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Lexicon :: Strong's H8198 - šip̄ḥâ

Aa
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))
Dictionary Aids

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)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 12:16 - Therefore he treated H3190 Abram H87 well H3190 for her sake H5668; and [fn]he gave H1961 him sheep H6629, oxen H1241, male H2543 donkeys H2543, male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants H8198, female H860 donkeys H860, and camels H1581.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 -

Now Sarai H8297, Abram’s H87 wife H802, had not borne H3205 him a H3205 child H3205, but she had an Egyptian H4713 slave H8198 woman H8198 whose name H8034 was Hagar H1904.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “See H2009 now H4994, the LORD H3068 has prevented H6113 me from bearing H3205 children. Please H4994 have H935 relations H935 with H935 my slave H8198 woman H8198; perhaps H194 I will [fn]obtain H1129 children H1129 through H4480 her.” And Abram H87 listened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Sarai H8297.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - And so after H4480 Abram H87 had lived H3427 ten H6235 years H8141 in the land H776 of Canaan H3667, Abram’s H87 wife H802 Sarai H8297 took H3947 Hagar H1904 the Egyptian H4713, her slave H8198 woman H8198, and gave H5414 her to her husband H376 Abram H87 as his wife H802.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - So Sarai H8297 said H559 to Abram H87, “May the wrong H2555 done to me be upon you! I put H5414 my slave H8198 woman H8198 into your [fn]arms H2436, but when she saw H7200 that she had conceived H2029, I was H7043 insignificant H7043 in her [fn]sight H5869. May the LORD H3068 judge H8199 between H996 [fn]you and me.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - But Abram H87 said H559 to Sarai H8297, “Look H2009, your slave H8198 woman H8198 is in your [fn]power H3027; do H6213 to her what H2896 is H2896 good H2896 in your [fn]sight H5869.” So Sarai H8297 treated H6031 her harshly H6031, and she fled H1272 from her presence H6440.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - He said H559, “Hagar H1904, Sarai’s H8297 slave H8198 woman H8198, from where H335 H2088 have you come H935, and where H575 are you going H1980?” And she said H559, “I am fleeing H1272 from the presence H6440 of my mistress H1404 Sarai H8297.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Abimelech H40 then took H3947 sheep H6629 and oxen H1241 and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198, and gave H5414 them to Abraham H85, and returned H7725 his wife H802 Sarah H8283 to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - “The LORD H3068 has greatly H3966 blessed H1288 my master H113, so that he has become H1431 [fn]rich H1431; and He has given H5414 him flocks H6629 and herds H1241, and silver H3701 and gold H2091, and servants H5650 and slave H8198 women H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 -

Now these H428 are the records of the generations H8435 of Ishmael H3458, Abraham’s H85 son H1121, whom H834 Hagar H1904 the Egyptian H4713, Sarah’s H8283 slave H8198 woman H8198, bore H3205 to Abraham H85;

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - Laban H3837 also gave H5414 his female H8198 slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 to his daughter H1323 Leah H3812 as a slave H8198.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - Laban H3837 also gave H5414 his female H8198 slave H8198 Bilhah H1090 to his daughter H1323 Rachel H7354 as her slave H8198.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave H5414 him her slave H8198 Bilhah H1090 as a wife H802, and Jacob H3290 had H935 relations H935 with H935 her.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And Rachel’s H7354 slave H8198 Bilhah H1090 conceived H2029 again H5750 and bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 -

When Leah H3812 saw H7200 that she had stopped H5975 having H3205 children H3205, she took H3947 her slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 and gave H5414 her to Jacob H3290 as a wife H802.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Leah’s H3812 slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Leah’s H3812 slave H8198 Zilpah H2153 bore H3205 Jacob H3290 a second H8145 son H1121.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah H3812 said H559, “God H430 has given H5414 me my [fn]reward H7939, because H834 I gave H5414 my slave H8198 to my husband H376.” So she named H7121 him Issachar H3485.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So the man H376 [fn]became H6555 exceedingly H3966 prosperous H6555, and had H1961 large H7227 flocks H6629, and female H8198 and male H5650 servants H5650 H8198, and camels H1581 and donkeys H2543.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - and I have H1961 oxen H7794, donkeys H2543, flocks H6629, and male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198; and I have sent H7971 messengers to tell H5046 my lord H113, so that I may find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869.”’”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 -

