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mish.pa.chah H4940

מִשְׁפָּחָה (mish.pa.chah) means “family” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מִשְׁפָּחָה Hebrew · H4940 303 tagged occurrences in 224 verses

Pronunciation guide: mish-paw-khaw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4940

מִשְׁפָּחָה · mish.pa.chah · family

1) clan, family 1a) clan 1a1) family 1a2) tribe 1a3) people, nation 1b) guild 1c) species, kind 1d) aristocrats

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (compare H8198 (שִׁפְחָה)); 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 glosses: family, kind(-red).

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How translators render H4940

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering Count
clan 76
by their clans 29
clans 23
of the clans 15
of their clans 13
the clans 13
were the clans 12
the families 9
for the clans 8
the clan 5
according to their clans 4
family 4
from the clan 4
to the clans 4
and clans 3
and the clan 3
and the clans 3
his clan 3
vvv 3
from his clan 2
my kindred 2
o families 2
within a clan 2
according to their families 1
according to your clans 1
all this was for the clans 1
among their families 1
and clan 1
and family 1
and his family 1
and is not my clan 1
and of the clans 1
and some of the clans 1
are the clans 1
belonged to the clans 1
by clans 1
by families 1
by its clans 1
clan by clan 1
clan from ard 1
clans were 1
each 1
families 1
for each family 1
from a family 1
from my kindred 1
from the family 1
from their clans 1
he had the clan 1
he had the clans 1
his family 1
included the clans 1
kind by kind 1
kinds of destroyers 1
like the peoples 1
nation 1
of family 1
of the clan 1
of the families 1
of the family 1
one of the clans 1
or their clans 1
our clan 1
the people 1
their families 1
with his clan 1
within the clan 1
within the clans 1
you families 1
KJV rendering counts
Rendering Count
the family 74
after their families 39
according to their families 26
the families 26
of the families 18
by their families 15
of the family 7
throughout their families 7
and the family 6
and the families 5
all the families 4
family 4
of all the families 3
apart the family 2
every family 2
families 2
for the families 2
of the kindred 2
out of the families 2
according to the families 1
according to your families 1
after their kinds 1
against the whole family 1
all her kindred 1
among all the families 1
among your families 1
and a family 1
and against his family 1
and all his family 1
and all the families 1
and all the kindreds 1
and behold the whole family 1
and families 1
and if the family 1
and my family 1
and of their families 1
and to his family 1
and to my kindred 1
and unto the families 1
as the families 1
behold against this family 1
every 1
for the family 1
from thence of the family 1
his family 1
i pray thee for our family 1
in their families 1
into the families 1
kinds 1
neither did all their family 1
o ye kindreds 1
of a family 1
of families 1
of my kindred 1
of their family 1
of them after their families 1
of them by their families 1
of them throughout their families 1
only to the family 1
or family 1
out of the family 1
shall all the families 1
thee and in thee shall all families 1
thee not and upon the families 1
them after their families 1
there for all the family 1
to him of his family 1
to my kindred 1
unto him of his family 1
unto his family 1
unto his own family 1
were the families 1
with them and with all the family 1
ye kindreds 1

Verses containing H4940

Page 4 of 5. 224 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

  1. Joshua 19:48 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This was the inheritance of the clans of the tribe of Dan, including these cities and their villages.

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  2. Joshua 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The first lot came out for the Kohathite clans. The Levites who were descendants of Aaron the priest received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Judah, Simeon, and Benjamin.

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  3. Joshua 21:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The remaining descendants of Kohath received ten cities by lot from the tribes of Ephraim, Dan, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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  4. Joshua 21:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The descendants of Gershon received thirteen cities by lot from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and the half-tribe of Manasseh in Bashan.

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  5. Joshua 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And the descendants of Merari received twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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  6. Joshua 21:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clans of the Levites, because the first lot fell to them:

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  7. Joshua 21:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The remaining Kohathite clans of the Levites were allotted these cities: From the tribe of Ephraim

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  8. Joshua 21:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In all, ten cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the rest of the Kohathite clans.

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  9. Joshua 21:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Levite clans of the Gershonites were given: From the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan, a city of refuge for the manslayer, and Beeshterah—two cities, together with their pasturelands.

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  10. Joshua 21:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    In all, thirteen cities, together with their pasturelands, were given to the Gershonite clans.

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  11. Joshua 21:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given: From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,

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  12. Joshua 21:40 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    In all, twelve cities were allotted to the clans of Merari, the remaining Levite clans.

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  13. Judges 1:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the man showed them the entrance to the city, and they put the city to the sword but released that man and all his family.

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  14. Judges 9:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Abimelech son of Jerubbaal went to his mother’s brothers at Shechem and said to them and to all the clan of his mother,

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  15. Judges 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

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  16. Judges 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

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  17. Judges 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

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  18. Judges 18:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol, armed with weapons of war.

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  19. Judges 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    “Be quiet,” they told him. “Put your hand over your mouth and come with us and be a father and a priest to us. Is it better for you to be a priest for the house of one person or a priest for a tribe and family in Israel?”

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  20. Judges 21:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And at that time, each of the Israelites returned from there to his own tribe and clan, each to his own inheritance.

