Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁפָּחָה‎ mishpâchâh (mish-paw-khaw') family H:N-F
from ‎שָׁפָה‎ (compare ‎שִׁפְחָה‎)

family, kind(-red).

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

See Greek: γενεά · γένεσις · γέννησις · γένος · δῆμος · εἶδος · κλῆρος · λαός · οἶκος · πατριά · πατρίς · συγγένεια · συγγενής · υἱός · φυλή

Usage: 105 forms in 304 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
מִשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ kinds Jer.15.3
מִשְׁפָּחֽוֹת families Ps.107.41
מִשְׁפָּחֹ֥ת clans Zech.12.14
מִשְׁפָּחֹ֖ת clans Zech.12.14
מִשְׁפָּחָה֙ clan Esth.9.28
מִשְׁפָּחָ֨ה clan 1Sam.20.29
מִשְׁפָּחָ֣ה a clan Deut.29.18
מִשְׁפָּח֥וֹת clans Job.31.34 • Zech.12.12
מִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת clans Zech.12.12
מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת clans Jer.10.25
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ clan his Lev.25.10
family his Judg.1.25
מִשְׁפַּחְתּ֔וֹ clan his Lev.25.41 • Num.27.4
מִשְׁפַּחְתָּ֔ם clan their 1Chr.4.27
מִשְׁפַּחְתִּ֑י family my Gen.24.38 • Gen.24.41
מִשְׁפַּ֨חַת clan of Num.26.58 • Zech.12.12 • Zech.14.18
מִשְׁפַּ֥חַת clan of Lev.25.47 • Num.36.12 • 1Sam.18.18
מִשְׁפַּ֤חַת clan of Num.3.27 • Num.26.58 • Num.26.58 • Zech.12.12 • Zech.12.13 • Zech.12.13
family of Josh.7.17
מִשְׁפַּ֣חַת clan of Num.26.5 • Num.26.29 • Num.26.58 • 1Sam.10.21
family of Josh.7.17 • Josh.7.17
מִשְׁפַּ֛חַת clan of Judg.9.1
מִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ clan of Num.3.21 • Num.3.33 • Num.26.12 • Num.26.15 • Num.26.20 • Num.26.26 • Num.26.35 • Num.26.38 • Num.26.40 • Num.26.44 • Num.26.57
מִשְׁפַּ֖חַת clan of Num.26.5 • Num.26.6 • Num.26.6 • Num.26.12 • Num.26.12 • Num.26.13 • Num.26.13 • Num.26.15 • Num.26.15 • Num.26.16 • Num.26.16 • Num.26.17 • Num.26.17 • Num.26.20 • Num.26.20 • Num.26.21 • Num.26.21 • Num.26.23 • Num.26.23 • Num.26.24 • Num.26.24 • Num.26.26 • Num.26.26 • Num.26.29 • Num.26.30 • Num.26.30 • Num.26.31 • Num.26.31 • Num.26.32 • Num.26.32 • Num.26.35 • Num.26.35 • Num.26.36 • Num.26.38 • Num.26.38 • Num.26.39 • Num.26.39 • Num.26.40 • Num.26.42 • Num.26.44 • Num.26.44 • Num.26.45 • Num.26.45 • Num.26.48 • Num.26.48 • Num.26.49 • Num.26.49 • Num.26.57 • Num.26.57 • Num.26.58
מִשְׁפְּחוֹתֶ֖יהָ famili her Josh.6.23
מִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם clans their Num.1.18
מִשְׁפְּחֹת֙ clans of Num.4.33 • Num.4.41
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֧ת clans of Gen.10.32
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֥ת clans of Gen.12.3 • Gen.28.14 • Exod.6.14 • Exod.6.15 • Exod.6.19 • Exod.6.24 • Num.3.20 • Num.3.27 • Num.3.29 • Num.3.33 • Num.26.18 • Num.26.22 • Num.26.25 • Num.26.27 • Num.26.42 • Num.26.43 • Num.26.47 • Num.26.50
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֤ת clans of Num.26.37
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת clans of Num.4.18 • Num.4.37 • Num.26.7 • Num.26.14 • Num.26.34 • Num.26.58
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת clans of Num.4.28
מִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת clans of Num.3.21 • Num.3.23 • Num.4.24 • Num.4.42 • Num.4.45
מִשְׁפְּח֨וֹת clans of Jer.25.9
מִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת clans of 1Chr.4.2 • 1Chr.6.19 • Ps.22.27
מִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת clans of Zech.14.17
מִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת O clans of 1Chr.16.28 • Ps.96.7
clans of 1Chr.7.5 • Jer.31.1 • Amos.3.2
מִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת clans of Jer.1.15
מִשְׁפְּח֖וֹת clans of Gen.10.18 • 1Sam.9.21 • Jer.2.4
מִמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה from a clan Jer.3.14
מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתּ֖וֹ from clan his Lev.25.49
from own clan his Num.27.11
מִמִּשְׁפַּחְתִּ֖י from family my Gen.24.40
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֪חַ֫ת from clan of Job.32.2
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת from clan of Judg.13.2 • Ruth.2.3
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֣חַת from clan of 2Sam.16.5
of clan of 1Chr.6.61
of tribe of Judg.18.11
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֛חַת of clan of Num.36.8
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֗חַת from clan of 1Chr.6.71
מִמִּשְׁפַּ֖חַת from clan of Ruth.2.1
from tribe of Judg.17.7
מִמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת from clans of Josh.21.5 • Josh.21.27
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֥וֹת one of clans of Josh.21.10
מִמִּשְׁפְּח֣וֹת from clans of Josh.21.6
