Strong's Hebrew · H4940

מִשְׁפָּחָה

mishpâchâh · mish-paw-khaw'

family, kind(-red).

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

Derivation

from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (compare H8198 (שִׁפְחָה));

Appears 299 times in Scripture

Genesis 8:19

Every living creature, every creeping thing, and every bird—everything that moves upon the earth—came out of the ark, kind by kind.

Zechariah 12:14

and all the remaining clans and their wives.

Zechariah 12:12

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,

Zechariah 12:13

the clan of the house of Levi and their wives, the clan of Shimei and their wives,

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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