Definition

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

Etymology

from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (compare H8198 (שִׁפְחָה));

Where the KJV renders it

• family
• kind(-red)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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