of clans of Josh.21.40
מִֽמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּ֡ם from tribe their Judg.18.2
מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֛ת from clans of Num.36.12
מִֽמִּשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת from clans of Num.36.1
לַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת to the families Josh.7.14
לְמִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת to clans Neh.4.13
לְמִשְׁפַּחַ֣ת to clan of 1Chr.6.54
לְמִשְׁפַּ֥חַת for clan 1Chr.6.70
לְמִשְׁפַּ֤חַת of clan of Num.36.1
לְמִשְׁפַּ֛חַת to clan of Num.36.6
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָֽם to clans their Josh.13.29 • Josh.13.31 • Josh.19.17 • Josh.19.24
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֗ם to clans their 1Chr.6.62 • 1Chr.6.63
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֖ם to clans their Num.4.38
לְמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם to clans their Josh.19.1 • Josh.19.16
לְמִשְׁפְּחֽוֹתֵיהֶ֑ם to clans their Josh.18.21
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם֒ to clans their Num.26.12 • Num.26.15 • Num.26.20 • Num.26.26 • Num.26.35 • Num.26.38 • Num.26.44 • Num.26.57 • Josh.17.2
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָֽם to clans their Exod.6.17 • Exod.6.25 • Num.4.22 • Num.26.37 • Num.26.42 • Josh.13.15 • Josh.13.24 • Josh.15.12 • Josh.15.20 • Josh.16.8 • Josh.17.2 • Josh.18.20 • Josh.18.28 • Josh.19.8 • Josh.19.32
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֥ם to clans their Num.4.29
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֗ם to clans their Josh.21.7
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖ם to clans their Gen.10.5 • Gen.10.20 • Gen.10.31 • Num.1.2 • Num.1.20 • Num.1.22 • Num.1.24 • Num.1.26 • Num.1.28 • Num.1.30 • Num.1.32 • Num.1.34 • Num.1.36 • Num.1.38 • Num.1.40 • Num.1.42 • Num.3.20 • Num.4.2 • Num.4.34 • Num.4.40 • Num.4.42 • Num.4.46
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֖יו to clans his Num.2.34
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔ם to clans their Gen.36.40 • Num.26.23 • Num.26.42 • Num.26.48 • Josh.13.23 • Josh.21.40
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֔יו to clans his 1Chr.5.7
to clans its Num.11.10
to families its 1Sam.10.21
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָ֑ם to clans their Num.3.15 • Num.3.18 • Num.3.19 • Num.3.39 • Num.4.36 • Num.4.44 • Num.26.28 • Num.26.41 • Num.26.50 • Josh.13.28 • Josh.15.1 • Josh.16.5 • Josh.18.11 • Josh.19.10 • Josh.19.23 • Josh.19.31 • Josh.19.39 • Josh.19.40 • Josh.19.48 • Josh.21.33
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיכֶ֖ם to clans your Exod.12.21
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹֽתֵיכֶ֗ם to clans your Num.33.54
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣תֵיהֶ֔ם to families their Gen.8.19
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֣ת of clans of Num.3.30 • Num.3.35 • Josh.21.4
לְמִשְׁפְּחֹ֖ת of clans of Num.27.1
לְמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת to clans of Josh.21.26
כְּמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת like clans of Ezek.20.32
וּמִשְׁפָּחָ֔ה and clan Esth.9.28
וּמִשְׁפָּח֖וֹת and clans Nah.3.4
וּמִשְׁפַּחְתִּי֙ and clan my 1Sam.9.21
וּמִשְׁפַּ֣חַת and clan of Num.3.27
וּמִשְׁפַּ֙חַת֙ and clan of Num.3.27
וּמִשְׁפַּ֖חַת and clan of Num.3.21 • Num.3.27 • Num.3.33
וּמִשְׁפְּחוֹת֙ and clans of 1Chr.2.53
וּמִשְׁפְּח֥וֹת and clans of 1Chr.4.8
וּמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת and clans of 1Chr.2.55
וּמִשְׁפְּח֛וֹת and clans of 1Chr.4.21
וּמִמִּשְׁפַּחְתָּם֙ and from clan their Lev.25.45
וּמִֽמִּשְׁפְּח֖וֹת and some of clans of 1Chr.6.66
וּלְמִשְׁפָּחָ֖ה and of a clan Judg.18.19
וּלְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ and to clan his Judg.21.24
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֤וֹת and to clans of Josh.21.20
וּלְמִשְׁפְּח֣וֹת and to clans of Josh.21.34
וּבְמִשְׁפַּחְתּ֑וֹ and on clan his Lev.20.5
וְהַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֞ה and the family Josh.7.14
הַמִּשְׁפָּחוֹת֙ the clans Zech.12.14
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָֽה the clan 1Sam.20.6
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֥ה the clan Mic.2.3
the family Jer.8.3
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֜ה the clan 2Sam.14.7
הַמִּשְׁפָּחָ֔ה the clan Amos.3.1
הַמִּשְׁפָּח֗וֹת the clans Jer.33.24
בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתָ֑ם in clans their 1Chr.4.38
בְּמִשְׁפְּחוֹתֵיהֶֽם in clans their 1Chr.6.60
Ουμασφααί Oumasphae LXX.1Chr.2.53

