben by its clans included these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - Moses assigned land to the tribe of Gad by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - The land allotted to the tribe of Gad by its clans included these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - Moses assigned land to the half-tribe of Manasseh by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - Half of Gilead, Ashtaroth, and Edrei, cities in the kingdom of Og in Bashan, were assigned to the descendants of Makir son of Manasseh, to half the descendants of Makir by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - The land allotted to the tribe of Judah by its clans reached to the border of Edom, to the Wilderness of Zin in the Negev far to the south.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - The western border was the Mediterranean Sea. These were the borders of the tribe of Judah and its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - This is the land assigned to the tribe of Judah by its clans:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - The territory of the tribe of Ephraim by its clans included the following: The border of their assigned land to the east was Ataroth Addar as far as upper Beth Horon.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - From Tappuah it went westward to the Valley of Kanah and ended at the sea. This is the land assigned to the tribe of Ephraim by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - The rest of Manasseh's descendants were also assigned land by their clans, including the descendants of Abiezer, Helek, Asriel, Shechem, Hepher, and Shemida. These are the male descendants of Manasseh son of Joseph by their clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - The first lot belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans. Their allotted territory was between Judah and Joseph.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - The Jordan River borders it on the east. These were the borders of the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - These cities belonged to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans: Jericho, Beth Hoglah, Emek Keziz,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - Zelah, Haeleph, the Jebusite city (that is, Jerusalem), Gibeah, and Kiriath - a total of fourteen cities and their towns. This was the land assigned to the tribe of Benjamin by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - The second lot belonged to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - as well as all the towns around these cities as far as Baalath Beer (Ramah of the Negev). This was the land assigned to the tribe of Simeon by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - The third lot belonged to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans. The border of their territory extended to Sarid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - This was the land assigned to the tribe of Zebulun by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17 - The fourth lot belonged to the tribe of Issachar by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - This was the land assigned to the tribe of Issachar by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - The fifth lot belonged to the tribe of Asher by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - This was the land assigned to the tribe of Asher by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32 - The sixth lot belonged to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - This was the land assigned to the tribe of Naphtali by its clans, including the cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - The seventh lot belonged to the tribe of Dan by its clans.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - This was the land assigned to the tribe of Dan by its clans, including these cities and their towns.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - The first lot belonged to the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - The rest of Kohath's descendants were allotted ten cities from the clans of the tribe of Ephraim, and from the tribe of Dan and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - Gershon's descendants were allotted thirteen cities from the clans of the tribe of Issachar, and from the tribes of Asher and Naphtali and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - Merari's descendants by their clans were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - They were assigned to the Kohathite clans of the Levites who were descendants of Aaron, for the first lot belonged to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - The rest of the Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted cities from the tribe of Ephraim.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - The rest of the Kohathite clans received ten cities and their grazing areas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - They assigned to the Gershonite clans of the Levites the following cities: from the half-tribe of Manasseh: Golan in Bashan (a city of refuge for one who committed manslaughter) and Beeshtarah, along with the grazing areas of each - a total of two cities;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - The Gershonite clans received thirteen cities and their grazing areas.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - They assigned to the Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) the following cities: from the tribe of Zebulun: Jokneam, Kartah,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - The Merarite clans (the remaining Levites) were allotted twelve cities.
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