מִשְׁפָּחָה

mish.pa.chahNoun (Feminine)H4940

family

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

Short 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

Full Lexicon Entry

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

Grammar

Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)

Morphology H:N-F

DescriptionH:N-F

Occurrences

212 times

Appears 212 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:

Numbers
94
Joshua
42
Genesis
12
1 Chronicles
10
Jeremiah
9

Key Passages

  • 1 Chronicles 16:28
  • Judges 17:7
  • Joshua 19:39
  • Numbers 26:6
  • Numbers 27:11

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Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.