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎מִשְׁפָּחָה‎: 303 noun feminine clan (RSSemitic 1. 258, 2nd ed. 276; K 149, 2nd ed. 175 BaNB § 161 a); — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Amos 3:1 +; construct ‎מִשְׁפַּ֫חַת‎ Judg 9:1 +; suffix ‎מִשְׁפַּחְתִּי‎ Gen 24:38 +, etc.; plural ‎מִשְׁפָּחוֺת‎ Nah 3:4 +; construct ‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺת‎ Amos 3:2 +; suffix ‎מִשְׁפְּחֹתֵיהֶם‎ Gen 8:19 + 2 t., usually ‎תָם‎- Num 1:18 + 84 t., etc.; —

1. clan:
a. family connection of individual Gen 24:38 (+ ‎בֵּיתאָֿבִי‎), vGen 24:40 ( + id.), vGen 24:41 (all J; = ‎מוֺלַדְתִּי‎ vGen 24:4), 2Sam 14:7, united in sacrifice 1Sam 20:6; 1Sam 20:29, in passover Exod 12:21 (J E; compare BenzEncy.Bib. PASSOVER, §§ 9, 12); compare Lev 20:5 (H), Lev 25:10; Lev 25:41 (P), vLev 25:49 (P; defined as ‎מִשְּׁאֵר בְּשָׂרוֺ‎), non-Hebrew vLev 25:47 (H), vLev 25:45(P), Judg 1:25 ‎מִשְׁפְּחוֺתֶיהָ‎ Josh 6:23 (E or R) is unintelligible, probably strike out (compare Steuern Holz; ‎בֵּית‎ ‎אָבִיהָ‎ in vJosh 6:25 [J]), compare Num 27:4; Num 27:11 (P); ‎בֵּית אֲבִי אִמּוֺ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Judg 9:1 clan of his mother's father-house; including individuals, and included by ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ 1Sam 9:21 (twice in verse); 1Sam 10:21 with specific name, in series ‎גֶבֶר‎, ‎בַּיִת‎, ‎׳‎‎מ‎, ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ Josh 7:14 (twice in verse); Josh 7:17 b, c (all J; vJosh 7:17 a read plural Di Benn, or ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ GFMJudg 13:2; Steuern allows either); compare Deut 29:17*; Judg 21:24, ‎׳‎‎אָבִי בְּיִשׂ‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ 1Sam 1:18 (+ ‎חַיַּי‎, see II [‎חַי‎]; ‎בֵּיתשָֿׁאוּל‎ ‎׳‎‎אִישׁמִ֗֗֗מּ‎ 2Sam 16:5 with name also Ruth 2:1; Ruth 2:3 and (non-Israel) Job 32:2.
b. in loose, popular sense= tribe, Judg 13:2; Judg 17:7; Judg 18:19, compare vJudg 18:2 (|| ‎שֵׁבֶט‎ vJudg 18:1), vJudg 18:11 (yet in these two read possibly plural, see GFM).
c. techn. divisions of people of Israel Num 11:10 (J) Jer 2:4; Jer 31:1 compare Jer 3:14; Num 1:2; Num 1:18; Num 2:34; Num 33:54 (all P), so (post-exilic) Neh 4:7*: Esth 9:28 (‎מְדִינָה‎, ‎׳‎‎מ‎, ‎דּוֺר‎).
