Strong's H8198 (Hebrew)

Hebrew: שִׁפְחָה (shiphchâh)

Pronunciation: shif-khaw'

Morphology: n-f

Derivation: feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see מִשְׁפָּחָה (mishpâchâh) [H4940]);

Definition: a female slave (as a member of the household)

KJV Renderings: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.

Senses

1. maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1. maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
2. of address, speaker, humility (fig)

Cross References

Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.