Quick Definition
maidservant
Strong's 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 Usage: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh
BDB Definition:
1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl
1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress)
1b) of address, speaker, humility (figuratively)
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2442a
Total KJV Occurrences: 62