Bible Dictionaries
Midwife
King James Dictionary
MID'WIFE, n. supposed by Junius and Skinner to be meedwife, a woman that has a reward. This is probably a mistake. The word is a compound of mid, with, and wif,a woman in analogy with the L. obstetrix, from obsto, obstiti, to stand before. L. cum, with, and madre, mother, which is precisely analogous to midwife.
A woman that assists other women in childbirth.
MID'WIFE, To perform the office of midwife.
MID'WIFE, To assist in childbirth.
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Entry for 'Midwife'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/m/midwife.html.