H8198 · שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh · shif-khaw' · handmaid, maid
H8198 (shiphchâh, pronounced shif-khaw') is the Hebrew word שִׁפְחָה in Strong’s dictionary: a female slave (as a member of the household). It appears 63 times in 58 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שִׁפְחָה (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- shiphchâh
- Pronunciation
- shif-khaw'
- Derivation
- feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
- Definition
- a female slave (as a member of the household)
- Rendered in the KJV
- (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
63 occurrences in 58 verses (60 with English words of their own, 3 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “and maidservants” ×9
- “maidservants” ×6
- “maidservant” ×5
- “servant” ×4
- “your maidservant” ×4
- “Your servant” ×2
- “as her maidservant” ×2
- “her servant” ×2
By book
Genesis 26 · Exodus 1 · Leviticus 1 · Deuteronomy 1 · Ruth 1 · 1 Samuel 6 · 2 Samuel 7 · 2 Kings 3 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Esther 1 · Psalms 1 · Proverbs 1 · Ecclesiastes 1 · Isaiah 2 · Jeremiah 4 · Joel 1
First 30 of 58 verses
- Genesis 12:16
- Genesis 16:1
- Genesis 16:2
- Genesis 16:3
- Genesis 16:5
- Genesis 16:6
- Genesis 16:8
- Genesis 20:14
- Genesis 24:35
- Genesis 25:12
- Genesis 29:24
- Genesis 29:29
- Genesis 30:4
- Genesis 30:7
- Genesis 30:9
- Genesis 30:10
- Genesis 30:12
- Genesis 30:18
- Genesis 30:43
- Genesis 32:5
- Genesis 32:22
- Genesis 33:1
- Genesis 33:2
- Genesis 33:6
- Genesis 35:25
- Genesis 35:26
- Exodus 11:5
- Leviticus 19:20
- Deuteronomy 28:68
- Ruth 2:13
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H8198.