Lexicon :: Strong's H4940 - mišpāḥâ

מִשְׁפָּחָה

Transliteration

mišpāḥâ

Pronunciation

mish-paw-khaw'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

From שָׁפָה (H8192) [compare שִׁפְחָה (H8198)]

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2442b

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H4940: Abbreviations

מִשְׁפָּחָה ₃₀₃ noun feminine clan (RS^{Semitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175} Ba^{NB § 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 Benz^{Ency.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 GFM^{Judges 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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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

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

Strong's Number H4940 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥâ),
which occurs 304 times in 224 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 8:19–Num 3:33)

Gen 8:19

Gen 8:19 - Every beast,^H2416 every creeping thing,^H7431 and every fowl,^H5775 and whatsoever^H3605 creepeth^H7430 upon the earth,^H776 after their kinds,^H4940 went forth^H3318 out of the ark.^H8392

Gen 10:5

Gen 10:5 - By these were the isles^H339 of the Gentiles^H1471 divided in^H6504 their lands;^H776 every one^H376 after his tongue,^H3956 after their families,^H4940 in their nations.^H1471

Gen 10:18

Gen 10:18 - And the Arvadite,^H721 and the Zemarite,^H6786 and the Hamathite:^H2577 and afterward^H310 were the families^H4940 of the Canaanites^H3669 spread abroad.^H6327

Gen 10:20

Gen 10:20 - These are the sons^H1121 of Ham,^H2526 after their families,^H4940 after their tongues,^H3956 in their countries,^H776 and in their nations.^H1471

Gen 10:31

Gen 10:31 - These are the sons^H1121 of Shem,^H8035 after their families,^H4940 after their tongues,^H3956 in their lands,^H776 after their nations.^H1471

Gen 10:32

Gen 10:32 - These are the families^H4940 of the sons^H1121 of Noah,^H5146 after their generations,^H8435 in their nations:^H1471 and by these were the nations^H1471 divided^H6504 in the earth^H776 after^H310 the flood.^H3999

Gen 12:3

Gen 12:3 - And I will bless^H1288 them that bless^H1288 thee, and curse^H779 him that curseth^H7043 thee: and in thee shall all families^H4940 of the earth^H127 be blessed.^H1288

Gen 24:38

Gen 24:38 - But^H518 thou shalt go^H3212 unto my father's^H1 house,^H1004 and to my kindred,^H4940 and take^H3947 a wife^H802 unto my son.^H1121

Gen 24:40

Gen 24:40 - And he said^H559 unto me, The LORD,^H3068 before^H6440 whom I walk,^H1980 will send^H7971 his angel^H4397 with thee, and prosper^H6743 thy way;^H1870 and thou shalt take^H3947 a wife^H802 for my son^H1121 of my kindred,^H4940 and of my father's^H1 house:^H1004

Gen 24:41

Gen 24:41 - Then shalt thou be clear^H5352 from this my oath,^H423 when thou comest^H935 to my kindred;^H4940 and if they give^H5414 not thee one, thou shalt be clear^H5355 from my oath.^H423

Gen 28:14

Gen 28:14 - And thy seed^H2233 shall be as the dust^H6083 of the earth,^H776 and thou shalt spread abroad^H6555 to the west,^H3220 and to the east,^H6924 and to the north,^H6828 and to the south:^H5045 and in thee and in thy seed^H2233 shall all the families^H4940 of the earth^H127 be blessed.^H1288

Gen 36:40

Gen 36:40 - And these are the names^H8034 of the dukes^H441 that came of Esau,^H6215 according to their families,^H4940 after their places,^H4725 by their names;^H8034 duke^H441 Timnah,^H8555 duke^H441 Alvah,^H5933 duke^H441 Jetheth,^H3509

Exo 6:14

Exo 6:14 - These be the heads^H7218 of their fathers'^H1 houses:^H1004 The sons^H1121 of Reuben^H7205 the firstborn^H1060 of Israel;^H3478 Hanoch,^H2585 and Pallu,^H6396 Hezron,^H2696 and Carmi:^H3756 these be the families^H4940 of Reuben.^H7205

