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Lexicon :: Strong's H8198 - šip̄ḥâ

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שִׁפְחָה
Transliteration
šip̄ḥâ
Pronunciation
shif-khaw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה (H4940))
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TWOT Reference: 2442a

Strong’s Definitions

שִׁפְחָה shiphchâh, shif-khaw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household):—(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H8198 in the following manner: handmaid (29x), maid (12x), maidservant (8x), bondwomen (3x), maiden (3x), womenservants (3x), handmaidens (2x), bondmaid (1x), servant (1x), wench (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H8198 in the following manner: handmaid (29x), maid (12x), maidservant (8x), bondwomen (3x), maiden (3x), womenservants (3x), handmaidens (2x), bondmaid (1x), servant (1x), wench (1x).

  1. maid, maid-servant, slavegirl

    1. maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)

    2. of address, speaker, humility (fig)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שִׁפְחָה shiphchâh, shif-khaw'; feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household):—(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
STRONGS H8198: Abbreviations
† שִׁפְחָה noun feminine maid, maid-servant (synonym אָמָה, which see; originally = concubine ? compare √); — absolute שׁ׳ Genesis 16:1 +; construct שִׁפְחַת Genesis 16:2 +; suffix שִׁפְחָתִי Genesis 16:2 +, etc.; plural absolute שְׁפָחוֺת Genesis 12:16 +; suffix שִׁפְחֹתֶ֑ךָ Ruth 2:13, etc.; —
1. literally, maid, maid-servant, as belonging to a mistress Genesis 16:1, 3, 6, 8 (PJ) Genesis 29:24; Genesis 29:29 (P) Psalm 123:2; Proverbs 30:23; Isaiah 24:2; even where concubine of master (compare אָמָה) Genesis 16:2, 5 (PJ) Genesis 25:12; Genesis 35:25, 26 (P) Genesis 30:4, 7, 9, 10, 12, 18 (all J E); less often reference to master Genesis 29:24, 29 (J), Ruth 2:13, of concubine Genesis 32:23, compare Genesis 33:1, 2, 6 (all J); marriageable Leviticus 19:20 (H, compare Exodus 11:5; not elsewhere in legisl.); in general, especially of menial service (never אָמָה) Exodus 11:5 (J) 1 Samuel 25:41 (opposed to אָמָה) 2 Samuel 17:17 (|| עֶבֶד) Genesis 12:16; Genesis 24:35(J) Genesis 20:14 (E) Genesis 30:43 (P) Genesis 32:6 (J; collective) Deuteronomy 28:68; 1 Samuel 8:16; 2 Kings 5:26; Isaiah 14:2; Jeremiah 34:9, 10, 11 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 34:16 (twice in verse); Joel 3:2; Ecclesiastes 2:7; 2 Chronicles 28:10; Esther 7:4.
2. figurative in address, שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ, etc., of speaker, in token of humility (see אָמָה) Ruth 2:13 (|| אָמָה Ruth 3:9), 1 Samuel 1:18 (|| id. 1 Samuel 1:16), 1 Samuel 25:27, (|| 1 Samuel 25:24f.), 1 Samuel 28:21, 22; 2 Samuel 14:6, 7, 12 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 14:15, 17, 19; (|| אָמָה 2 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 14:16); 2 Kings 4:2, 16; not toward God; but see אָמָה.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

12:16; 12:16; 16:1; 16:1; 16:2; 16:2; 16:2; 16:3; 16:5; 16:6; 16:8; 20:14; 24:35; 25:12; 29:24; 29:24; 29:29; 29:29; 30:4; 30:7; 30:9; 30:10; 30:12; 30:18; 30:43; 32:6; 32:23; 33:1; 33:2; 33:6; 35:25; 35:26

Exodus

11:5; 11:5

Leviticus

19:20

Deuteronomy

28:68

Ruth

2:13; 2:13; 2:13; 3:9

1 Samuel

1:16; 1:18; 8:16; 25:24; 25:27; 25:41; 28:21; 28:22

2 Samuel

14:6; 14:7; 14:12; 14:15; 14:15; 14:16; 14:17; 14:19; 17:17

2 Kings

4:2; 4:16; 5:26

2 Chronicles

28:10

Esther

7:4

Psalms

123:2

Proverbs

30:23

Ecclesiastes

2:7

Isaiah

14:2; 24:2

Jeremiah

34:9; 34:10; 34:11; 34:16

Joel

3:2

H8198

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8198 matches the Hebrew שִׁפְחָה (šip̄ḥâ),
which occurs 63 times in 58 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 12:16–Pro 30:23)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore Pharaoh treated Abram well for her sake; he acquired sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.