Now he got H6965 up H6965 that same H1931 night H3915 and took H3947 his two H8147 wives H802, his two H8147 female H8198 slaves H8198, and his eleven H259 H6240 children H3206, and crossed H5674 the shallow H4569 place H4569 of the Jabbok H2999.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 -

Then Jacob H3290 raised H5375 his eyes H5869 and looked H7200, and behold H2009, Esau H6215 was coming H935, and four H702 hundred H3967 men H376 with him. So he divided H2673 the children H3206 [fn]among H5921 Leah H3812 and Rachel H7354, and the two H8147 slave H8198 women H8198.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put H7760 the slave H8198 women H8198 and their children H3206 [fn]in H7223 front H7223, and Leah H3812 and her children H3206 [fn]next H314, and Rachel H7354 and Joseph H3130 [fn]last H314.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the slave H8198 women H8198 came H5066 forward H5066 [fn]with their children H3206, and they bowed H2331 down H2331.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - and the sons H1121 of Bilhah H1090, Rachel’s H7354 female H8198 slave H8198, were Dan H1835 and Naphtali H5321;
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - and the sons H1121 of Zilpah H2153, Leah’s H3812 female H8198 slave H8198, were Gad H1410 and Asher H836. These H428 were the sons H1121 of Jacob H3290 who H834 were born H3205 to him in Paddan-aram H6307.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - and all H3605 the firstborn H1060 in the land H776 of Egypt H4714 shall die H4191, from the firstborn H1060 of the Pharaoh H6547 who sits H3427 on his throne H3678, to the firstborn H1060 of the slave H8198 girl H8198 who H834 is behind H310 the millstones H7347; all H3605 the firstborn H1060 of the cattle H929 as well.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 -

‘Now if H3588 a man H376 has H7901 sexual H2233 relations H7902 with a woman H802 who H1931 is a slave H8198 acquired H2778 for another man H376, but who has in H6299 no H3808 way H6299 been redeemed H6299 nor H3808 given H5414 her freedom H2668, there shall be punishment H1244; they shall not, however, be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, because H3588 she was not free H2666.

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - “And the LORD H3068 will bring H7725 you back H7725 to Egypt H4714 in ships H591, by the way H1870 about which H834 I said H559 to you, ‘You will never H3808 see H7200 it again H3254!’ And there H8033 you will offer H4376 yourselves for H4376 sale H4376 to your enemies H340 as male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H8198 H5650, but there H369 will H369 be H369 no H369 buyer H7069.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said H559, “I have found H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869, my lord H113, for you have comforted H5162 me and indeed H3588 have spoken H1696 [fn]kindly H3820 to your servant H8198, though I am H1961 not like one H259 of your female H8198 servants H8198.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - She said H559, “Let your bond-servant H8198 find H4672 favor H2580 in your sight H5869.” So the woman H802 went H1980 on her way H1870 and ate H398, and her face H6440 was no H3808 longer H5750 sad.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - “He will also take H3947 your male H5650 servants H5650 and your female H8198 servants H8198, and your best H2896 young H970 men H970, and your donkeys H2543, and [fn]use H6213 them for his work H4399.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - “And now H6258 let this H2088 [fn]gift H1293 which H834 your servant H8198 has brought H935 to my lord H113 be given H5414 to the young H5288 men H5288 who [fn]accompany H1980 H7272 my lord H113.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she got H6965 up H6965 and bowed H2331 with her face H639 to the ground H776, and said H559, “Behold H2009, your slave H519 is a servant H8198 to wash H7364 the feet H7272 of my lord’s H113 servants H5650.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - The woman H802 came H935 to Saul H7586 and saw H7200 that he was utterly H3966 horrified H926, and she said H559 to him, “Behold H2009, your servant H8198 has [fn]obeyed H8085 H6963 you, and I have [fn]taken H7760 my life H5315 in my hand H3709 and have listened H8085 to your words H1697 which H834 you spoke H1696 to me.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - “So now H6258 you too H1571, please H4994 listen H8085 to the voice H6963 of your servant H8198, and let me serve H7760 H6440 you a piece H6595 of bread H3899, and eat H398 it, so that you will have H1961 strength H3581 when H3588 you go H1980 on your way H1870.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - “And your servant H8198 had two H8147 sons H1121, but the two H8147 of them fought H5327 in the field H7704, and there H369 was H369 no H369 [fn]one H369 to save H5337 [fn]them from H996 each H996 other H996, so one H259 struck H5221 the other H259 and killed H4191 him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - “Now behold H2009, the entire H3605 family H4940 has risen H6965 against H5921 your servant H8198, and they have said H559, ‘Hand H5414 over H5414 the one who struck H5221 his brother H251, so that we may put H4191 him to H4191 death H4191 for the life H5315 of his brother H251 whom H834 he killed H2026, and eliminate H8045 the heir H3423 as H1571 well H1571.’ So they will extinguish H3518 my coal H1513 which H834 is left H7604, so as to [fn]leave H7760 my husband H376 neither H1115 name H8034 nor H1115 remnant H7611 on the face H6440 of the earth H127.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 -

