Strong's Lexicon mishpachah: Family, clan, tribe, kindred Original Word: מִשְׁפָּחָה Word Origin: Derived from the Hebrew root שָׁפַח (shaphach), meaning "to join" or "to bind together." Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: - Strong's Greek 3965: πατριά (patria) – meaning "family" or "lineage." - Strong's Greek 5443: φυλή (phyle) – meaning "tribe" or "nation." Usage: The term "mishpachah" primarily refers to a family or clan, often extending beyond the immediate nuclear family to include a larger kinship group. It can also denote a tribe or a broader community of related families. In the Old Testament, "mishpachah" is used to describe the social and familial structures that were foundational to Israelite society. It emphasizes the importance of familial bonds, heritage, and collective identity. Cultural and Historical Background: In ancient Israel, the concept of "mishpachah" was central to social organization. Families and clans were the basic units of society, responsible for the welfare and inheritance of their members. The patriarchal system placed significant emphasis on lineage and ancestry, with family ties influencing legal rights, property ownership, and social responsibilities. The "mishpachah" was also a key element in the distribution of land among the tribes of Israel, as seen in the division of the Promised Land. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom the same as shiphchah Definition a clan NASB Translation clan (1), every family (3), families (170), family (120), kinds (1), relatives (4), tribes (1). Brown-Driver-Briggs מִשְׁמָּחָה: 303 noun feminine clan (RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175 BaNB § 161 a); — absolute ׳מ Amos 3:1 +; construct מִשְׁמַּ֫חַת Judges 9:1 +; suffix מִשְׁמַּחְתִּי Genesis 24:38 +, etc.; plural מִשְׁמָּחוֺת Nahum 3:4 +; construct מִשְׁמְּחוֺת Amos 3:2 +; suffix מִשְׁמְּחֹתֵיהֶם Genesis 8:19 2t., usually תָם- Numbers 1:18 84t., etc.; — 1 clan: a. family connection of individual Genesis 24:38 (+ בֵּיתאָֿבִי), Genesis 24:40 ( + id.), Genesis 24:41 (all J; = מוֺלַדְתִּי Genesis 24:4), 2 Samuel 14:7, united in sacrifice 1 Samuel 20:6,29, in passover Exodus 12:21 (J E; compare BenzEncy.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9, 12); compare Leviticus 20:5 (H), Leviticus 25:10,41 (P), Leviticus 25:49 (P; defined as מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ), non-Hebrew Leviticus 25:47 (H), Leviticus 25:45(P), Judges 1:25; מִשְׁמְּחוֺתֶיהָ Joshua 6:23 (E or R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare Steuern Holz; בֵּית אָבִיהָ in Joshua 6:25 [J]), compare Numbers 27:4,11 (P); בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ ׳מ Judges 9:1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by שֵׁבֶט 1 Samuel 9:21 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 10:21; with specific name, in series גֶבֶר, בַּיִת, ׳מ, שֵׁבֶט Joshua 7:14 (twice in verse); Joshua 7:17 b, c (all J; Joshua 7:17 a read plural Di Benn, or שֵׁבֶט GFMJudges 13:2; Steuern allows either); compare Deuteronomy 29:17; Judges 21:24, ׳אָבִי בְּיִשׂ ׳מ 1 Samuel 1:18 (+ חַיַּי, see II [חַי]; בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל ׳אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ 2 Samuel 16:5; with name also Ruth 2:1,3and (non-Israel) Job 32:2. b. in loose, popular sense= tribe, Judges 13:2; Judges 17:7; Judges 18:19, compare Judges 18:2 ("" שֵׁבֶט Judges 18:1), Judges 18:11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see GFM). c. techn. divisions of people of Israel Numbers 11:10 (J) Jeremiah 2:4; Jeremiah 31:1; compare Jeremiah 3:14; Numbers 1:2,18; Numbers 2:34; Numbers 33:54 (all P), so (post-exilic) Nehemiah 4:7: Esther 9:28 (מְדִינָה, ׳מ, דּוֺר). d. usually (P) technical divisions of tribes of Israel, Exodus 6:14,15,25; Numbers 3:15 112t. Numbers (93 t. Numbers 26, including Numbers 3:43 where הַשּׁוּחָמִי apparently = Dan), 34 t. Joshua 13-21; also 1 Chronicles 6:4; 1 Chronicles 6:45; 1 Chronicles 7:5; Zechariah 12:13; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) Numbers 3:18,19,20 41t. Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) Numbers 3:21 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Numbers 3 + Numbers 4:18; compare (in other tribes) 1 Chronicles 2:53; 1 Chronicles 4:2,8,21,27,38; 1 Chronicles 5:7; also Zechariah 12:12 b. c 13 b 14 a, and (distributive) Zechariah 12:12 a 14 b, pleonastic מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם ׳מ Numbers 36:6 compare Numbers 36:8, and (׳א ׳מַטֵּה מ) Numbers 36:12. e. late, divinity of other peoples 1 Chronicles 16:28 = Psalm 96:7; Psalm 22:28; in Edom Genesis 36:40 (P). f. in wider sense=people, nation; כֹּל מִשְׁמְּחֹת תָאֲדָמָה Amos 3:2; Genesis 12:3; Genesis 28:14 (both J), compare Jeremiah 10:25; Ezekiel 20:32; Nahum 3:4 (all "" גּוֺיִם), Zechariah 14:17; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 25:9; as one's posterity Genesis 10:30,31,32 (all P), so probably Genesis 10:5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3:1, Judah Micah 2:3; Jeremiah 8:3 (הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת ׳הַמּ), Israel + Judah, ׳שְׁתֵּי הַמּ Jeremiah 33:24; מִשְׁמַּחַת מִצְרַיִם Zechariah 14:18; compare Psalm 107:41. 2 = guild 1 Chronicles 2:55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families). 3 = species, kind: a. of judgments Jeremiah 15:3. b. animals Genesis 8:19 (P). 4 plural = aristocrats Job 31:34 (compare English 'the classes'). שֻׁמִּים proper name, masculine see √ שׁפף. Strong's Exhaustive Concordance family, kindred From shaphah (compare shiphchah); 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). see HEBREW shaphah see HEBREW shiphchah Forms and Transliterations בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃ בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם במשפחותיהם׃ במשפחותם הַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה׃ הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ המשפחה המשפחה׃ המשפחות וְהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֞ה וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה וּמִֽמִּשְׁפְּח֖וֹת וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙ וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַת וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה ובמשפחתו והמשפחה ולמשפחה ולמשפחות ולמשפחתו וממשפחות וממשפחתם ומשפחה ומשפחות ומשפחת ומשפחתי כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת כמשפחות לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖יו לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥ם לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם׃ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֖ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם׃ לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַת לְמִשְׁפַּ֥חַת לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת לְמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו לַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת למשפחות למשפחותיהם למשפחותם למשפחותם׃ למשפחת למשפחתיהם למשפחתיו למשפחתיכם למשפחתם למשפחתם׃ מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֗חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֛חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֣חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת מִמִּשְׁפַּ֪חַ֫ת מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּ֖י מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת מִשְׁפְּח֨וֹת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֤ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת מִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּחָ֣ה מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה מִשְׁפָּחָה֙ מִשְׁפָּחֹ֖ת מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ת מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת׃ מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ ממשפחה ממשפחות ממשפחת ממשפחתו ממשפחתי ממשפחתם משפחה משפחות משפחות׃ משפחותיה משפחת משפחתו משפחתי משפחתם bə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯām bə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯê·hem bemishpechoTam bemishpechoteiHem bəmišpəḥōwṯām bəmišpəḥōwṯêhem ham·miš·pā·ḥāh ham·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ hammishpaChah hammishpaChot hammišpāḥāh hammišpāḥōwṯ kə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ kemishpeChot kəmišpəḥōwṯ lam·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ lammishpaChot lammišpāḥōwṯ lə·miš·pa·ḥaṯ lə·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯāw lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯê·hem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·ṯê·ḵem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯām lə·miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯê·hem lə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ lə·miš·pə·ḥōṯ lemishPachat lemishpaChot lemishpeChot lemishpechoTam lemishpechoTav lemishpechoteiChem lemishpeChoteiHem ləmišpaḥaṯ ləmišpāḥōwṯ ləmišpəḥōṯ ləmišpəḥōṯām ləmišpəḥōṯāw ləmišpəḥōṯêhem ləmišpəḥōṯêḵem ləmišpəḥōwṯ ləmišpəḥōwṯām ləmišpəḥōwṯêhem mim·miš·pā·ḥāh mim·miš·pa·ḥaṯ mim·miš·paḥ·tām mim·miš·paḥ·tî mim·miš·paḥ·tōw mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ mim·miš·pə·ḥōṯ mimishpaChah mimishPachat mimishpachTam mimishpachTi mimishpachTo mimishpeChot mimmišpāḥāh mimmišpaḥaṯ mimmišpaḥtām mimmišpaḥtî mimmišpaḥtōw mimmišpəḥōṯ mimmišpəḥōwṯ miš·pā·ḥāh miš·pa·ḥaṯ miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ miš·pā·ḥōṯ miš·paḥ·tām miš·paḥ·tî miš·paḥ·tōw miš·pə·ḥō·ṯām miš·pə·ḥō·w·ṯe·hā miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ miš·pə·ḥōṯ mishpaChah mishPachat mishpaChot mishpachTam mishpachTi mishpachTo mishpeChot mishpechoTam mishpechoTeiha mišpāḥāh mišpaḥaṯ mišpāḥōṯ mišpāḥōwṯ mišpaḥtām mišpaḥtî mišpaḥtōw mišpəḥōṯ mišpəḥōṯām mišpəḥōwṯ mišpəḥōwṯehā ū·ḇə·miš·paḥ·tōw ū·lə·miš·pā·ḥāh ū·lə·miš·paḥ·tōw ū·lə·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ū·mim·miš·paḥ·tām ū·mim·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ū·miš·pā·ḥāh ū·miš·pa·ḥaṯ ū·miš·pā·ḥō·wṯ ū·miš·paḥ·tî ū·miš·pə·ḥō·wṯ ūḇəmišpaḥtōw ulemishpaChah ulemishpachTo ulemishpeChot ūləmišpāḥāh ūləmišpaḥtōw ūləmišpəḥōwṯ umimishpachTam umimishpeChot ūmimmišpaḥtām ūmimmišpəḥōwṯ umishpaChah umishPachat umishpaChot umishpachTi umishpechOt ūmišpāḥāh ūmišpaḥaṯ ūmišpāḥōwṯ ūmišpaḥtî ūmišpəḥōwṯ uvemishpachTo vehammishpaChah wə·ham·miš·pā·ḥāh wəhammišpāḥāhLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Genesis 8:19 HEB: עַל־ הָאָ֑רֶץ לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם יָצְא֖וּ מִן־ NAS: went out by their families from the ark. KJV: upon the earth, after their kinds, went forth INT: on the earth their families went from Genesis 10:5 Genesis 10:18 Genesis 10:20 Genesis 10:31 Genesis 10:32 Genesis 12:3 Genesis 24:38 Genesis 24:40 Genesis 24:41 Genesis 28:14 Genesis 36:40 Exodus 6:14 Exodus 6:15 Exodus 6:17 Exodus 6:19 Exodus 6:24 Exodus 6:25 Exodus 12:21 Leviticus 20:5 Leviticus 25:10 Leviticus 25:41 Leviticus 25:45 Leviticus 25:47 Leviticus 25:49 303 Occurrences |