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Now Sarai, Abram’s wife, had not borne him any children, and she had an Egyptian maid whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai said to Abram, “See here, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. I am asking you to go in to [the bed of] my maid [so that she may bear you a child]; perhaps I will [fn]obtain children by her.” And Abram listened to Sarai and did as she said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - After Abram had lived in the land of Canaan ten years, Abram’s wife Sarai took Hagar the Egyptian [maid], and gave her to her husband Abram to be his [secondary] wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - Then Sarai said to Abram, “May [the responsibility for] the wrong done to me [by the arrogant behavior of Hagar] be upon you. I gave my maid into your arms, and when she realized that she had conceived, I was despised and looked on with disrespect. May the LORD judge [who has done right] between you and me.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram said to Sarai, “Look, your maid is entirely in your hands and subject to your authority; do as you please with her.” So Sarai treated her harshly and humiliated her, and Hagar fled from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And He said, “Hagar, Sarai’s maid, where did you come from and where are you going?” And she said, “I am running away from my mistress Sarai.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abimelech took sheep and oxen and male and female slaves, and gave them to Abraham, and returned Sarah his wife to him [as God commanded].

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become great (wealthy, powerful); He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 -

Now [fn]these are the records of the descendants of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s maid, bore to Abraham;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - Laban also gave Zilpah his maid to his daughter Leah as a maid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - Laban also gave Bilhah his maid to his daughter Rachel as a maid.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave him Bilhah her maid as a [[fn]secondary] wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - Bilhah, Rachel’s maid, conceived again and gave birth to a second son for Jacob.

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When Leah saw that she had stopped bearing [children], she took Zilpah her maid and gave her to Jacob as a [[fn]secondary] wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a son for Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - Zilpah, Leah’s maid, gave birth to a second son for Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, “God has given me my reward because I have given my maid to my husband.” So she named him [fn]Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So Jacob became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks [of sheep and goats], and female and male servants, and camels and donkeys.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants; and I have sent [this message] to tell my lord, so that I may find grace and kindness in your sight.”’”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 -

But he got up that same night and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children, and waded over the ford of the Jabbok.

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Then Jacob looked up, and saw Esau coming with four hundred men. So he divided the children among Leah and Rachel and the two maids.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the maids and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph last of all.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the maids approached with their children, and they bowed down.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - and the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid: Dan and Naphtali;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - and the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid: Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob born to him in Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all the firstborn in the land [the pride, hope, and joy] of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the slave girl who is behind the hand-mill, and all the firstborn of cattle as well.

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‘Now if a man has intimate relations with a woman who is a slave acquired for [marriage to] another man, but who has not been redeemed nor given her freedom, there shall be punishment [after an investigation]; they shall not be put to death, because she was not free;

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - “The LORD will bring you back to Egypt in ships, by the way about which I said to you, ‘You will never see it again!’ And there you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no one to buy you.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, for you have comforted me and have spoken kindly to your maidservant, though I am not as one of your maidservants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - Hannah said, “Let your maidservant find grace and favor in your sight.” So the woman went on her way and ate, and her face was no longer sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “He will take your male servants and your female servants and your best young men and your donkeys and use them for his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - “Now this gift, which your maidservant has brought my lord, let it be given to the young men who [fn]accompany and follow my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she stood and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant is [ready to be] a maid to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - The woman came to Saul and saw that he was greatly troubled, and she said to him, “Look, your maidservant has obeyed you, and I have taken my life in my hand and have listened to everything you said to me.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now, please listen to the voice of your maidservant, and let me set a piece of bread before you, and eat, so that you may have strength when you go on your way.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - “Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled and fought in the field. There was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “Now behold, the entire family has risen against your maidservant, and they say, ‘Hand over the one who killed his brother, so that we may [fn]put him to death [to pay] for the life of his brother whom he killed and destroy the heir also.’ By doing this they will extinguish my coal that is left, leaving my husband without a name or a remnant (heir) on the face of the earth.”

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Then the woman said, “Please let your maidservant speak one more word to my lord the king.” He said, “Speak.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “Now I came to speak of this matter to my lord the king because the people have made me afraid. So your maidservant thought, ‘I will just speak to the king; perhaps the king will do what his maidservant requests.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your maidservant said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king be comforting, for my lord the king is as the angel of God to discern good and evil. May the LORD your God be with you.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all of this?” And the woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right or to the left from anything that my lord the king has said. Indeed, it was your servant Joab who commanded me; he put all these words in the mouth of your maidservant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz [the priests’ sons] were staying at [fn]En-rogel, and a maidservant [appearing to go for water] would go and tell them [what was happening], and they would go [secretly] and inform King David; for they could not [allow themselves to] be seen coming into the city [of Jerusalem].

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me, what do you have [of value] in the house?” She said, “Your maidservant has nothing in the house except a [small] jar of [olive] oil.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Elisha said, “At this season next year, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord. O man of God, do not lie to your maidservant.”

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Elisha said to him, “Did my heart not go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a [proper] time to accept money and clothing and olive orchards and vineyards and sheep and oxen and male and female servants?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - “And now you intend to subjugate the people of Judah and Jerusalem as male and female slaves for yourselves. But are you yourselves not guilty of transgressions against the LORD your God?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we have been sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, killed and wiped out of existence. Now if we had only been sold as slaves, men and women, I would have remained silent, for our hardship would not be sufficient to burden the king [by even mentioning it].”

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Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master,

And as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress,

So our eyes look to the LORD our God,

Until He is gracious and favorable toward us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 -

Under an unloved woman when she gets married,

And under a maidservant when she supplants her mistress.


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