HebrewH8236Proper Noun (Feminine)
שִׁפְרָה
shiph.rah
“Shiphrah”
1Occurrences
H8236Strong's #
Proper Noun (Feminine)Part of Speech
Definition
Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)
Shiphrah, an Israelitess
the same as H8235 (שִׁפְרָה);
Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at § Shiphrah = "fair" one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed
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Grammar & Morphology
Part of Speech
Proper Noun (Feminine)
Morphology Code
N:N-F-P
Full Description
Proper Noun, Feminine
Occurrences
שִׁפְרָה appears 1 time in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Exodus
1
Key Passages
Exodus 1:15BSB
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
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