Strong's H8198
שִׁפְחָה
- Language:
- Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament)
Definition
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Derivation
feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));
KJV Translation
In the King James Version, שִׁפְחָה is translated as: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant..
About Strong's Concordance
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance, compiled by James Strong in 1890, assigns a unique number to every Hebrew and Aramaic root word in the Old Testament. The Hebrew dictionary covers all 8,674 root words. This entry is in the public domain.