1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
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H8198 — שִׁפְחָה
shiph.chah · maidservant · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 12:16 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תHe dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.Genesis 16:1 · שִׁפְחָ֥הNow Sarai, Abram’s wife, bore him no children. She had a handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.Genesis 16:2 · שִׁפְחָתִ֔יSarai said to Abram, “See now, Yahweh has restrained me from bearing. Please go in to my handmaid. It may be that I will obtain children by her.” Abram listened to the voice of Sarai.Genesis 16:3 · שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּSarai, Abram’s wife, took Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, after Abram had lived ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to Abram her husband to be his wife.Genesis 16:5 · שִׁפְחָתִי֙Sarai said to Abram, “This wrong is your fault. I gave my handmaid into your bosom, and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes. Yahweh judge between me and you.”Genesis 16:6 · שִׁפְחָתֵךְ֙But Abram said to Sarai, “Behold, your maid is in your hand. Do to her whatever is good in your eyes.” Sarai dealt harshly with her, and she fled from her face.Genesis 16:8 · שִׁפְחַ֥תHe said, “Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, where did you come from? Where are you going?” She said, “I am fleeing from the face of my mistress Sarai.”Genesis 20:14 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תAbimelech took sheep and cattle, male servants and female servants, and gave them to Abraham, and restored Sarah, his wife, to him.Genesis 24:35 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תYahweh has blessed my master greatly. He has become great. He has given him flocks and herds, silver and gold, male servants and female servants, and camels and donkeys.Genesis 25:12 · שִׁפְחַ֥תNow this is the history of the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bore to Abraham.Genesis 29:24 · שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ · שִׁפְחָֽה׃Laban gave Zilpah his handmaid to his daughter Leah for a handmaid.Genesis 29:29 · שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ · לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah, his handmaid, to be her handmaid.Genesis 30:4 · שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּShe gave him Bilhah her handmaid as wife, and Jacob went in to her.Genesis 30:7 · שִׁפְחַ֣תBilhah, Rachel’s handmaid, conceived again, and bore Jacob a second son.Genesis 30:9 · שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּWhen Leah saw that she had finished bearing, she took Zilpah, her handmaid, and gave her to Jacob as a wife.Genesis 30:10 · שִׁפְחַ֥תZilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a son.Genesis 30:12 · שִׁפְחַ֣תZilpah, Leah’s handmaid, bore Jacob a second son.Genesis 30:18 · שִׁפְחָתִ֖יLeah said, “God has given me my hire, because I gave my handmaid to my husband.” She named him Issachar.Genesis 30:43 · וּשְׁפָחוֹת֙The man increased exceedingly, and had large flocks, female servants and male servants, and camels and donkeys.Genesis 32:5 · וְשִׁפְחָ֑הI have cattle, donkeys, flocks, male servants, and female servants. I have sent to tell my lord, that I may find favor in your sight.’”Genesis 32:22 · שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יוHe rose up that night, and took his two wives, and his two handmaids, and his eleven sons, and passed over the ford of the Jabbok.Genesis 33:1 · הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת׃Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau was coming, and with him four hundred men. He divided the children between Leah, Rachel, and the two handmaids.Genesis 33:2 · הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹתHe put the handmaids and their children in front, Leah and her children after, and Rachel and Joseph at the rear.Genesis 33:6 · הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹתThen the handmaids came near with their children, and they bowed themselves.Genesis 35:25 · שִׁפְחַ֣תThe sons of Bilhah (Rachel’s handmaid): Dan and Naphtali.Genesis 35:26 · שִׁפְחַ֥תThe sons of Zilpah (Leah’s handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.Exodus 11:5 · הַשִּׁפְחָ֔הand all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the firstborn of Pharaoh who sits on his throne, even to the firstborn of the female servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of livestock.Leviticus 19:20 · שִׁפְחָה֙“‘If a man lies carnally with a woman who is a slave girl, pledged to be married to another man, and not ransomed, or given her freedom; they shall be punished. They shall not be put to death, because she was not free.Deuteronomy 28:68 · וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹתYahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I said to you, You shall see it no more again: and there you shall sell yourselves to your enemies for bondservants and for bondmaids, and no man shall buy you.Ruth 2:13 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ · שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃Then she said, “Let me find favor in your sight, my lord, because you have comforted me, and because you have spoken kindly to your handmaid, though I am not as one of your handmaidens.”1 Samuel 1:18 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛She said, “Let your handmaid find favor in your sight.” So the woman went her way, and ate; and her facial expression wasn’t sad any more.1 Samuel 8:16 · שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜םHe will take your male servants, and your female servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.1 