H8198 שִׁפְחָה
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 63 KJV occurrences
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh · shif-khaw'
Definition
a female slave (as a member of the household)
KJV Renderings
(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Derivation / Etymology
feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 63)
- 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 20:14And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
- Genesis 30:7And Bilhah Rachel’s maid conceived again, and bare Jacob a second son.
- Genesis 33:1And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
- Ruth 2:13Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
- 2 Samuel 14:6And thy handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one smote the other, and slew him.
- 2 Kings 4:16And he said, About this season, according to the time of life, thou shalt embrace a son. And she said, Nay, my lord, thou man of God, do not lie unto thine handmaid.
- Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.