Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H4940
מִשְׁפָּחָה
mish.pa.chah · “family”
Used 304 times across 21 books
Definition
1) clan, family
1a) clan
1a1) family
1a2) tribe
1a3) people, nation
1b) guild
1c) species, kind
1d) aristocrats
1a) clan
1a1) family
1a2) tribe
1a3) people, nation
1b) guild
1c) species, kind
1d) aristocrats
Where it appears
Genesis12
Exodus7
Leviticus6
Numbers159
Deuteronomy1
Joshua47
Judges8
Ruth2
1 Samuel8
2 Samuel2
1 Chronicles19
Nehemiah1
Esther2
Job2
Psalms3
Jeremiah9
Ezekiel1
Amos2
Micah1
Nahum1
Zechariah11
In the text
Genesis 8:19Every beast, every creeping thing, and every fowl, and whatsoever creepeth upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth out of the ark.Genesis 10:5By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.Genesis 10:18And the Arvadite, and the Zemarite, and the Hamathite: and afterward were the families of the Canaanites spread abroad.Genesis 10:20These are the sons of Ham, after their families, after their tongues, in their countries, and in their nations.Genesis 10:31These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.Genesis 10:32These are the families 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 12:3And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.Genesis 24:38But thou shalt go unto my father’s house, and to my kindred, and take a wife unto my son.Genesis 24:40And 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, and of my father’s house:Genesis 24:41Then shalt thou be clear from this my oath, when thou comest to my kindred; and if they give not thee one, thou shalt be clear from my oath.
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