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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 - ingressique iuvenes eduxerunt Raab et parentes eius fratres quoque et cunctam supellectilem ac cognationem illius et extra castra Israhel manere fecerunt

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:14 - accedetisque mane singuli per tribus vestras et quamcumque tribum sors invenerit accedet per cognationes suas et cognatio per domos domusque per viros

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 7:17 - quae cum iuxta familias suas esset oblata inventa est familia Zarai illam quoque per viros offerens repperit Zabdi

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:15 - dedit ergo Moses possessionem tribui filiorum Ruben iuxta cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:23 - factusque est terminus filiorum Ruben Iordanis fluvius haec est possessio Rubenitarum per cognationes suas urbium et viculorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:24 - deditque Moses tribui Gad et filiis eius per cognationes suas possessionem cuius haec divisio est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:28 - haec est possessio filiorum Gad per familias suas civitates et villae earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:29 - dedit et dimidiae tribui Manasse filiisque eius iuxta cognationes suas possessionem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 13:31 - et dimidiam partem Galaad Astharoth et Edrai urbes regni Og in Basan filiis Machir filii Manasse dimidiae parti filiorum Machir iuxta cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:1 - igitur sors filiorum Iudae per cognationes suas ista fuit a termino Edom desertum Sin contra meridiem et usque ad extremam partem australis plagae

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:12 - hii sunt termini filiorum Iuda per circuitum in cognationibus suis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 15:20 - haec est possessio tribus filiorum Iuda per cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:5 - et factus est terminus filiorum Ephraim per cognationes suas et possessio eorum contra orientem Atharothaddar usque Bethoron superiorem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:8 - de Taffua pertransitque contra mare in valle Harundineti suntque egressus eius in mare Salsissimum haec est possessio tribus filiorum Ephraim per familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 17:2 - et reliquis filiorum Manasse iuxta familias suas filiis Abiezer et filiis Elech et filiis Esrihel et filiis Sechem et filiis Epher et filiis Semida isti sunt filii Manasse filii Ioseph mares per cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:11 - et ascendit sors prima filiorum Beniamin per familias suas ut possiderent terram inter filios Iuda et filios Ioseph

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:20 - qui est terminus illius ab oriente haec est possessio filiorum Beniamin per terminos suos in circuitu et familias singulas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:21 - fueruntque civitates eius Hiericho et Bethagla et vallis Casis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 18:28 - et Sela Eleph et Iebus quae est Hierusalem Gabaath et Cariath civitates quattuordecim et villae earum haec est possessio filiorum Beniamin iuxta familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:1 - et egressa est sors secunda filiorum Symeon per cognationes suas fuitque hereditas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:8 - omnes viculi per circuitum urbium istarum usque ad Balaath Berrameth contra australem plagam haec est hereditas filiorum Symeon iuxta cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:10 - cecidit quoque sors tertia filiorum Zabulon per cognationes suas et factus est terminus possessionis eorum usque Sarith

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:16 - haec est hereditas tribus filiorum Zabulon per cognationes suas urbes et viculi earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:17 - Isachar egressa est sors quarta per cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:23 - haec est possessio filiorum Isachar per cognationes suas urbes et viculi earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:24 - cecidit sors quinta tribui filiorum Aser per cognationes suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:31 - haec est possessio filiorum Aser per cognationes suas urbes et viculi earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:32 - filiorum Nepthalim sexta pars cecidit per familias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:39 - haec est possessio tribus filiorum Nepthali per cognationes suas urbes et viculi earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:40 - tribui filiorum Dan per familias suas egressa est sors septima

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 19:48 - haec est possessio tribus filiorum Dan per cognationes suas urbes et viculi earum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:4 - egressaque est sors in familiam Caath filiorum Aaron sacerdotis de tribubus Iuda et Symeon et Beniamin civitates tredecim

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:5 - et reliquis filiorum Caath id est Levitis qui superflui erant de tribubus Ephraim et Dan et dimidia tribu Manasse civitates decem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:6 - porro filiis Gerson egressa est sors ut acciperent de tribubus Isachar et Aser et Nepthalim dimidiaque tribu Manasse in Basan civitates numero tredecim

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:7 - et filiis Merari per cognationes suas de tribubus Ruben et Gad et Zabulon urbes duodecim

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:10 - filiis Aaron per familias Caath levitici generis prima enim sors illis egressa est

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:20 - reliquis vero per familias filiorum Caath levitici generis haec est data possessio

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:26 - omnes civitates decem et suburbana earum datae sunt filiis Caath inferioris gradus

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:27 - filiis quoque Gerson levitici generis dedit de dimidia tribu Manasse confugii civitatem Gaulon in Basan et Bosram cum suburbanis suis civitates duas

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:33 - omnes urbes familiarum Gerson tredecim cum suburbanis suis

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:34 - filiis autem Merari Levitis inferioris gradus per familias suas data est de tribu Zabulon Iechenam et Chartha

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 21:40 - [Vulgate 21:38] omnes urbes filiorum Merari per familias et cognationes suas duodecim
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