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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))
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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 - And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:1 - Now Sarai, Abram's wife, had given him no children; and she had a servant, a woman of Egypt whose name was Hagar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:2 - And Sarai said to Abram, See, the Lord has not let me have children; go in to my servant, for I may get a family through her. And Abram did as Sarai said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:3 - So after Abram had been living for ten years in the land of Canaan, Sarai took Hagar, her Egyptian servant, and gave her to Abram for his wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:5 - And Sarai said to Abram, May my wrong be on you: I gave you my servant for your wife and when she saw that she was with child, she no longer had any respect for me: may the Lord be judge between you and me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:6 - And Abram said, The woman is in your power; do with her whatever seems good to you. And Sarai was cruel to her, so that she went running away from her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 16:8 - And he said, Hagar, Sarai's servant, where have you come from and where are you going? And she said, I am running away from Sarai, my master's wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:14 - Then Abimelech gave to Abraham sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants, and gave him back his wife Sarah.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:35 - The Lord has given my master every blessing, and he has become great: he has given him flocks and herds and silver and gold, and men-servants and women-servants and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:12 - Now these are the generations of Ishmael, the son of Abraham, whose mother was Hagar the Egyptian, the servant of Sarah:

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:24 - And Laban gave Zilpah, his servant-girl, to Leah, to be her waiting-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:29 - And Laban gave Rachel his servant-girl Bilhah to be her waiting-woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:4 - So she gave him her servant Bilhah as a wife, and Jacob went in to her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:7 - And again Bilhah, Rachel's servant, was with child, and gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:9 - When it was clear to Leah that she would have no more children for a time, she gave Zilpah, her servant, to Jacob as a wife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:10 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:12 - And Zilpah, Leah's servant, gave birth to a second son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:18 - Then Leah said, God has made payment to me for giving my servant-girl to my husband: so she gave her son the name Issachar.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:43 - So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:5 - And I have oxen and asses and flocks and men-servants and women-servants: and I have sent to give my lord news of these things so that I may have grace in his eyes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 32:22 - And in the night he got up, and taking with him his two wives and the two servant-women and his eleven children, he went over the river Jabbok.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:1 - Then Jacob, lifting up his eyes, saw Esau coming with his four hundred men. So he made a division of the children between Leah and Rachel and the two women-servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:2 - He put the servants and their children in front, Leah and her children after them, and Rachel and Joseph at the back.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 33:6 - Then the servants and their children came near, and went down on their faces.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:25 - The sons of Bilhah, Rachel's servant: Dan and Naphtali;

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 35:26 - The sons of Zilpah, Leah's servant: Gad and Asher; these are the sons whom Jacob had in Paddan-aram.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 11:5 - And death will come to every mother's first male child in all the land of Egypt, from the child of Pharaoh on his seat of power, to the child of the servant-girl crushing the grain; and the first births of all the cattle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:20 - If any man has sex relations with a servant-woman who has given her word to be married to a man, and has not been made free for a price or in any other way, the thing will be looked into; but they will not be put to death because she was not a free woman.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:68 - And the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 2:13 - Then she said, May I have grace in your eyes, my lord, for you have given me comfort, and you have said kind words to your servant, though I am not like one of your servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:18 - And she said, May your servant have grace in your eyes. So the woman went away, and took part in the feast, and her face was no longer sad.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:16 - He will take your men-servants and your servant-girls, and the best of your oxen and your asses and put them to his work.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:27 - And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she got up, and going down on her face to the earth, said, See, I am ready to be a servant-girl, washing the feet of the servants of my lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:21 - And the woman came to Saul and saw that he was in great trouble, and said to him, See now, your servant has given ear to your words, and I have put my life in danger by doing what you said.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 28:22 - So now, give ear to the voice of your servant, and let me give you a little bread; and take some food to give you strength when you go on your way.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - And I had two sons, and the two of them had a fight in the field, and there was no one to come between them, and one with a blow put the other to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:7 - And now all the family is turned against me, your servant, saying, Give up him who was the cause of his brother's death, so that we may put him to death in payment for the life of his brother, whose life he took; and we will put an end to the one who will get the heritage: so they will put out my last burning coal, and my husband will have no name or offspring on the face of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:12 - Then the woman said, Will the king let his servant say one word more? And he said, Say on.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - And now it is my fear of the people which has made me come to say these words to my lord the king: and your servant said, I will put my cause before the king, and it may be that he will give effect to my request.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:17 - Then your servant said, May the word of my lord the king give me peace! for my lord the king is as the angel of God in his hearing of good and bad: and may the Lord your God be with you!

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:19 - And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with you in all this? And the woman in answer said, By the life of your soul, my lord the king, it is not possible for anyone to go to the right hand or to the left from anything said by the king: your servant Joab gave me orders, and put all these words in my mouth:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:17 - Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were waiting by En-rogel; and a servant-girl went from time to time and gave them news and they went with the news to King David, for it was not wise for them to let themselves be seen coming into the town.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:2 - Then Elisha said to her, What am I to do for you? say now, what have you in the house? And she said, Your servant has nothing in the house but a pot of oil.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:16 - And Elisha said, At this time in the coming year you will have a son in your arms. And she said, No, my lord, O man of God, do not say what is false to your servant.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:26 - And he said to him, Did not my heart go with you, when the man got down from his carriage and went back to you? Is this a time for getting money, and clothing, and olive-gardens and vine-gardens, and sheep and oxen, and men-servants and women-servants?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 28:10 - And now your purpose is to keep the children of Judah and Jerusalem as men-servants and women-servants under your yoke: but are there no sins against the Lord your God to be seen among yourselves?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:4 - For we are given up, I and my people, to destruction and death and to be cut off. If we had been taken as men-servants and women-servants for a price, I would have said nothing, for our trouble is little in comparison with the king's loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 123:2 - See! as the eyes of servants are turned to the hands of their masters, and the eyes of a servant-girl to her owner, so our eyes are waiting for the Lord our God, till he has mercy on us.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:23 - A hated woman when she is married; and a servant-girl who takes the place of her master's wife.

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