Hebrew - English Dictionary
H8198 - Handmaids
| Strong's No.: | H8198 | 
| Hebrew: | שִׁפְחָה | 
| Transliteration: | shiphchâh | 
| Phonetic: | shif-khaw' | 
| Word Origin: | Feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family | 
| Bible Usage: | ({bond-} hand-) maid ({-en} {-servant}) {wench} {bondwoman} womanservant. | 
| Strongs Definition:  | see H4940); a female slave (as a member of the household)  | 
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition:  | 1. maid, maid-servant, slavegirl a. maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) b. of address, speaker, humility (fig)  | 
| Bible References:
                                     Handmaids  | 
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| Translation Occurrences:  | 
                                
                                         
                                            bondmaid ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            bondwomen ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            handmaid ( 22 )
                                         
                                        
                                            handmaidens ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            handmaids ( 7 )
                                         
                                        
                                            maid ( 12 )
                                         
                                        
                                            maiden ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            maidens ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            maidservant ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            maidservants ( 5 )
                                         
                                        
                                            servant ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            wench ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            womenservants ( 3 )
                                         
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                    Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.
            by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.