Hebrew
מִשְׁפָּחָה mish·pa·chah
“family” · 303 times in the Old Testament
Through the Bible
- “clans” 228
- “families” 26
- “(not translated)” 5
- “according to their clans” 4
- “(not aligned)” 4
- other ways 36
As a table, book by book
| Book | Times |
|---|---|
| Genesis | 12 |
| Exodus | 7 |
| Leviticus | 6 |
| Numbers | 159 |
| Deuteronomy | 1 |
| Joshua | 47 |
| Judges | 8 |
| Ruth | 2 |
| 1 Samuel | 7 |
| 2 Samuel | 2 |
| 1 Chronicles | 19 |
| Nehemiah | 1 |
| Esther | 2 |
| Job | 2 |
| Psalms | 3 |
| Jeremiah | 9 |
| Ezekiel | 1 |
| Amos | 2 |
| Micah | 1 |
| Nahum | 1 |
| Zechariah | 11 |
How the BSB translates it
Each way the Berean Standard Bible puts it into English, and how often.
With a pronoun joined
Hebrew joins “me”, “you”, “him” and the like to the end of a word.
Where it occurs
Grouped by how it’s translated, then by book. Each reference opens the verse.
“clans” 228
Genesis 3
Exodus 6
- 6:14 …Hezron and Carmi These were the clans of Reuben…
- 6:15 …a Canaanite woman These were the clans of Simeon…
- 6:17 …were Libni and Shimei by their clans
- 6:19 …Mahli and Mushi These were the clans of the Levites according…
- 6:24 …Elkanah and Abiasaph These were the clans of the Korahites…
- 6:25 …of the Levite families by their clans
Leviticus 5
Numbers 66
- 1:2 …whole congregation of Israel by their clans and families listing every…
- 1:18 …recorded their ancestry by clans and families counting one…
- 1:20 …according to the records of their clans and families counting one…
- 1:22 …according to the records of their clans and families counting one…
- 1:24 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:26 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:28 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:30 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:32 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:34 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:36 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:38 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:40 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 1:42 …according to the records of their clans and families counting the…
- 2:34 …same way each man with his clan and his family…
- 3:15 …Levites by their families and clans You are to count…
- 3:18 …the sons of Gershon by their clans Libni and Shimei…
- 3:19 …The sons of Kohath by their clans were Amram Izhar Hebron…
- 3:20 …the sons of Merari by their clans were Mahli and Mushi…
- 3:20 …and Mushi These were the clans of the Levites according…
- 3:21 …Gershon came the Libnite clan and the Shimeite clan…
- 3:21 …clan and the Shimeite clan these were the Gershonite…
- 3:21 …these were the Gershonite clans
- 3:23 …The Gershonite clans were to camp on…
- 3:27 …From Kohath came the clans of the Amramites the…
- 3:27 …and the Uzzielites these were the clans of the Kohathites…
- 3:29 The clans of the Kohathites were…
- 3:33 …From Merari came the clans of the Mahlites and…
- 3:33 …these were the Merarite clans
- 3:39 …Moses and Aaron counted by their clans at the LORD’s command…
- 4:2 …Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families…
- 4:18 …allow the Kohathite tribal clans to be cut off…
- 4:22 …well by their families and clans
- 4:24 …service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport…
- 4:28 …service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of…
- 4:29 …are to number them by their clans and families…
- 4:33 …service of the Merarite clans according to all their…
- 4:34 …congregation numbered the Kohathites by their clans and families…
- 4:36 …And those numbered by their clans totaled…
- 4:37 …counted from the Kohathite clans everyone who could serve…
- 4:38 …the Gershonites were numbered by their clans and families…
- 4:40 …And those numbered by their clans and families totaled…
- 4:41 …counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the…
- 4:42 …the Merarites were numbered by their clans and families…
- 4:44 …The men registered by their clans numbered…
- 4:45 …counted from the Merarite clans whom Moses and Aaron…
- 4:46 …leaders of Israel numbered by their clans and families all the…
- 26:5 …of Reuben The Hanochite clan from Hanoch the Palluite…
- 26:5 …from Hanoch the Palluite clan from Pallu…
- 26:6 …the Hezronite clan from Hezron and the…
- 26:6 …Hezron and the Carmite clan from Carmi…
- 26:7 …These were the clans of Reuben and their…
- 26:12 …the descendants of Simeon by their clans The Nemuelite clan from…
- 26:12 …their clans The Nemuelite clan from Nemuel the Jaminite…
- 26:12 …from Nemuel the Jaminite clan from Jamin the Jachinite…
- 26:12 …from Jamin the Jachinite clan from Jachin…
- 26:13 …the Zerahite clan from Zerah and the…
- 26:13 …Zerah and the Shaulite clan from Shaul…
- 26:14 …These were the clans of Simeon and there…
- 26:15 …the descendants of Gad by their clans The Zephonite clan from…
- 26:15 …their clans The Zephonite clan from Zephon the Haggite…
- 26:15 …from Zephon the Haggite clan from Haggi the Shunite…
- 26:15 …from Haggi the Shunite clan from Shuni…
- 26:16 …the Oznite clan from Ozni the Erite…
- 26:16 …from Ozni the Erite clan from Eri…
- 26:17 …the Arodite clan from Arod and the…
And 148 more, on the full page.
