שִׁפְחָה
shiph.chahNoun (Feminine)H8198
maidservant
From: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
Short Definition
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Full Lexicon Entry
- maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
Grammar
Part of Speech Noun (Feminine)
Morphology H:N-F
DescriptionH:N-F
Occurrences
55 timesAppears 55 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Genesis
24
2 Samuel
7
1 Samuel
6
Jeremiah
4
2 Kings
3
Key Passages
- 1 Samuel 1:18
- 2 Samuel 14:7
- Genesis 16:1
- Genesis 30:4
- Genesis 35:26
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