Then the woman H802 said H559, “Please H4994 let your servant H8198 speak H1696 a word H1697 to my lord H113 the king H4428.” And he said H559, “Speak H1696.”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “Now H6258 then, [fn]the reason H834 I have come H935 to speak H1696 this H2088 word H1697 to my lord H113 the king H4428 is that the people H5971 have made H3372 me afraid H3372; so your servant H8198 said H559, ‘Let me now H4994 speak H1696 to the king H4428, perhaps H194 the king H4428 will perform H6213 the [fn]request H1697 of his slave H519.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - “Then your servant H8198 said H559, ‘Please H4994 let the word H1697 of my lord H113 the king H4428 be [fn]comforting H4496, for as the angel H4397 of God H430, so H3651 is my lord H113 the king H4428 to discern H8085 good H2896 and evil H7451. And may the LORD H3068 your God H430 be with you.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - So the king H4428 said H559, “Is the hand H3027 of Joab H3097 with you in all H3605 this H2088?” And the woman H802 replied H6030, “As your soul H5315 lives H2416, my lord H113 the king H4428, no H518 one can turn H3231 to the right H3231 or to the left H8041 from anything H3605 that my lord H113 the king H4428 has spoken H1696. Indeed H3588, it was your servant H5650 Joab H3097 who H1931 commanded H6680 me, and it was he who put H7760 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 in the mouth H6310 of your servant H8198.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan H3083 and Ahimaaz H290 were staying H5975 at En-rogel H5883, and a female H8198 servant H8198 would go H1980 and inform H5046 them, and they would go H1980 and inform H5046 King H4428 David H1732, for they could H3201 not allow themselves to be seen H7200 entering H935 the city H5892.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - So Elisha H477 said H559 to her, “What H4100 shall I do H6213 for you? Tell H5046 me, what H4100 do you have H3426 in the house H1004?” And she said H559, “Your servant H8198 has H369 nothing H369 H3605 in the house H1004 except H3588 H518 a jar H610 of oil H8081.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - Then he said H559, “At this H2088 season H4150 [fn]next H2416 year H6256, you are going to embrace H2263 a son H1121.” And she said H559, “No H408, my lord H113, you man H376 of God H430, do not lie H3576 to your servant H8198.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 -

Then he said H559 to him, “Did my heart H3820 not go H1980 with you, when H834 the man H376 turned H2015 from his chariot H4818 to meet H7122 you? Is it a time H6256 to accept H3947 money H3701 and to accept H3947 clothes H899, olive H2132 groves H2132, vineyards H3754, sheep H6629, oxen H1241, and male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H5650 H8198?

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - “Now H6258 you are proposing H559 to subjugate H3533 the people H1121 of Judah H3063 and Jerusalem H3389 as male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H8198 H5650 for yourselves. Are you not, however H7534 guilty H5973 H819 yourselves H859 of offenses H819 against the LORD H3068 your God H430?
Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - for we have been sold H4376, I and my people H5971, to be destroyed H8045, killed H2026, and eliminated H6. Now if H432 we had only been sold H4376 as slaves H8198 H5650, men H5650 and women H8198, I would have kept H2790 silent H2790, because H3588 the distress H6862 would not be sufficient H7737 reason to burden H5143 the king H4428.”
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 -

Behold H2009, as the eyes H5869 of servants H5650 look to the hand H3027 of their master H113,

As the eyes H5869 of a female H8198 servant H8198 to the hand H3027 of her mistress H1404,

So H3651 our eyes H5869 look to the LORD H3068 our God H430,

Until H5704 He is H2603 gracious H2603 to us.

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 -

Under H8478 an unloved H8130 woman when H3588 she gets H1166 a H1166 husband H1166,

And a female H8198 servant H8198 when H3588 she dispossesses H3423 her mistress H1404.


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