“families” 26
Genesis 2
Leviticus 1
- 20:5 …face against that man and his family and cut off from…
Numbers 2
Joshua 1
- 6:23 …brought out her whole family and settled them outside…
Judges 2
2 Samuel 1
- 16:5 …approached Bahurim a man from the family of the house of…
1 Chronicles 1
- 7:5 …kinsmen belonging to all the families of Issachar who were…
Nehemiah 1
- 4:13 …areas I stationed them by families with their swords spears…
Esther 2
Job 1
- 32:2 …of Barachel the Buzite of the family of Ram He burned…
Psalms 2
Jeremiah 7
- 2:4 …of Jacob and all you families of the house of…
- 3:14 …a city and two from a family and bring you to…
- 8:3 …remnant of this evil family will choose death over…
- 10:25 …acknowledge You and on the families that do not call…
- 25:9 …I will summon all the families of the north declares…
- 31:1 …the God of all the families of Israel and they…
- 33:24 …has rejected the two families He had chosen So…
Amos 2
Zechariah 1
- 14:17 …And should any of the families of the earth not…
Not translated: the English carries it without a word 5
“according to their clans” 4
Genesis 2
1 Chronicles 2
“kindred” 3
“tribes” 3
“within a clan” 2
“within the clans” 2
“o families” 2
“kind by kind” 1
Genesis 1
- 8:19 …out of the ark kind by kind
“according to their families” 1
Genesis 1
- 36:40 …names of Esau’s chiefs according to their families and regions by their…
“each family” 1
Exodus 1
- 12:21 …for yourselves a lamb for each family and slaughter the Passover…
“mushites” 1
Numbers 1
- 3:33 …clans of the Mahlites and Mushites these were the Merarite…
“merarites” 1
Numbers 1
- 4:42 And the Merarites were numbered by their…
“included the clans” 1
Numbers 1
- 26:28 …The descendants of Joseph included the clans of Manasseh and Ephraim…
“clans were” 1
Numbers 1
- 26:37 …their registration numbered These clans were the descendants of Joseph…
“clan from ard” 1
Numbers 1
- 26:40 …Naaman were the Ardite clan from Ard and the Naamite clan…
“were” 1
Numbers 1
- 26:50 These were the clans of Naphtali…
“belonged to the clans” 1
Numbers 1
- 27:1 …the son of Manasseh belonged to the clans of Manasseh son of…
“according to your clans” 1
Numbers 1
- 33:54 …the land by lot according to your clans Give a larger inheritance…
“one of the clans” 1
Numbers 1
- 36:1 …Machir son of Manasseh one of the clans of Joseph approached Moses…
“clan by clan” 1
Joshua 1
- 7:14 …selects shall come forward clan by clan and the clan that…
“all this was for the clans” 1
Joshua 1
- 13:31 …of Og in Bashan All this was for the clans of the descendants of…
“from” 1
Judges 1
- 18:11 …six hundred Danites departed from Zorah and Eshtaol armed…
“not my clan” 1
1 Samuel 1
- 9:21 …smallest tribe of Israel and is not my clan the least of all…
“among their families” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 6:60 …thirteen cities in all among their families
“rest” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 6:61 To the rest of the Kohathites ten…
“some of the clans” 1
1 Chronicles 1
- 6:66 And some of the clans of the Kohathites were…
“kinds of destroyers” 1
Jeremiah 1
- 15:3 …appoint over them four kinds of destroyers declares the LORD the…
“like the peoples” 1
Ezekiel 1
- 20:32 …be like the nations like the peoples of the lands serving…
“nation” 1
Micah 1
- 2:3 …am planning against this nation a disaster from which…
“each” 1
Zechariah 1
- 12:12 …The land will mourn each clan on its own…
“people” 1
Zechariah 1
- 14:18 …And if the people of Egypt will not…
In our notes
The Hebrew and Greek words, their glosses and grammar: STEP Bible (CC BY 4.0). The English: the Berean Standard Bible, which also gives which English words render which. Counts are ours.