מִשְׁפָּחָה
mishpâchâh · mish-paw-khaw'
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
Lexicon
Derivation: from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (compare H8198 (שִׁפְחָה));
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
- 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
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: family, kind(-red).
Letters
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to separate and protect › to reveal, behold
Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to separate and protect that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מִשְׁפָּחָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
303 occurrences · 303 OT · 0 NT · 106 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- the family68 · 28%
- after their families39 · 16%
- according to their families25 · 10%
- these are the families20 · 8%
- of the families16 · 7%
- by their families15 · 6%
- throughout their families7 · 3%
- of the family7 · 3%
- and the families5 · 2%
- and the family5 · 2%
- family4 · 2%
- all the families4 · 2%
- of all the families4 · 2%
- was the family3 · 1%
- the families3 · 1%
- for the families2 · 1%
- out of the families2 · 1%
- apart; the family2 · 1%
- every family2 · 1%
- to my kindred1 · 0%
- of my kindred1 · 0%
- and to my kindred1 · 0%
- thee: and in thee shall all families1 · 0%
- were the families1 · 0%
- after their kinds1 · 0%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.