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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“And Sarai Abram's wife took Hagar her maid the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt ten years in the land of Canaan, and gave her to her husband Abram to be his wife.”