d. usually (P) technical divisions of tribes of Israel, Exod 6:14; Exod 6:15; Exod 6:25; Num 3:15 + 112 t. Numbers (93 t. Num 26, including vNum 3:43 where ‎הַשּׁוּחָמִי‎ apparently = Dan), 34 t. Josh 13-21; also 1Chr 6:4*; 1Chr 6:45*; 1Chr 7:5; division of Gershom, etc. (in Levi) Num 3:18; Num 3:19; Num 3:20 + 41 t. Exodus, Numbers, Joshua, Chronicles; subdivisions of these divisions (in Levi) Num 3:21 (twice in verse) + 6 t. Num 3 + Num 4:18 compare (in other tribes) 1Chr 2:53; 1Chr 4:2; 1Chr 4:8; 1Chr 4:21; 1Chr 4:27; 1Chr 4:38; 1Chr 5:7 also Zech 12:12 b. c 13 b 14 a, and (distributive) vZech 12:12 a 14 b, pleonastic ‎מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Num 36:6 compare vNum 36:8, and (‎׳‎‎א‎ ‎׳‎‎מַטֵּה מ‎) vNum 36:12.
e. late, divinity of other peoples 1Chr 16:28 = Ps 96:7; Ps 22:28* in Edom Gen 36:40 (P). feminine in wider sense=people, nation; ‎כֹּל מִשְׁפְּחֹת תָאֲדָמָה‎ Amos 3:2; Gen 12:3; Gen 28:14 (both J), compare Jer 10:25; Ezek 20:32; Nah 3:4 (all || ‎גּוֺיִם‎), Zech 14:17; Jer 1:15; Jer 25:9 as one's posterity Gen 10:30; Gen 10:31; Gen 10:32 (all P), so probably vGen 10:5 (P; Di Dr); = all Israel Amos 3:1, Judah Mic 2:3; Jer 8:3 (‎הָרָעָה הַזּאֹת‎ ‎׳‎‎הַמּ‎), Israel + Judah, ‎׳‎‎שְׁתֵּי הַמּ‎ Jer 33:24 ‎מִשְׁפַּחַת מִצְרַיִם‎ Zech 14:18 compare Ps 107:41.

2. = guild 1Chr 2:55 (of scribes; originally hereditary in families).

3. = species, kind:
a. of judgments Jer 15:3. b. animals Gen 8:19 (P).

4. plural = aristocrats Job 31:34 (compare English 'the classes').

‎שֻׁפִּים‎ proper name, masculine see √ ‎שׁפף‎.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References

Book Refs
Genesis 8:19 · 10:5 · 10:30 · 10:31 · 10:32 · 12:3 · 24:4 · 24:38 · 24:40 · 24:41 · 28:14 · 36:40
Exodus 6:14 · 6:15 · 6:25 · 12:21
Leviticus 20:5 · 25:10 · 25:41 · 25:45 · 25:47 · 25:49
Numbers 1:2 · 1:18 · 2:34 · Chapter 3 · 3:15 · 3:18 · 3:19 · 3:20 · 3:21 · 3:43 · 4:18 · 11:10 · Chapter 26 · 27:4 · 27:11 · 33:54 · 36:6 · 36:8 · 36:12
Deuteronomy 29:17*
Joshua 6:23 · 6:25 · 7:14 · 7:17
Judges 1:25 · 9:1 · 13:2 · 17:7 · 18:1 · 18:2 · 18:11 · 18:19 · 21:24
Ruth 2:1 · 2:3
1 Samuel 1:18 · 9:21 · 10:21 · 20:6 · 20:29
2 Samuel 14:7 · 16:5
1 Chronicles 2:53 · 2:55 · 4:2 · 4:8 · 4:21 · 4:27 · 4:38 · 5:7 · 6:4* · 6:45* · 7:5 · 16:28
Nehemiah 4:7*
Esther 9:28
Job 31:34 · 32:2
Psalms 22:28* · 96:7 · 107:41
Jeremiah 1:15 · 2:4 · 3:14 · 8:3 · 10:25 · 15:3 · 25:9 · 31:1 · 33:24
Ezekiel 20:32
Amos 3:1 · 3:2
Micah 2:3
Nahum 3:4
Zechariah 12:12 · 14:17 · 14:18