שִׁפְחָה shiphchah

Hebrew word for “maidservant” · Strong’s H8198 · used 63 times in 58 verses

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Meaning

1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl; 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress); 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shiphchah in context, with how often each is used:

• maidservant 34
• female servants 8
• female slaves 7
• maidservants 6
• female slave 5
• maid 1
• belonged to maidservant 1
• female servant 1

Where it is used

Also in 4 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 30 (7), Genesis 16 (6), 2 Samuel 14 (6), Jeremiah 34 (4), Genesis 33 (3), Genesis 29 (2), Genesis 32 (2), Genesis 35 (2), 1 Samuel 25 (2), 1 Samuel 28 (2)

Forms

• שׁפחתך 11
• שׁפחת 7
• ולשׁפחות 6
• שׁפחתו 5
• השׁפחות 5
• שׁפחה 4
• ושׁפחת 3
• שׁפחתי 3
• שׁפחתה 3
• ושׁפחות 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shiphchah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 21
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 12
• לֵאָה leah “Leah” 8
• שָׂרַי saray “Sarai” 6
• זִלְפָּה zilpah “Zilpah” 5
• אִשָּׁה ishshah “woman” 11
• אַבְרָם avram “Abram” 6
• יָלַד yalad “to beget” 8
• צֹאן tson “flock” 7
• גְּבֶרֶת geveret “lady” 4
• רָחֵל rachel “Rachel” 5
• הָגָר hagar “Hagar” 4

Key verses

The verses using shiphchah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 16:1 — Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
• Genesis 16:2 — And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her.…
• Genesis 24:35 — And the LORD hath blessed my master greatly; and he is become great: and he hath given him flocks, and herds, and silver, and gold, and menservants, and…
• 2 Samuel 14:17 — Then thine handmaid said, The word of my lord the king shall now be comfortable: for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad:…
• 2 Samuel 14:19 — And the king said, Is not the hand of Joab with thee in all this? And the woman answered and said, As thy soul liveth, my lord the king, none can turn to the…
• 2 Kings 4:16 — And 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…
• 2 Kings 5:26 — And he said unto him, Went not mine heart with thee, when the man turned again from his chariot to meet thee? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive…
• Esther 7:4 — For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue,…
• Psalms 123:2 — Behold, as the eyes of servants look unto the hand of their masters, and as the eyes of a maiden unto the hand of her mistress; so our eyes wait upon the LORD…
• Isaiah 14:2 — And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids:…
• Isaiah 24:2 — And 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…
• Jeremiah 34:11 — But afterward they turned, and caused the servants and the handmaids, whom they had let go free, to return, and brought them into subjection for servants and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.