Samuel 25:27 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.1 Samuel 25:41 · לְשִׁפְחָ֔הShe arose, and bowed herself with her face to the earth, and said, “Behold, your handmaid is a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.”1 Samuel 28:21 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was very troubled, and said to him, “Behold, your handmaid has listened to your voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have listened to your words which you spoke to me.1 Samuel 28:22 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָNow therefore, please listen also to the voice of your handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before you; and eat, that you may have strength, when you go on your way.”2 Samuel 14:6 · וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙Your handmaid had two sons, and they both fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.2 Samuel 14:7 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָBehold, the whole family has risen against your handmaid, and they say, ‘Deliver him who struck his brother, that we may kill him for the life of his brother whom he killed, and so destroy the heir also.’ Thus they would quench my coal which is left, and would leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.”2 Samuel 14:12 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛Then the woman said, “Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king.” He said, “Say on.”2 Samuel 14:15 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙Now therefore seeing that I have come to speak this word to my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and your handmaid said, ‘I will now speak to the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his servant.’2 Samuel 14:17 · שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔Then your handmaid said, ‘Please let the word of my lord the king bring rest; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad. May Yahweh, your God, be with you.’”2 Samuel 14:19 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔The king said, “Is the hand of Joab with you in all this?” The woman answered, “As your soul lives, my lord the king, no one can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he urged me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;2 Samuel 17:17 · הַשִּׁפְחָה֙Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a female servant used to go and tell them; and they went and told king David. For they might not be seen to come into the city.2 Kings 4:2 · לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥Elisha said to her, “What shall I do for you? Tell me: what do you have in the house?” She said, “Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.”2 Kings 4:16 · בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃He said, “At this season, when the time comes around, you will embrace a son.” She said, “No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.”2 Kings 5:26 · וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃He said to him, “Didn’t my heart go with you, when the man turned from his chariot to meet you? Is it a time to receive money, and to receive garments, and olive groves and vineyards, and sheep and cattle, and male servants and female servants?2 Chronicles 28:10 · וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹתNow you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids for yourselves. Aren’t there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?Esther 7:4 · וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתFor we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondservants and bondmaids, I would have held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king’s loss.”Psalm 123:2 · שִׁפְחָה֮Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maid to the hand of her mistress; so our eyes look to Yahweh, our God, until he has mercy on us.Proverbs 30:23 · וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗הfor an unloved woman when she is married; and a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.Ecclesiastes 2:7 · וּשְׁפָח֔וֹתI bought male servants and female servants, and had servants born in my house. I also had great possessions of herds and flocks, above all who were before me in Jerusalem;Isaiah 14:2 · וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹתThe peoples will take them, and bring them to their place. The house of Israel will possess them in Yahweh’s land for servants and for handmaids. They will take as captives those whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.Isaiah 24:2 · כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הIt will 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 creditor, so with the debtor; as with the taker of interest, so with the giver of interest.Jeremiah 34:9 · שִׁפְחָת֛וֹthat every man should let his male servant, and every man his female servant, who is a Hebrew or a Hebrewess, go free; that none should make bondservants of them, of a Jew his brother.Jeremiah 34:10 · שִׁפְחָתוֹ֙All the princes and all the people obeyed, who had entered into the covenant, that everyone should let his male servant, and everyone his female servant, go free, that none should make bondservants of them any more; they obeyed, and let them go:Jeremiah 34:11 · הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת · וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ סbut afterwards 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 for handmaids.Jeremiah 34:16 · שִׁפְחָת֔וֹ · וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ סbut you turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom you had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and you brought them into subjection, to be to you for servants and for handmaids.