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the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33

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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #8198 - שִׁפְחָה

Transliteration

shiphchâh

Phonetics

shif-khaw'

Origin

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

Parts of Speech

feminine noun

TWOT

2442a

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1. maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
2. of address, speaker, humility (fig)

Greek Equivalent Words:

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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (64)

Genesis 28

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 7

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

BSB (60)

Genesis 28

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

CSB (42)

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

ESV (61)

Genesis 28

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 5

Joel 1

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

LEB (60)

Genesis 27

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 1

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 3

2 Chronicles 1

Psalms 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 6

Joel 1

LSB (72)

Genesis 29

Exodus 1

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 1

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 12

Joel 2

N95 (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

NAS (89)

Genesis 32

Exodus 2

Leviticus 1

Deuteronomy 2

Ruth 2

1 Samuel 6

2 Samuel 7

2 Kings 4

2 Chronicles 2

Esther 2

Proverbs 1

Ecclesiastes 2

Isaiah 3

Jeremiah 12

Joel 2

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

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

ASV (64)

against thy handmaid 1

and a handmaid 1

and a maid-servant 1

and bondwomen 2

and for bondwomen 1

and for handmaids 3

and maid-servants 6

and she had a handmaid 1

and the handmaids 1

and thy handmaid 2

and upon the handmaids 1

and women-servants 1

and your maid-servants 1

as with the maid 1

behold, thy maid 1

for a handmaid 1

handmaid 7

handmaids 2

her handmaid 3

his handmaid 3

his maid-servant 2

i pray thee, unto my handmaid 1

is a servant 1

let thy handmaid 2

my handmaid 2

of a maid 1

of the maid-servant 1

of the servants 1

of thy handmaid 2

of thy handmaidens 1

that is a bondmaid 1

the handmaids 1

then the handmaids 1

then thy handmaid 1

thy handmaid 1

to be her handmaid 1

unto him, behold, thy handmaid 1

unto thy handmaid 2

which thy servant 1

BSB (60)

a slave girl 1

again 1

and a maidservant 1

and female slaves 1

and maidservants 9

and now your servant 1

and women 1

and your maidservant 1

as her maidservant 1

her servant 2

his servant girl 2

maid 1

maidservant 6

maidservants 6

may your maidservant 1

may your servant 1

my maidservant 2

my servant 1

of a maidservant 1

of the servant girl 1

of your servant girls 1

ready to serve 1

servant 4

the maidservants 1

then the maidservants 1

to your maidservant 1

to your servant 1

where a servant girl 1

your maidservant 4

your servant 4

CSB (42)

girl 3

girl's 1

servant 13

servants 2

slave 19

slaves 4

ESV (61)

female 5

female servants 9

female slaves 2

handmaids 1

maid 1

maidservant 2

servant 34

servants 3

slave 1

slave girl 1

slaves 1

women 1

KJV (61)

bondmaid 1

bondwomen 3

handmaid 20

handmaid to be her maid 1

handmaidens 2

handmaids 7

maid 10

maid for an handmaid 1

maiden 2

maidens 1

maidservant 3

maidservants 5

servant 1

wench 1

womenservants 3

LEB (60)

a maid 1

and a maid 1

and as female slaves 2

and female servants 1

and female slaves 6

and your servant 1

as a female servant 2

as a slave 1

as with the female slave 1

female slave 4

female slaves 3

had my slave 1

her female slave 2

his female slave 5

his female slaves 1

is a female slave 1

let your servant 1

may your female slave 1

my servant 1

my slave girl 1

servant 1

so a servant girl 1

the female slave of 5

the female slaves 3

the slave woman 1

then the female slaves 1

to your servant 1

your female servant 3

your female slaves 1

your servant 4

your servants 1

your slave 1

LSB (72)

female 18

girl 2

servants 1

slave 5

slaves 7

woman 33

women 6

N95 (70)

female 17

girl 1

maid 20

maids 5

maidservant 15

maidservants 1

servant 3

servants 5

slave 2

women 1

NAS (89)

female 26

girl 1

servant 19

servants 5

slave 25

slaves 1

woman 7

women 5

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (61)

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

let your handmaid 1

my handmaid 1

of a maid 1

of the servants 1

of your handmaid 2

of your handmaidens 1

please let your handmaid 1

she had a handmaid 1

the handmaids 1

then the handmaids 1

then your handmaid 1

to be her handmaid 1

to my handmaid 1

to your handmaid 2

which your servant 1

who is a slave 1

your handmaid 2

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