Shiphchâh — H8198

H8198 · Hebrew — שפחה

Pronunciation: shif-khaw'

Definition

feminine noun

a female slave (as a member of the household)

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

Usually translated as

handmaid, maid, maidservant, maiden, bondmaid, wench, bondwoman, womanservant

Origin

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shiphchâh occurs 62 times in 58 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 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)

Strong's Lexicon — S