Strong H8198שִׁפְחָה
maidservant
- Transliteration
- shiphchâh
- Pronunciation
- shif-khaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
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.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: maidservant
Exact lexical definition: maid
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: שִׁפְחָה n.f . maid , maid-servant
In the Bible
Strong H8198 appears in 58 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- handmaid25
- maid12
- maidservant8
- bondwomen3
- maiden3
- womenservants3
- handmaiden2
- let2
- bondmaid1
- servant1
- wench1
First verses
- Genesis 12:16And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.
- Genesis 16:1Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Genesis 16:2And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the Lord hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 16:3And Sarai Abram’s wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.
- Genesis 16:5And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the Lord judge between me and thee.
- Genesis 16:6But Abram said unto Sarai, Behold, thy maid is in thy hand; do to her as it pleaseth thee. And when Sarai dealt hardly with her, she fled from her face.
- Genesis 16:8And he said, Hagar, Sarai’s maid, whence camest thou? and whither wilt thou go? And she said, I flee from the face of my mistress Sarai.
- Genesis 20:14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 24:35And the Lord hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and maidservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 25:12Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- Genesis 29:24And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 29:29And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- Genesis 30:4And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
- Genesis 30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:9When Leah saw that she had left bearing, she took Zilpah her maid, and gave her Jacob to wife.
- Genesis 30:10And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a son.
- Genesis 30:12And Zilpah Leah’s maid bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 30:18And Leah said, God hath given me my hire, because I have given my maiden to my husband: and she called his name Issachar.
- Genesis 30:43And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menservants, and camels, and asses.
- Genesis 32:5And I have oxen, and asses, flocks, and menservants, and womenservants: and I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find grace in thy sight.