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Strong's #8198 - שִׁפְחָה

Transliteration

shiphchâh

Phonetics

shif-khaw'

Root Word (Etymology)

from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family

Parts of Speech

Noun, Femine

TWOT

2442a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs'

1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl

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

1b) of address, speaker, humility (figuratively)

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 1135 ‑ γυνή (goo‑nay'); 3814 ‑ παιδίσκη (pahee‑dis'‑kay);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

KJV (61)

Genesis 26

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

NAS (70)

Genesis 29

Exodus 2

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 12

Joel 1

HCS (62)

Genesis 28

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

BSB (70)

Genesis 35

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

ESV (59)

Genesis 28

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 4

WEB (61)

Genesis 27

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

KJV (61)

bondmaid 1

bondwomen 3

handmaid 21

handmaidens 2

handmaids 7

maid 11

maiden 2

maidens 1

maidservant 3

maidservants 5

servant 1

wench 1

womenservants 3

NAS (70)

female 17

girl 1

maid 20

maids 5

maidservant 15

maidservants 1

servant 3

servants 5

slave 2

women 1

HCS (62)

* 17

a servant girl 1

a servant girl's 1

as her slave 1

female servant 1

female servants 2

female slaves 4

is a slave 1

male and female slaves 1

servant 12

servant girl 2

slave 19

BSB (70)

* 1

And your maidservant 1

May your maidservant 1

Then the maidservants 1

Your servant 3

a slave girl 1

again 1

and a maidservant 1

and female slaves 1

and maidservants 10

and women 1

as her maidservant 1

her servant 2

his servant girl 2

maid 1

maidservant 8

maidservants 6

may your servant 1

my maidservant 3

my servant 2

of a maidservant 1

of the servant girl 1

of your servant girls 1

ready to serve 1

servant 5

the maidservants 1

to your maidservant 1

to your servant 1

where a servant girl 1

your maidservant 4

your servant 3

ESV (59)

female 5

female servants 9

female slaves 2

maid 1

maidservant 2

servant 34

servants 3

slave 1

slaves 1

women 1

WEB (61)

* 2

Let your handmaid 1

Please let your handmaid 1

She had a handmaid 1

Then the handmaids 1

Then your handmaid 1

Your handmaid 2

against your handmaid 1

and a female servant 1

and a handmaid 1

and bondmaids 2

and female servants 5

and for bondmaids 1

and for handmaids 3

and on the handmaids 1

and the handmaids 1

and your handmaid 1

as with the maid 1

female servants 2

for a handmaid 1

handmaid 7

handmaids 2

her handmaid 3

his female 2

his handmaid 3

is a servant 1

my handmaid 1

of a maid 1

of the servants 1

of your handmaid 2

of your handmaidens 1

the handmaids 1

to be her handmaid 1

to my handmaid 1

to your handmaid 2

which your servant 1

who is a slave 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

2863) h p s (סהפהה ShPHh) AC: Join CO: ? AB: ?: [from: hp]

e^f1 ) e h p i s (סהיפההה ShYPHhH) - Maid: As joined to a mistress. KJV (63): handmaid, maid, maidservant, bondwoman, maiden, womanservant, bondmaid, servant, wench - Strongs: H8198 (שִׁפְחָה)

h^f1) e h p s m (מסהפההה MShPHhH) - Family: As joined together. KJV (300): family, kindred, kinds - Strongs: H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שִׁפְחָה noun feminine maid, maid-servant (synonym אָמָה, q. v.; 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.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

שִׁפְחָה f. famula (as if a noun of unity, one of a family), a maid-servant, Genesis 16:1, 29:24. As to its difference from אָמָה, see 1 Samuel 25:41, לְשִׁפְחָה הִנֵּה אֲמָֽתְךָ “behold, thy handmaid is a servant,” i.e. I am thy household servant to wait on thee.

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List of Word Forms

בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃ בשפחתך׃ הַשְּׁפָח֑וֹת הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹת הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת׃ הַשִּׁפְחָ֔ה הַשִּׁפְחָה֙ השפחה השפחות השפחות׃ וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹת וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ וְשִׁפְחָ֑ה וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת וּשְׁפָחֹ֔ת וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ וּשְׁפָחוֹת֙ ולשפחות ולשפחות׃ ולשפחתך ושפחה ושפחות ושפחות׃ ושפחת כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖ה כשפחה לְשִׁפְחָ֔ה לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃ לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ לשפחה לשפחה׃ לשפחתך שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם שִׁפְחַ֣ת שִׁפְחַ֥ת שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ שִׁפְחָ֥ה שִׁפְחָֽה׃ שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ שִׁפְחָה֙ שִׁפְחָה֮ שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ שִׁפְחָת֔וֹ שִׁפְחָת֛וֹ שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖ שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ שִׁפְחָתִ֔י שִׁפְחָתִ֖י שִׁפְחָתִי֙ שִׁפְחָתֵךְ֙ שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּ שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּ שִׁפְחָתוֹ֙ שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃ שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יו שפחה שפחה׃ שפחותיכם שפחת שפחתה שפחתו שפחתי שפחתיו שפחתיך׃ שפחתך bə·šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā beshifchaTecha bəšip̄ḥāṯeḵā haš·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ haš·šip̄·ḥāh hashshefaChot hashshifChah haššəp̄āḥōwṯ haššip̄ḥāh kaš·šip̄·ḥāh kashshifChah kaššip̄ḥāh lə·šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā lə·šip̄·ḥāh leshifChah leshifchateCha ləšip̄ḥāh ləšip̄ḥāṯəḵā shifChah shifChat shifchaTah shifchateCh shifchaTecha shifchaTi shifchaTo shifchoTav shifchoTeicha shifChoteiChem šip̄·ḥā·ṯāh šip̄·ḥā·ṯe·ḵā šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā šip̄·ḥā·ṯêḵ šip̄·ḥā·ṯî šip̄·ḥā·ṯōw šip̄·ḥāh šip̄·ḥaṯ šip̄·ḥō·ṯāw šip̄·ḥō·ṯe·ḵā šip̄·ḥō·w·ṯê·ḵem šip̄ḥāh šip̄ḥaṯ šip̄ḥāṯāh šip̄ḥāṯêḵ šip̄ḥāṯeḵā šip̄ḥāṯəḵā šip̄ḥāṯî šip̄ḥāṯōw šip̄ḥōṯāw šip̄ḥōṯeḵā šip̄ḥōwṯêḵem ū·lə·šip̄·ḥā·ṯə·ḵā ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ ū·šə·p̄ā·ḥōṯ uleshifchateCha ūləšip̄ḥāṯəḵā ūšəp̄āḥōṯ ūšəp̄āḥōwṯ ushefaChot velishfaChot veshifChah wə·liš·p̄ā·ḥō·wṯ wə·šip̄·ḥāh wəlišp̄āḥōwṯ wəšip̄ḥāh