Strong's Hebrew · H4940
H4940 mishpâchâh
מִשְׁפָּחָה
mish-paw-khaw'
family
Looking for Greek G4940 syntynchánō? It has the same number in Strong's Greek lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of H4940. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.
mishpâchâh appears 299 times in Scripture, including Genesis 8:19 and Zechariah 12:12. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
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
In the King James Version
family, kind(-red).
Derivation
Appears 299 times in Scripture
“Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.”
“and all the remaining clans and their wives.”
“The land will mourn, each clan on its own: the clan of the house of David and their wives, the clan of the house of Nathan and their wives,”
“the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
