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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 2 / 2 (Ecc 2:7–Joe 2:29)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:7 - I bought H7069 male H5650 and female H8198 slaves H8198 H5650 and I had H1961 [fn]homeborn H1121 H1004 slaves. H1121 Also H1571 I possessed flocks H6629 and herds H1241 larger H7235 than H4480 all H3605 who H7945 preceded H6440 me in Jerusalem. H3389

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:2 - The peoples H5971 will take H3947 them along and bring H935 them to their place, H4725 and the house H1004 of Israel H3478 will possess H5157 them as an inheritance H5157 in the land H127 of the LORD H3068 as male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants; H5650 H8198 and [fn]they will take H1961 their captors H7617 captive H7617 and will rule H7287 over their oppressors. H5065

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:2 - And the people H5971 will be like the priest, H3548 the servant H5650 like his master, H113 the maid H8198 like her mistress, H1404 the buyer H7069 like the seller, H4376 the lender H3867 like the borrower, H3867 the creditor H5383 like the debtor. H5377

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:9 - that each H376 man H376 should set H7971 free H2670 his male H5650 servant H5650 and each H376 man H376 his female H8198 servant, H8198 a Hebrew H5680 man H5680 or a Hebrew H5680 woman; H5680 so that no H1115 one H1097 should keep H5647 them, a Jew H3064 his brother, H251 in bondage. H5647

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:10 - And all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the people H5971 obeyed H8085 who H834 had entered H935 into the covenant H1285 that each H376 man H376 should set H7971 free H2670 his male H5650 servant H5650 and each H376 man H376 his female H8198 servant, H8198 so that no H1115 one H1097 should keep H5647 them any H5750 longer H5750 in bondage; H5647 they obeyed, H8085 and set H7971 them free.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:11 - But afterward H310 H3651 they turned H7725 around H7725 and took H7725 back H7725 the male H5650 servants H5650 and the female H8198 servants H8198 whom H834 they had set H7971 free, H2670 and brought H3533 them into subjection H3533 for male H5650 servants H5650 and for female H8198 servants. H8198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 34:16 - “Yet you turned H7725 and profaned H2490 My name, H8034 and each H376 man H376 [fn]took H7725 back H7725 his male H5650 servant H5650 and each H376 man H376 his female H8198 servant H8198 whom H834 you had set H7971 free H2670 according to their desire, H5315 and you brought H3533 them into subjection H3533 to be your male H5650 servants H5650 and female H8198 servants.”’ H8198

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Unchecked Copy BoxJoe 2:29 - “Even H1571 on the male H5650 and female H8198 servants H5650 H8198
I will pour H8210 out My Spirit H7307 in those H1992 days. H3117

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