Strong's Hebrew · H8198

H8198 shiphchâh

שִׁפְחָה

shif-khaw'

maidservant

shiphchâh appears 63 times in Scripture, including Genesis 12:16 and Exodus 11:5. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a female slave (as a member of the household)

In the King James Version

(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

Derivation

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));

Appears 63 times in Scripture

Genesis 24:35

““The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.”

Exodus 11:5

“and every firstborn son in the land of Egypt will die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, to the firstborn of the servant girl behind the hand mill, as well as the firstborn of all the cattle.”

Genesis 16:2

“So Sarai said to Abram, “Look now, the LORD has prevented me from bearing children. Please go to my maidservant; perhaps I can build a family by her.” And Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.”

Genesis 12:16

“He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.”

Genesis 20:14

“So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.”

Genesis 16:3

“So after he had lived in Canaan for ten years, his wife Sarai took her Egyptian maidservant Hagar and gave her to Abram to be his wife.”

Genesis 16:6

““Here,” said Abram, “your servant is in your hands. Do whatever you want with her.” Then Sarai treated Hagar so harshly that she fled from her.”

Genesis 30:4

“So Rachel gave Jacob her servant Bilhah as a wife, and he slept with her,”

Genesis 16:1

“Now Abram’s wife Sarai had borne him no children, but she had an Egyptian maidservant named Hagar.”

Genesis 16:5

“Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.””

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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