Exo 6:15

Exo 6:15 - And the sons^H1121 of Simeon;^H8095 Jemuel,^H3223 and Jamin,^H3226 and Ohad,^H161 and Jachin,^H3199 and Zohar,^H6714 and Shaul^H7586 the son^H1121 of a Canaanitish woman:^H3669 these are the families^H4940 of Simeon.^H8095

Exo 6:17

Exo 6:17 - The sons^H1121 of Gershon;^H1648 Libni,^H3845 and Shimi,^H8096 according to their families.^H4940

Exo 6:19

Exo 6:19 - And the sons^H1121 of Merari;^H4847 Mahali^H4249 and Mushi:^H4187 these are the families^H4940 of Levi^H3878 according to their generations.^H8435

Exo 6:24

Exo 6:24 - And the sons^H1121 of Korah;^H7141 Assir,^H617 and Elkanah,^H511 and Abiasaph:^H23 these are the families^H4940 of the Korhites.^H7145

Exo 6:25

Exo 6:25 - And Eleazar^H499 Aaron's^H175 son^H1121 took^H3947 him one of the daughters^H1323 of Putiel^H6317 to wife;^H802 and she bare^H3205 him Phinehas:^H6372 these are the heads^H7218 of the fathers^H1 of the Levites^H3881 according to their families.^H4940

Exo 12:21

Exo 12:21 - Then Moses^H4872 called^H7121 for all the elders^H2205 of Israel,^H3478 and said^H559 unto them, Draw out^H4900 and take^H3947 you a lamb^H6629 according to your families,^H4940 and kill^H7819 the passover.^H6453

Lev 20:5

Lev 20:5 - Then I will set^H7760 my face^H6440 against that man,^H376 and against his family,^H4940 and will cut him off,^H3772 and all that go a whoring^H2181 after^H310 him, to commit whoredom^H2181 with Molech,^H4432 from among^H7130 their people.^H5971

Lev 25:10

Lev 25:10 - And ye shall hallow^H6942 the fiftieth^H2572^H8141 year,^H8141 and proclaim^H7121 liberty^H1865 throughout all the land^H776 unto all the inhabitants^H3427 thereof: it shall be a jubile^H3104 unto you; and ye shall return^H7725 every man^H376 unto his possession,^H272 and ye shall return^H7725 every man^H376 unto his family.^H4940

Lev 25:41

Lev 25:41 - And then shall he depart^H3318 from thee, both he and his children^H1121 with him, and shall return^H7725 unto his own family,^H4940 and unto the possession^H272 of his fathers^H1 shall he return.^H7725

Lev 25:45

Lev 25:45 - Moreover of the children^H1121 of the strangers^H8453 that do sojourn^H1481 among you, of them shall ye buy,^H7069 and of their families^H4940 that are with you, which they begat^H3205 in your land:^H776 and they shall be your possession.^H272

Lev 25:47

Lev 25:47 - And if a sojourner^H1616 or stranger^H8453 wax rich^H5381 by thee,^H3027 and thy brother^H251 that dwelleth by him wax poor,^H4134 and sell^H4376 himself unto the stranger^H1616 or sojourner^H8453 by thee, or to the stock^H6133 of the stranger's^H1616 family:^H4940

Lev 25:49

Lev 25:49 - Either his uncle,^H1730 or his uncle's^H1730 son,^H1121 may redeem^H1350 him, or any that is nigh^H7607 of kin^H1320 unto him of his family^H4940 may redeem^H1350 him; or if he be able,^H5381 he may redeem^H1350 himself.^H3027

Num 1:2

Num 1:2 - Take^H5375 ye the sum^H7218 of all the congregation^H5712 of the children^H1121 of Israel,^H3478 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 with the number^H4557 of their names,^H8034 every male^H2145 by their polls;^H1538

Num 1:18

Num 1:18 - And they assembled^H6950 ➔ all the congregation^H5712 together^H6950 on the first^H259 day of the second^H8145 month,^H2320 and they declared their pedigrees^H3205 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 by their polls.^H1538

