Strong's #4940: mishpachah (pronounced mish-paw-khaw')
from 8192 (compare 8198); a family, i.e. circle of relatives; figuratively, a class (of persons), a species (of animals) or sort (of things); by extens. a tribe or people:--family, kind(-red).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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mishpâchâh
1) clan, family
1a) clan
1a1) family
1a2) tribe
1a3) people, nation
1b) guild
1c) species, kind
1d) aristocrats
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H8192 [compare H8198]
Usage:
This word is used 303 times:
Joshua 16:5: "And the border of the children of Ephraim according to their families was thus: even the border of their inheritance on the east"
Joshua 16:8: "is the inheritance of the tribe of the children of Ephraim by their families."
Joshua 17:2: "also a lot for the rest of the children of Manasseh by their families; for the children of Abiezer, and for the children of Helek,"
Joshua 17:2: "of Manasseh the son of Joseph by their families."
Joshua 18:11: "of the children of Benjamin came up according to their families: and the coast of their lot came forth between"
Joshua 18:20: "of Benjamin, by the coasts thereof round about, according to their families."
Joshua 18:21: "of the tribe of the children of Benjamin according to their families were Jericho, and Beth-hoglah, and the valley"
Joshua 18:28: "This is the inheritance of the children of Benjamin according to their families."
Joshua 19:1: "even for the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families: and their inheritance was within the inheritance"
Joshua 19:8: "of the tribe of the children of Simeon according to their families."
Joshua 19:10: "came up for the children of Zebulun according to their families: and the border of their inheritance was unto"
Joshua 19:16: "is the inheritance of the children of Zebulun according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:17: "to Issachar, for the children of Issachar according to their families."
Joshua 19:23: "of the tribe of the children of Issachar according to their families, the cities and their villages."
Joshua 19:24: "for the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families."
Joshua 19:31: "of the tribe of the children of Asher according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 19:32: "of Naphtali, even for the children of Naphtali according to their families."
Joshua 19:39: "of the tribe of the children of Naphtali according to their families, the cities and their villages."
Joshua 19:40: "for the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families."
Joshua 19:48: "of the tribe of the children of Dan according to their families, these cities with their villages."
Joshua 21:4: "And the lot came out for the families of the Kohathites: and the children of Aaron the priest, which were of"
Joshua 21:5: "of the children of Kohath had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Ephraim, and out of the tribe"
Joshua 21:6: "And the children of Gershon had by lot out of the families of the tribe of Issachar, and out of the tribe"
Joshua 21:7: "The children of Merari by their families had out of the tribe of Reuben, and out of the tribe"
Joshua 21:10: "Which the children of Aaron, being of the families of the Kohathites, who were of the children of Levi,"
Joshua 21:20: " And the families of the children of Kohath, the Levites which remained of the children of Kohath,"
Joshua 21:26: "the cities were ten with their suburbs for the families of the children of Kohath that remained."
Joshua 21:27: "And unto the children of Gershon, of the families of the Levites, out of the other half tribe"
Joshua 21:33: "All the cities of the Gershonites according to their families were thirteen cities with their suburbs."
Joshua 21:34: " And unto the families of the children of Merari, the rest of the Levites, out of the tribe"
Joshua 21:40: "the cities for the children of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites,"
Joshua 21:40: "of Merari by their families, which were remaining of the families of the Levites, were by their lot"
Judges 1:25: "but they let go the man and all his family."
Judges 9:1: "with them, and with all the family of the house of his mother's father, saying,"
Judges 13:2: "a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name"
Judges 17:7: "And there was a young man out of Bethlehem-judah of the family of Judah,"
Judges 18:2: "And the children of Dan sent of their family five men from their coasts,"
Judges 18:11: "And there went from thence of the family of the Danites, out of Zorah"
Judges 18:19: "that thou be a priest unto a tribe and a family in Israel?"
Judges 21:24: "at that time, every man to his tribe and to his family, and they went out from thence"
Ruth 2:1: "a mighty man of wealth, of the family of Elimelech; and his name was Boaz."
Ruth 2:3: "of the field belonging unto Boaz, who was of the kindred of Elimelech."
1 Samuel 9:21: "of the smallest of the tribes of Israel? and my family the least of all"
1 Samuel 9:21: "of Israel? and my family the least of all the families of the tribe of Benjamin?"
1 Samuel 10:21: "the tribe of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul"
1 Samuel 10:21: "of Benjamin to come near by their families, the family of Matri was taken, and Saul the son"
1 Samuel 18:18: "and what is my life, or my father's family in Israel, that I should be son-in-law"
1 Samuel 20:6: "for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family."
1 Samuel 20:29: "Let me go, I pray thee; for our family hath a sacrifice in the city; and my brother, he"
2 Samuel 14:7: "And, behold, the whole family is risen against thine handmaid, and they said, Deliver"
