Hebrew word

mishpâchâh

mish-paw-khaw'

מִשְׁפָּחָה

What it means

a family, i.e. circle of relatives

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

Where it comes from

from shâphâh (שָׁפָה) (compare shiphchâh (שִׁפְחָה))

How the King James translates it

families149
family117
kindred6
kindreds3
kinds2
every1

Every place it appears 278

Genesis8:19 10:5 10:18 10:20 10:31 10:32 12:3 24:38 24:40 24:41 28:14 36:40

Exodus6:14 6:15 6:19 6:24 12:21

Leviticus20:5 25:41 25:45 25:49

Numbers1:2 1:18 1:20 1:22 1:24 1:26 1:28 1:30 1:32 1:34 1:36 1:38 1:40 1:42 2:34 3:15 3:18 3:19 3:20 3:21 3:23 3:27 3:29 3:30 3:33 3:35 3:39 4:2 4:18 4:24 4:28 4:29 4:33 4:34 4:36 4:37 4:38 4:40 4:41 4:42 4:44 4:45 4:46 11:10 26:5 26:6 26:7 26:12 26:13 26:14 26:15 26:16 26:17 26:18 26:20 26:21 26:22 26:23 26:24 26:25 26:26 26:27 26:28 26:29 26:30 26:31 26:32 26:34 26:35 26:36 26:37 26:38 26:39 26:40 26:41 26:42 26:43 26:44 26:45 26:47 26:48 26:49 26:50 26:57 26:58 27:1 27:4 27:11 33:54 36:1 36:6 36:8 36:12

Deuteronomy29:18

Joshua6:23 7:14 7:17 13:23 13:28 15:1 16:5 17:2 18:11 18:21 19:1 19:10 19:16 19:23 19:31 19:39 19:48 21:4 21:5 21:6 21:7 21:10 21:20 21:26 21:27 21:33 21:34 21:40

Judges9:1 13:2 17:7 18:2 18:11 18:19 21:24

Ruth2:1 2:3

1 Samuel9:21 10:21 18:18 20:6 20:29

2 Samuel14:7 16:5

1 Chronicles2:53 2:55 4:2 4:8 4:21 4:27 4:38 5:7 6:19 6:54 6:60 6:61 6:62 6:63 6:66 6:70 6:71 7:5 16:28

Nehemiah4:13

Esther9:28

Job31:34 32:2

Psalms22:27 96:7 107:41

Jeremiah1:15 2:4 3:14 8:3 10:25 15:3 25:9 31:1 33:24

Ezekiel20:32

Amos3:1 3:2

Micah2:3

Nahum3:4

Zechariah12:12 12:13 12:14 14:17 14:18