Genesis 10:5
By these were the isles of the Gentiles divided in their lands; every one after his tongue, after their families, in their nations.
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Families
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Zechariah 14:17
And it shall be, that whoso will not come up of all the families of the earth unto Jerusalem to worship the King, the LORD of hosts, even upon them shall be no rain.
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מִשְׁפָּחָה
mishpâchâh · mish-paw-khaw'
169 times translated as this KJV form301 total Strong's occurrences
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
Strong's KJV usage: family, kind(-red).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 10:5Strong's last: Zechariah 14:17
Open full H4940 profile →אָב
ʼâb · awb
2 times translated as this KJV form1,212 total Strong's occurrences
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
Strong's KJV usage: chief, (fore-) father(-less), × patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 35:5Strong's last: 2 Chronicles 35:12
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bayith · bah'-yith
2 times translated as this KJV form2,046 total Strong's occurrences
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, × great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter) house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Chronicles 35:5Strong's last: Psalms 68:6
Open full H1004 profile →טַף
ṭaph · taf
1 times translated as this KJV form42 total Strong's occurrences
a family (mostly used collectively in the singular)
Strong's KJV usage: (little) children (ones), families.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 47:12Strong's last: Genesis 47:12
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As for the sons of Merari, thou shalt number them after their families, by the house of their fathers;
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This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
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And Moses and Aaron and the chief of the congregation numbered the sons of the Kohathites after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
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And those that were numbered of them by their families were two thousand seven hundred and fifty.
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These were they that were numbered of the families of the Kohathites, all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, which Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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And those that were numbered of the sons of Gershon, throughout their families, and by the house of their fathers,
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Even those that were numbered of them, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers, were two thousand and six hundred and thirty.
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These are they that were numbered of the families of the sons of Gershon, of all that might do service in the tabernacle of the congregation, whom Moses and Aaron did number according to the commandment of the LORD.
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And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
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And those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, throughout their families, by the house of their fathers,
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Even those that were numbered of them after their families, were three thousand and two hundred.
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These be those that were numbered of the families of the sons of Merari, whom Moses and Aaron numbered according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
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All those that were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron and the chief of Israel numbered, after their families, and after the house of their fathers,
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Then Moses heard the people weep throughout their families, every man in the door of his tent: and the anger of the LORD was kindled greatly; Moses also was displeased.
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These are the families of the Reubenites: and they that were numbered of them were forty and three thousand and seven hundred and thirty.
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The sons of Simeon after their families: of Nemuel, the family of the Nemuelites: of Jamin, the family of the Jaminites: of Jachin, the family of the Jachinites:
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These are the families of the Simeonites, twenty and two thousand and two hundred.
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The children of Gad after their families: of Zephon, the family of the Zephonites: of Haggi, the family of the Haggites: of Shuni, the family of the Shunites:
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These are the families of the children of Gad according to those that were numbered of them, forty thousand and five hundred.
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And the sons of Judah after their families were; of Shelah, the family of the Shelanites: of Pharez, the family of the Pharzites: of Zerah, the family of the Zarhites.
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These are the families of Judah according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and sixteen thousand and five hundred.
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Of the sons of Issachar after their families: of Tola, the family of the Tolaites: of Pua, the family of the Punites:
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These are the families of Issachar according to those that were numbered of them, threescore and four thousand and three hundred.
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Of the sons of Zebulun after their families: of Sered, the family of the Sardites: of Elon, the family of the Elonites: of Jahleel, the family of the Jahleelites.
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These are the families of the Zebulunites according to those that were numbered of them, threescore thousand and five hundred.
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family
FAM'ILY, noun [Latin familia.]
1. The collective body of persons who live in one house and under one head or manager; a household, including parents, children and servants, and as the case may be, lodgers or boarders.
2. Those who descend from one common progenitor; a tribe or race; kindred; lineage. Thus the Israelites were a branch of the family of Abraham; and the descendants of Reuben, of Manasseh, etc., were called their families. The whole human race are the family of Adam, the human family
3. Course of descent; genealogy; line of ancestors.
Go and complain thy family is young.
4. Honorable descent; noble or respectable stock. He is a man of family
5. A collection or union of nations or states.
The states of Europe were, by the prevailing maxims of its policy, closely united in one family
6. In popular language, an order, class or genus of animals or of other natural productions, having something in common, by which they are distinguished from others; as, quadrupeds constitute a family of animals, and we speak of the family or families of plants.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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