Strong H8236שִׁפְרָה
Shiphrah
- Transliteration
- shiphrâh
- Pronunciation
- shif-raw'
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Feminine) of a Person
Definition
The same as H8235; {Shiphrah} an Israelitess: - Shiphrah.
Meaning of the name
Shiphrah = "fair"
Detailed definition
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
In the biblical story
Shiphrah
Hebrew midwife who feared God and disobeyed Pharaoh.
Shiphrah, along with Puah, was a Hebrew midwife who feared God and disobeyed Pharaoh's command to kill male babies.
In the Bible
Strong H8236 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shiphrah1
First verses
- Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: