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 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תand to Abram he hath done good because of her, and he hath sheep and oxen, and he-asses, and men-servants, and handmaids, and she-asses, and camels.Genesis 16:1 · שִׁפְחָ֥הAnd Sarai, Abram’s wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name is Hagar;Genesis 16:2 · שִׁפְחָתִ֔יand Sarai saith unto Abram, ‘Lo, I pray thee, Jehovah hath restrained me from bearing, go in, I pray thee, unto my handmaid; perhaps I am built up from her;’ and Abram hearkeneth to the voice of Sarai.Genesis 16:3 · שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּAnd Sarai, Abram’s wife, taketh Hagar the Egyptian, her handmaid, at the end of the tenth year of Abram’s dwelling in the land of Canaan, and giveth her to Abram her husband, to him for a wife,Genesis 16:5 · שִׁפְחָתִי֙And Sarai saith unto Abram, ‘My violence is for thee; I—I have given mine handmaid into thy bosom, and she seeth that she hath conceived, and I am lightly esteemed in her eyes; Jehovah doth judge between me and thee.’Genesis 16:6 · שִׁפְחָתֵךְ֙And Abram saith unto Sarai, ‘Lo, thine handmaid is in thine hand, do to her that which is good in thine eyes;’ and Sarai afflicted her, and she fleeth from her presence.Genesis 16:8 · שִׁפְחַ֥תand he saith, ‘Hagar, Sarai’s handmaid, whence hast thou come, and whither dost thou go?’ and she saith, ‘From the presence of Sarai, my mistress, I am fleeing.’Genesis 20:14 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תAnd Abimelech taketh sheep and oxen, and servants and handmaids, and giveth to Abraham, and sendeth back to him Sarah his wife;Genesis 24:35 · וּשְׁפָחֹ֔תand Jehovah hath blessed my lord exceedingly, and he is great; and He giveth to him flock, and herd, and silver, and gold, and men-servants, and maid-servants, and camels, and asses;Genesis 25:12 · שִׁפְחַ֥תAnd these are births of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, hath borne to Abraham;Genesis 29:24 · שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ · שִׁפְחָֽה׃and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.Genesis 29:29 · שִׁפְחָת֑וֹ · לְשִׁפְחָֽה׃and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.Genesis 30:4 · שִׁפְחָתָ֖הּand she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;Genesis 30:7 · שִׁפְחַ֣תAnd Bilhah, Rachel’s maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,Genesis 30:9 · שִׁפְחָתָ֔הּAnd Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;Genesis 30:10 · שִׁפְחַ֥תand Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,Genesis 30:12 · שִׁפְחַ֣תAnd Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,Genesis 30:18 · שִׁפְחָתִ֖יand Leah saith, ‘God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;’ and she calleth his name Issachar.Genesis 30:43 · וּשְׁפָחוֹת֙And the man increaseth very exceedingly, and hath many flocks, and maid-servants, and men-servants, and camels, and asses.Genesis 32:5 · וְשִׁפְחָ֑הand I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.’Genesis 32:22 · שִׁפְחֹתָ֔יוAnd he riseth in that night, and taketh his two wives, and his two maid-servants, and his eleven children, and passeth over the passage of Jabbok;Genesis 33:1 · הַשְּׁפָחֽוֹת׃And Jacob lifteth up his eyes, and looketh, and lo, Esau is coming, and with him four hundred men; and he divideth the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two maid-servants;Genesis 33:2 · הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹתand he setteth the maid-servants and their children first, and Leah and her children behind, and Rachel and Joseph last.Genesis 33:6 · הַשְּׁפָח֛וֹתAnd the maid-servants draw nigh, they and their children, and bow themselves;Genesis 35:25 · שִׁפְחַ֣תAnd sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.Genesis 35:26 · שִׁפְחַ֥תAnd sons of Zilpah, Leah’s maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.Exodus 11:5 · הַשִּׁפְחָ֔הand every first-born in the land of Egypt hath died, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the maid-servant who is behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beasts;Leviticus 19:20 · שִׁפְחָה֙And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she is not free.Deuteronomy 28:68 · וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת‘And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.’Ruth 2:13 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ · שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃And she saith, ‘Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I—I am not as one of thy maid-servants.’1 Samuel 1:18 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛And she saith, ‘Let thy handmaid find grace in thine eyes;’ and the woman goeth on her way, and eateth, and her countenance hath not been sad for it any more.1 Samuel 8:16 · שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜םAnd your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your young men—the best, and your asses, he doth take, and hath prepared for his own work;1 Samuel 25:27 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖‘And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord—it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.1 Samuel 25:41 · לְשִׁפְחָ֔הAnd she riseth and boweth herself—face to the earth—and saith, ‘Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.’1 Samuel 28:21 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, ‘Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me;1 Samuel 28:22 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָand now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.’2 Samuel 14:6 · וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;2 Samuel 14:7 · שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָand lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left—so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.’2 Samuel 14:12 · שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛And the woman saith, ‘Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;’ and he saith, ‘Speak.’2 Samuel 14:15 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, it is because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,2 Samuel 14:17 · שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so is my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.’2 Samuel 14:19 · שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔And the king saith, ‘Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?’ And the woman answereth and saith, ‘Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none doth turn to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;2 Samuel 17:17 · הַשִּׁפְחָה֙And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them—and they go and have declared it to king David—for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.2 Kings 4:2 · לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥And Elisha saith unto her, ‘What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?’ and she saith, ‘Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.’2 Kings 4:16 · בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃and he saith, ‘At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;’ and she saith, ‘Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.’2 Kings 5:26 · וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃And he saith unto him, ‘My heart went not when the man turned from off his chariot to meet thee; is it a time to take silver, and to take garments, and olives, and vines, and flock, and herd, and men-servants, and maid-servants?2 Chronicles 28:10 · וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹתand now, sons of Judah and Jerusalem ye are saying to subdue for men-servants and for maid-servants to you; but are there not with you causes of guilt before Jehovah your God?Esther 7:4 · וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹתfor we have been sold, I and my people, to cut off, to slay, and to destroy; and if for men-servants and for maid-servants we had been sold I had kept silent—but the adversity is not equal to the loss of the king.’Psalm 123:2 · שִׁפְחָה֮Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.Proverbs 30:23 · וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗הFor a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.Ecclesiastes 2:7 · וּשְׁפָח֔וֹתI got men-servants, and maid-servants, and sons of the house were to me; also, I had much substance—herd and flock—above all who had been before me in Jerusalem.Isaiah 14:2 · וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹתAnd peoples have taken them, And have brought them in unto their place, And the house of Israel have inherited them, On the land of Jehovah, For men-servants and for maid-servants, And they have been captors of their captors, And have ruled over their exactors.Isaiah 24:2 · כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖הAnd it hath been—as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.Jeremiah 34:9 · שִׁפְחָת֛וֹto send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant—the Hebrew and the Hebrewess—free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;Jeremiah 34:10 · שִׁפְחָתוֹ֙and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;Jeremiah 34:11 · הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת · וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ סand they turn afterwards, and cause the men-servants and the maid-servants to return, whom they had sent forth free, and they subdue them for men-servants and for maid-servants.Jeremiah 34:16 · שִׁפְחָת֔וֹ · וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ סAnd—ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.