Num 1:20

Num 1:20 - And the children^H1121 of Reuben,^H7205 Israel's^H3478 eldest son,^H1060 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 by their polls,^H1538 every male^H2145 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:22

Num 1:22 - Of the children^H1121 of Simeon,^H8095 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 those that were numbered^H6485 of them, according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 by their polls,^H1538 every male^H2145 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:24

Num 1:24 - Of the children^H1121 of Gad,^H1410 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:26

Num 1:26 - Of the children^H1121 of Judah,^H3063 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:28

Num 1:28 - Of the children^H1121 of Issachar,^H3485 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:30

Num 1:30 - Of the children^H1121 of Zebulun,^H2074 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:32

Num 1:32 - Of the children^H1121 of Joseph,^H3130 namely, of the children^H1121 of Ephraim,^H669 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:34

Num 1:34 - Of the children^H1121 of Manasseh,^H4519 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:36

Num 1:36 - Of the children^H1121 of Benjamin,^H1144 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:38

Num 1:38 - Of the children^H1121 of Dan,^H1835 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:40

Num 1:40 - Of the children^H1121 of Asher,^H836 by their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 1:42

Num 1:42 - Of the children^H1121 of Naphtali,^H5321 throughout their generations,^H8435 after their families,^H4940 by the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 according to the number^H4557 of the names,^H8034 from twenty^H6242 years^H8141 old^H1121 and upward,^H4605 all that were able to go forth^H3318 to war;^H6635

Num 2:34

Num 2:34 - And the children^H1121 of Israel^H3478 did^H6213 according to all that the LORD^H3068 commanded^H6680 Moses:^H4872 so they pitched^H2583 by their standards,^H1714 and so they set forward,^H5265 every one^H376 after their families,^H4940 according to the house^H1004 of their fathers.^H1

Num 3:15

Num 3:15 - Number^H6485 the children^H1121 of Levi^H3878 after the house^H1004 of their fathers,^H1 by their families:^H4940 every male^H2145 from a month^H2320 old^H1121 and upward^H4605 shalt thou number^H6485 them.

Num 3:18

Num 3:18 - And these are the names^H8034 of the sons^H1121 of Gershon^H1648 by their families;^H4940 Libni,^H3845 and Shimei.^H8096

Num 3:19

Num 3:19 - And the sons^H1121 of Kohath^H6955 by their families;^H4940 Amram,^H6019 and Izehar,^H3324 Hebron,^H2275 and Uzziel.^H5816

Num 3:20

Num 3:20 - And the sons^H1121 of Merari^H4847 by their families;^H4940 Mahli,^H4249 and Mushi.^H4187 These are^H1992 the families^H4940 of the Levites^H3881 according to the house^H1004 of their fathers.^H1

Num 3:21

Num 3:21 - Of Gershon^H1648 was the family^H4940 of the Libnites,^H3846 and the family^H4940 of the Shimites:^H8097 these are the families^H4940 of the Gershonites.^H1649

Num 3:23

Num 3:23 - The families^H4940 of the Gershonites^H1649 shall pitch^H2583 behind^H310 the tabernacle^H4908 westward.^H3220

Num 3:27

Num 3:27 - And of Kohath^H6955 was the family^H4940 of the Amramites,^H6020 and the family^H4940 of the Izeharites,^H3325 and the family^H4940 of the Hebronites,^H2276 and the family^H4940 of the Uzzielites:^H5817 these are the families^H4940 of the Kohathites.^H6956

Num 3:29

Num 3:29 - The families^H4940 of the sons^H1121 of Kohath^H6955 shall pitch^H2583 on the side^H3409 of the tabernacle^H4908 southward.^H8486

Num 3:30

Num 3:30 - And the chief^H5387 of the house^H1004 of the father^H1 of the families^H4940 of the Kohathites^H6956 shall be Elizaphan^H469 the son^H1121 of Uzziel.^H5816

Num 3:33

Num 3:33 - Of Merari^H4847 was the family^H4940 of the Mahlites,^H4250 and the family^H4940 of the Mushites:^H4188 these are the families^H4940 of Merari.^H4847

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