Mishpâchâh — H4940

Definition

feminine noun

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

1. clan, family
1. clan
1. family
2. tribe
3. people, nation
2. guild
3. species, kind
4. aristocrats

Usually translated as

family, kindred, kind

Origin

from H8192 (compare H8198)

• Shâphâh (H8192)
• Shiphchâh (H8198)

Greek equivalents

• geneá (G1074)
• génesis (G1078)
• génnēsis (G1083)
• génos (G1085)
• dēmos (G1218)
• eîdos (G1491)
• klēros (G2819)
• laós (G2992)
• oîkos (G3624)
• patriá (G3965)
• patrís (G3968)
• syngéneia (G4772)
• syngenḗs (G4773)
• huiós (G5207)
• phylḗ (G5443)

Occurrences

Mishpâchâh occurs 303 times in 224 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (12), Exodus (7), Leviticus (6), Numbers (94), Deuteronomy (1), Joshua (42), Judges (8), Ruth (2), 1 Samuel (5), 2 Samuel (2), 1 Chronicles (19), Nehemiah (1), Esther (1), Job (2), Psalms (3), Jeremiah (9), Ezekiel (1), Amos (2), Micah (1), Nahum (1), Zechariah (5)

• Genesis 8:19 — Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם), went forth out of the ark.
• Genesis 10:5 — By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), in their nations.
• Genesis 10:18 — And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families (מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת) of the Canaanites spread abroad.
• Genesis 10:20 — These are the sons of Ham, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.
• Genesis 10:31 — These are the sons of Shem, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
• Genesis 10:32 — These are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת) of the sons of Noah, after their generations, in their nations: and by these were the nations divided in the earth after the flood.
• Genesis 12:3 — And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of the earth be blessed.
• Genesis 24:38 — But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred (מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י), and take a wife unto my son.
• Genesis 24:40 — And he said unto me, The LORD, before whom I walk, will send his angel with thee, and prosper thy way; and thou shalt take a wife for my son of my kindred (מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּ֖י), and of my father’s house:
• Genesis 24:41 — Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred (מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י); and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
• Genesis 28:14 — And thy seed shall be as the dust of the earth, and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of the earth be blessed.
• Genesis 36:40 — And these are the names of the dukes that came of Esau, according to their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם), after their places, by their names; duke Timnah, duke Alvah, duke Jetheth,
• Exodus 6:14 — These be the heads of their fathers’ houses: The sons of Reuben the firstborn of Israel; Hanoch, and Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi: these be the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of Reuben.
• Exodus 6:15 — And the sons of Simeon; Jemuel, and Jamin, and Ohad, and Jachin, and Zohar, and Shaul the son of a Canaanitish woman: these are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of Simeon.
• Exodus 6:17 — The sons of Gershon; Libni, and Shimi, according to their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם).
• Exodus 6:19 — And the sons of Merari; Mahali and Mushi: these are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of Levi according to their generations.
• Exodus 6:24 — And the sons of Korah; Assir, and Elkanah, and Abiasaph: these are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of the Korhites.
• Exodus 6:25 — And Eleazar Aaron’s son took him one of the daughters of Putiel to wife; and she bare him Phinehas: these are the heads of the fathers of the Levites according to their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם).
• Exodus 12:21 — Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them, Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם), and kill the passover.
• Leviticus 20:5 — Then I will set my face against that man, and against his family (וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ), and will cut him off, and all that go a whoring after him, to commit whoredom with Molech, from among their people.
• Leviticus 25:10 — And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family (מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ).
• Leviticus 25:41 — And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family (מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ), and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
• Leviticus 25:45 — Moreover of the children of the strangers that do sojourn among you, of them shall ye buy, and of their families (וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙) that are with you, which they begat in your land: and they shall be your possession.
• Leviticus 25:47 — And if a sojourner or stranger wax rich by thee, and thy brother that dwelleth by him wax poor, and sell himself unto the stranger or sojourner by thee, or to the stock of the stranger’s family (מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת):
• Leviticus 25:49 — Either his uncle, or his uncle’s son, may redeem him, or any that is nigh of kin unto him of his family (מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ) may redeem him; or if he be able, he may redeem himself.
• Numbers 1:2 — Take ye the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, with the number of their names, every male by their polls;
• Numbers 1:18 — And they assembled all the congregation together on the first day of the second month, and they declared their pedigrees after their families (מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, by their polls.
• Numbers 1:20 — And the children of Reuben, Israel’s eldest son, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:22 — Of the children of Simeon, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, those that were numbered of them, according to the number of the names, by their polls, every male from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:24 — Of the children of Gad, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:26 — Of the children of Judah, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:28 — Of the children of Issachar, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:30 — Of the children of Zebulun, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:32 — Of the children of Joseph, namely, of the children of Ephraim, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:34 — Of the children of Manasseh, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:36 — Of the children of Benjamin, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:38 — Of the children of Dan, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:40 — Of the children of Asher, by their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 1:42 — Of the children of Naphtali, throughout their generations, after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם), by the house of their fathers, according to the number of the names, from twenty years old and upward, all that were able to go forth to war;
• Numbers 2:34 — And the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses: so they pitched by their standards, and so they set forward, every one after their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖יו), according to the house of their fathers.
• Numbers 3:15 — Number the children of Levi after the house of their fathers, by their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם): every male from a month old and upward shalt thou number them.
• Numbers 3:18 — And these are the names of the sons of Gershon by their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם); Libni, and Shimei.
• Numbers 3:19 — And the sons of Kohath by their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם); Amram, and Izehar, Hebron, and Uzziel.
• Numbers 3:20 — And the sons of Merari by their families (לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם); Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
• Numbers 3:20 — And the sons of Merari by their families; Mahli, and Mushi. These are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת) of the Levites according to the house of their fathers.
• Numbers 3:21 — Of Gershon was the family (מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙) of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
• Numbers 3:21 — Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family (וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת) of the Shimites: these are the families of the Gershonites.
• Numbers 3:21 — Of Gershon was the family of the Libnites, and the family of the Shimites: these are the families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת) of the Gershonites.
• Numbers 3:23 — The families (מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת) of the Gershonites shall pitch behind the tabernacle westward.
• Numbers 3:27 — And of Kohath was the family (מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת) of the Amramites, and the family of the Izeharites, and the family of the Hebronites, and the family of the Uzzielites: these are the families of the Kohathites.