שִׁפְחָה

Strong’s Definition

a female slave (as a member of the household)

Etymology & Derivation

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));

KJV Usage

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

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

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

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shiphchâh; Pronunciation: shif-khaw'