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  21. Ruth 2:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now Naomi had a relative on her husband’s side, a prominent man of noble character from the clan of Elimelech, whose name was Boaz.

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  22. Ruth 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So Ruth departed and went out into the field and gleaned after the harvesters. And she happened to come to the part of the field belonging to Boaz, who was from the clan of Elimelech.

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  23. 1 Samuel 9:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Saul replied, “Am I not a Benjamite from the smallest tribe of Israel, and is not my clan the least of all the clans of Benjamin? So why would you say such a thing to me?”

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  24. 1 Samuel 10:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    Then he had the tribe of Benjamin come forward by its clans, and the clan of Matri was selected. Finally, Saul son of Kish was selected. But when they looked for him, they could not find him.

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  25. 1 Samuel 18:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And David said to Saul, “Who am I, and what is my family or my father’s clan in Israel, that I should become the son-in-law of the king?”

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  26. 1 Samuel 20:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    If your father misses me at all, tell him, ‘David urgently requested my permission to hurry to Bethlehem, his hometown, because there is an annual sacrifice for his whole clan.’

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  27. 1 Samuel 20:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    saying, ‘Please let me go, because our clan is holding a sacrifice in the city, and my brother has told me to be there. So now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me go and see my brothers.’ That is why he has not come to the king’s table.”

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  28. 2 Samuel 14:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now the whole clan has risen up against your maidservant and said, ‘Hand over the one who struck down his brother, that we may put him to death for the life of the brother whom he killed. Then we will cut off the heir as well!’ So they would extinguish my one remaining ember by not preserving my husband’s name or posterity on the earth.”

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  29. 2 Samuel 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    As King David approached Bahurim, a man from the family of the house of Saul was just coming out. His name was Shimei son of Gera, and as he approached, he kept yelling out curses.

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  30. 1 Chronicles 2:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the clans of Kiriath-jearim—the Ithrites, Puthites, Shumathites, and Mishraites. From these descended the Zorathites and Eshtaolites.

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  31. 1 Chronicles 2:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and the clans of the scribes who lived at Jabez—the Tirathites, Shimeathites, and Sucathites. These are the Kenites who came from Hammath, the father of the house of Rechab.

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  32. 1 Chronicles 4:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Reaiah son of Shobal was the father of Jahath, and Jahath was the father of Ahumai and Lahad. These were the clans of the Zorathites.

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  33. 1 Chronicles 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    and Koz, who was the father of Anub and Zobebah and of the clans of Aharhel son of Harum.

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  34. 1 Chronicles 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,

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  35. 1 Chronicles 4:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Shimei had sixteen sons and six daughters, but his brothers did not have many children, so their whole clan did not become as numerous as the sons of Judah.

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  36. 1 Chronicles 4:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    These men listed by name were the leaders of their clans. Their families increased greatly,

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  37. 1 Chronicles 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    His relatives by their clans are recorded in their genealogy: Jeiel the chief, Zechariah,

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  38. 1 Chronicles 6:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The sons of Merari: Mahli and Mushi. These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

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    Source alternate reference: 6.4

  39. 1 Chronicles 6:54 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Now these were the territories assigned to the descendants of Aaron from the Kohathite clan for their settlements, because the first lot fell to them:

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    Source alternate reference: 6.39

  40. 1 Chronicles 6:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And from the tribe of Benjamin they were given Gibeon, Geba, Alemeth, and Anathoth, together with their pasturelands. So they had thirteen cities in all among their families.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.45

  41. 1 Chronicles 6:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    To the rest of the Kohathites, ten cities were allotted from the half-tribe of Manasseh.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.46

  42. 1 Chronicles 6:62 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Gershomites, according to their clans, were allotted thirteen cities from the tribes of Issachar, Asher, Naphtali, and Manasseh in Bashan.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.47

  43. 1 Chronicles 6:63 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Merarites, according to their clans, were allotted twelve cities from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Zebulun.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.48

  44. 1 Chronicles 6:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And some of the clans of the Kohathites were given cities from the tribe of Ephraim for their territory:

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    Source alternate reference: 6.51

  45. 1 Chronicles 6:70 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    And from the half-tribe of Manasseh the rest of the clans of the Kohathites were given Aner and Bileam, together with their pasturelands.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.55

  46. 1 Chronicles 6:71 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    The Gershomites received the following: From the clan of the half-tribe of Manasseh they were given Golan in Bashan and also Ashtaroth, together with their pasturelands.

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    Source alternate reference: 6.56

  47. 1 Chronicles 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Their kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were mighty men of valor totaled 87,000, as listed in their genealogies.

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  48. 1 Chronicles 16:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    Ascribe to the LORD, O families of the nations, ascribe to the LORD glory and strength.

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  49. Nehemiah 4:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence

    So I stationed men behind the lowest sections of the wall, at the vulnerable areas. I stationed them by families with their swords, spears, and bows.

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    Source alternate reference: 4.7

  50. Esther 9:28 · BSB · 2 occurrences

    These days should be remembered and celebrated by every generation, family, province, and city, so that these days of Purim should not fail to be observed among the Jews, nor should the memory of them fade from their descendants.

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