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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 - Abram vero bene usi sunt propter illam fueruntque ei oves et boves et asini et servi et famulae et asinae et cameli

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - igitur Sarai uxor Abram non genuerat liberos sed habens ancillam aegyptiam nomine Agar

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - dixit marito suo ecce conclusit me Dominus ne parerem ingredere ad ancillam meam si forte saltem ex illa suscipiam filios cumque ille adquiesceret deprecanti

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - tulit Agar Aegyptiam ancillam suam post annos decem quam habitare coeperant in terra Chanaan et dedit eam viro suo uxorem

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - dixitque Sarai ad Abram inique agis contra me ego dedi ancillam meam in sinum tuum quae videns quod conceperit despectui me habet iudicet Dominus inter me et te

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - cui respondens Abram ecce ait ancilla tua in manu tua est utere ea ut libet adfligente igitur eam Sarai fugam iniit

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - dixit ad eam Agar ancilla Sarai unde venis et quo vadis quae respondit a facie Sarai dominae meae ego fugio

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - tulit igitur Abimelech oves et boves et servos et ancillas et dedit Abraham reddiditque illi Sarram uxorem suam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - et Dominus benedixit domino meo valde magnificatusque est et dedit ei oves et boves argentum et aurum servos et ancillas camelos et asinos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - hae sunt generationes Ismahel filii Abraham quem peperit ei Agar Aegyptia famula Sarrae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - dans ancillam filiae Zelpham nomine ad quam cum ex more Iacob fuisset ingressus facto mane vidit Liam

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - cui pater servam Balam dederat

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - deditque illi Balam in coniugium quae

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - rursumque Bala concipiens peperit alterum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - sentiens Lia quod parere desisset Zelpham ancillam suam marito tradidit

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - qua post conceptum edente filium

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - peperit quoque Zelpha alterum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - et ait dedit Deus mercedem mihi quia dedi ancillam meam viro meo appellavitque nomen illius Isachar

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - ditatusque est homo ultra modum et habuit greges multos ancillas et servos camelos et asinos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - habeo boves et asinos oves et servos atque ancillas mittoque nunc legationem ad dominum meum ut inveniam gratiam in conspectu tuo

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - cumque mature surrexisset tulit duas uxores suas et totidem famulas cum undecim filiis et transivit vadum Iaboc

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - levans autem Iacob oculos suos vidit venientem Esau et cum eo quadringentos viros divisitque filios Liae et Rahel ambarumque famularum

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - et posuit utramque ancillam et liberos earum in principio Liam vero et filios eius in secundo loco Rahel autem et Ioseph novissimos

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - et adpropinquantes ancillae et filii earum incurvati sunt

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - filii Balae ancillae Rahelis Dan et Nepthalim

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - filii Zelphae ancillae Liae Gad et Aser hii filii Iacob qui nati sunt ei in Mesopotamiam Syriae

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - et morietur omne primogenitum in terra Aegyptiorum a primogenito Pharaonis qui sedet in solio eius usque ad primogenitum ancillae quae est ad molam et omnia primogenita iumentorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - homo si dormierit cum muliere coitu seminis quae sit ancilla etiam nubilis et tamen pretio non redempta nec libertate donata vapulabunt ambo et non morientur quia non fuit libera

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum per viam de qua dixi tibi ut eam amplius non videres ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas et non erit qui emat

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - quae ait inveni gratiam ante oculos tuos domine mi qui consolatus es me et locutus es ad cor ancillae tuae quae non sum similis unius puellarum tuarum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - et illa dixit utinam inveniat ancilla tua gratiam in oculis tuis et abiit mulier in viam suam et comedit vultusque eius non sunt amplius in diversa mutati

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - servos etiam vestros et ancillas et iuvenes optimos et asinos auferet et ponet in opere suo

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - quapropter suscipe benedictionem hanc quam adtulit ancilla tua tibi domino meo et da pueris qui sequuntur te dominum meum

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - quae consurgens adoravit prona in terram et ait ecce famula tua sit in ancillam ut lavet pedes servorum domini mei

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - ingressa est itaque mulier ad Saul et ait conturbatus enim erat valde dixitque ad eum ecce oboedivit ancilla tua voci tuae et posui animam meam in manu mea et audivi sermones tuos quos locutus es ad me

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - nunc igitur audi et tu vocem ancillae tuae ut ponam coram te buccellam panis et comedens convalescas ut possis iter facere

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - et ancillae tuae erant duo filii qui rixati sunt adversum se in agro nullusque erat qui eos prohibere posset et percussit alter alterum et interfecit eum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - et ecce consurgens universa cognatio adversum ancillam tuam dicit trade eum qui percussit fratrem suum ut occidamus eum pro anima fratris sui quem interfecit et deleamus heredem et quaerunt extinguere scintillam meam quae relicta est ut non supersit viro meo nomen et reliquiae super terram

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - dixit ergo mulier loquatur ancilla tua ad dominum meum regem verbum et ait loquere

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - nunc igitur veni ut loquar ad regem dominum meum verbum hoc praesente populo et dixit ancilla tua loquar ad regem si quo modo faciat rex verbum ancillae suae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - dicat ergo ancilla tua ut fiat verbum domini mei regis quasi sacrificium sicut enim angelus Dei sic est dominus meus rex ut nec benedictione nec maledictione moveatur unde et Dominus Deus tuus est tecum

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - et ait rex numquid manus Ioab tecum est in omnibus istis respondit mulier et ait per salutem animae tuae domine mi rex nec ad dextram nec ad sinistram est ex omnibus his quae locutus est dominus meus rex servus enim tuus Ioab ipse praecepit mihi et ipse posuit in os ancillae tuae omnia verba haec

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Ionathan autem et Achimaas stabant iuxta fontem Rogel abiit ancilla et nuntiavit eis et illi profecti sunt ut referrent ad regem David nuntium non enim poterant videri aut introire civitatem

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - cui dixit Heliseus quid vis ut faciam tibi dic mihi quid habes in domo tua at illa respondit non habeo ancilla tua quicquam in domo mea nisi parum olei quo unguear

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - dixit ad eam in tempore isto et in hac eadem hora si vita comes fuerit habebis in utero filium at illa respondit noli quaeso domine mi vir Dei noli mentiri ancillae tuae

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - at ille nonne ait cor meum in praesenti erat quando reversus est homo de curru suo in occursum tui nunc igitur accepisti argentum et accepisti vestes ut emas oliveta et vineta et oves et boves et servos et ancillas

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - insuper filios Iuda et Hierusalem vultis vobis subicere in servos et ancillas quod nequaquam facto opus est peccatis enim super hoc Domino Deo vestro

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - traditi enim sumus ego et populus meus ut conteramur iugulemur et pereamus atque utinam in servos et famulas venderemur esset tolerabile malum et gemens tacerem nunc autem hostis noster est cuius crudelitas redundat in regem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - [Vulgate 122:2] ecce sicut oculi servorum ad manum dominorum suorum sicut oculi ancillae ad manum dominae suae sic oculi nostri ad Dominum Deum nostrum donec misereatur nostri

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - per odiosam mulierem cum in matrimonio fuerit adsumpta et per ancillam cum heres fuerit dominae suae

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