שִׁפְחָה
šipḥâ
maid
Strong's H8198NounHebrewTWOT 2442a

שִׁפְחָה (šipḥâ) is a Hebrew noun meaning maid. It appears 63 times in 16 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H8198).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2442a)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2442a)maid, maid-servant; female slave; maiden, maidservant, wench, bondwoman, womanservant
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שִׁפְחָה noun, feminine: maid, maid-servant

maid, maid-servant

Strong's H8198 שִׁפְחָה: a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV:(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

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.

Root family 2442: שׁפח špḥ — Root of: מִשְׁפָּחָה clan; שִׁפְחָה maid, maid-servant

See it in Scripture

Genesis 12:16Exodus 11:5Leviticus 19:20

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