שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh(shif-khaw')
“a female slave (as a member of the household)”
63 occurrencesOld TestamentCommon word
Definition
Strong’s Definition
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Translated in KJV as
(bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant)wenchbondwomanwomanservant.
Etymology
feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
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“Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.”