מִשְׁפָּחָה (mišpāḥâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning clan. It appears
304 times
in 21 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H4940).
Also rendered
family
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2442b)
Range of meaning (TWOT 2442b)clan; guild; species, kind; aristocrats; family, circle of relatives, class, sort, tribe, people; kindred
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
מִשְׁפָּחָהnoun, feminine: clan
1.clan
2.guild
3.species, kind
4.plural = aristocrats
Strong's H4940מִשְׁפָּחָה: 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 KJV:family, kind(-red).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.