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H8198שִׁפְחָהshiph.chah

maidservantPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 28
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. 2
  9. 6
  10. 7
  11. 1 Kings: 0
  12. 3
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 1
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. 1
  18. Job: 0
  19. 1
  20. 1
  21. 1
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 2
  24. 6
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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63 occurrences in 58 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Genesis 35:26

    The sons of Zilpah (Leah's handmaid): Gad and Asher. These are the sons of Jacob, who were born to him in Paddan Aram.

    שִׁפְחַ֥ת shif.Chat “[the] maidservant of”

  2. Exodus 11:5

    and 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 maid-servant who is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of cattle.

    הַשִּׁפְחָ֔ה (שִּׁפְחָ֔ה) shif.Chah “maidservant”

  3. Leviticus 19:20

    "'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.

    שִׁפְחָה֙ shif.Chah “[is] a female slave”

  4. Deuteronomy 28:68

    Yahweh 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.

    וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת (שְׁפָח֖וֹת) sh.fa.Chot “female slaves”

  5. Ruth 2:13

    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.

    שִׁפְחָתֶ֑ךָ (שִׁפְחָתֶ֑) shif.cha.Te. “maidservant”שִׁפְחֹתֶֽיךָ׃ (שִׁפְחֹתֶֽי) shif.cho.Tei. “maidservants”

  6. 1 Samuel 1:18

    She 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.

    שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ (שִׁפְחָתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  7. 1 Samuel 8:16

    He will take your men-servants, and your maid-servants, and your best young men, and your donkeys, and put them to his work.

    שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵיכֶ֜ם (שִׁפְח֨וֹתֵי) shif.Cho.tei. “female servants”

  8. 1 Samuel 25:27

    Now this present which your servant has brought to my lord, let it be given to the young men who follow my lord.

    שִׁפְחָתְךָ֖ (שִׁפְחָתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  9. 1 Samuel 25:41

    She 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.

    לְשִׁפְחָ֔ה (שִׁפְחָ֔ה) shif.Chah “a maid”

  10. 1 Samuel 28:21

    The woman came to Saul, and saw that he was sore 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.

    שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ (שִׁפְחָֽתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  11. 1 Samuel 28:22

    Now 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.

    שִׁפְחָתֶ֔ךָ (שִׁפְחָתֶ֔) shif.cha.Te. “maidservant”

  12. 2 Samuel 14:6

    Your handmaid had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, and there was none to part them, but the one struck the other, and killed him.

    וּלְשִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ (שִׁפְחָֽתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  13. 2 Samuel 14:7

    Behold, the whole family is 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 will they quench my coal which is left, and will leave to my husband neither name nor remainder on the surface of the earth.

    שִׁפְחָתֶ֗ךָ (שִׁפְחָתֶ֗) shif.cha.Te. “maidservant”

  14. 2 Samuel 14:12

    Then the woman said, Please let your handmaid speak a word to my lord the king. He said, Say on.

    שִׁפְחָתְךָ֛ (שִׁפְחָתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  15. 2 Samuel 14:15

    Now 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.

    שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֙ (שִׁפְחָֽתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  16. 2 Samuel 14:17

    Then your handmaid said, Please let the word of my lord the king be comfortable; for as an angel of God, so is my lord the king to discern good and bad: and Yahweh your God be with you.

    שִׁפְחָ֣תְךָ֔ (שִׁפְחָ֣תְ) shif.Cha.te. “maidservant”

  17. 2 Samuel 14:19

    The king said, Is the hand of Joab with you in all this? The woman answered, As your soul lives, my lord the king, none can turn to the right hand or to the left from anything that my lord the king has spoken; for your servant Joab, he bade me, and he put all these words in the mouth of your handmaid;

    שִׁפְחָֽתְךָ֔ (שִׁפְחָֽתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  18. 2 Samuel 17:17

    Now Jonathan and Ahimaaz were staying by En Rogel; and a maid-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.

    הַשִּׁפְחָה֙ (שִּׁפְחָה֙) shif.Chah “maidservant”

  19. 2 Kings 4:2

    Elisha said to her, What shall I do for you? tell me; what have you in the house? She said, Your handmaid has nothing in the house, except a pot of oil.

    לְשִׁפְחָתְךָ֥ (שִׁפְחָתְ) shif.cha.te. “maidservant”

  20. 2 Kings 4:16

    He said, At this season, when the time comes round, you shall embrace a son. She said, No, my lord, you man of God, do not lie to your handmaid.

    בְּשִׁפְחָתֶֽךָ׃ (שִׁפְחָתֶֽ) shif.cha.Te. “maidservant”

  21. 2 Kings 5:26

    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 oxen, and men-servants and maid-servants?

    וּשְׁפָחֽוֹת׃ (שְׁפָחֽוֹת) she.fa.Chot “maidservants”

  22. 2 Chronicles 28:10

    Now you purpose to keep under the children of Judah and Jerusalem for bondservants and bondmaids to you: [supplied: but] aren't there even with you trespasses of your own against Yahweh your God?

    וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹת (שְׁפָח֖וֹת) sh.fa.Chot “female slaves”

  23. 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 bondservants and bondmaids, I had held my peace, although the adversary could not have compensated for the king's damage.

    וְלִשְׁפָח֤וֹת (שְׁפָח֤וֹת) sh.fa.Chot “female slaves”

  24. Psalms 123:2

    Behold, 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.

    שִׁפְחָה֮ shif.Chah “a female slave”

  25. Proverbs 30:23

    For an unloved woman when she is married; And a handmaid who is heir to her mistress.

    וְ֝שִׁפְחָ֗ה (שִׁפְחָ֗ה) shif.Chah “a female servant”