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שִׁפְחָה

shiph.chahmaidservantHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · feminine63 occurrences16 books58 verses

Definition

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household)
Traditional renderings: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שִׁפְחָה:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

63 total
  1. Esther 7:4וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת · and maidservants
    For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
  2. Psalm 123:2שִׁפְחָה֮ · of a maidservant
    As the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant look to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes are on the LORD our God until He shows us mercy.
  3. Proverbs 30:23וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה · and a maidservant
    …an unloved woman who marries, and a maidservant who supplants her mistress.
  4. Ecclesiastes 2:7וּשְׁפָח֔וֹת · and maidservants
    I acquired menservants and maidservants, and servants were born in my house. I also owned more herds and flocks than anyone in Jerusalem before me,
  5. Isaiah 14:2וְלִשְׁפָח֑וֹת · and maidservants
    The nations will escort Israel and bring it to its homeland. Then the house of Israel will possess the nations as menservants and maidservants in the LORD’s land. They will make captives of their captors and rule over their oppressors.
  6. Isaiah 24:2כַּשִּׁפְחָ֖ה · maid
    …people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
  7. Jeremiah 34:9שִׁפְחָת֛וֹ
    …that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
  8. Jeremiah 34:10שִׁפְחָתוֹ֙ · and maidservants
    So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
  9. Jeremiah 34:11הַשְּׁפָח֔וֹת · maidservants; וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ס · again
    …but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.
  10. Jeremiah 34:16שִׁפְחָת֔וֹ; וְלִשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ס
    But now you have changed your minds and profaned My name. Each of you has taken back the menservants and maidservants whom you had set at liberty to go wherever they wanted, and you have again forced them to be your slaves.
  11. Joel 2:29הַשְּׁפָח֑וֹת · maidservants
    Even on My menservants and maidservants, I will pour out My Spirit in those days.