H4940 מִשְׁפָּחָה

מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpâchâh), Strong’s H4940: 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 KJV…

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mishpâchâh — 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

KJV: family, kind(-red).

Built from שָׁפָה shâphâh (https://besorah.bible/word/H8192) (to abrade, i.e. bare) + שִׁפְחָה shiphchâh (https://besorah.bible/word/H8198) (a female slave)

Occurs 303 times.

Brown–Driver–Briggs
- מִשְׁפָּחָה 303 n.f. clan
- 1 clan
- 2 = guild
- 3 = species, kind
- 4 pl. = aristocrats

Where it occurs
- Genesis 8:19 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/8?v=19) — Every animal, every creeping thing, and every bird, whatever moves on the earth, after their families, went out of the…
- Genesis 10:5 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=5) — Of these were the islands of the nations divided in their lands, everyone after his language, after their families, in…
- Genesis 10:18 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=18) — the Arvadites, the Zemarites, and the Hamathites. Afterward the families of the Canaanites were spread abroad.
- Genesis 10:20 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=20) — These are the sons of Ham, after their families, according to their languages, in their lands and their nations.
- Genesis 10:31 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=31) — These are the sons of Shem, by their families, according to their languages, lands, and nations.
- Genesis 10:32 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/10?v=32) — These are the families of the sons of Noah, by their generations, according to their nations. The nations divided from…
- Genesis 12:3 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=3) — I will bless those who bless you, and I will curse him who treats you with contempt. All the families of the earth will…
- Genesis 24:38 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=38) — but you shall go to my father’s house, and to my relatives, and take a wife for my son.’
- Genesis 24:40 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=40) — He said to me, ‘The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with you, and prosper your way. You shall take a wife…
- Genesis 24:41 (https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/24?v=41) — Then you will be clear from my oath, when you come to my relatives. If they don’t give her to you, you shall be clear…