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
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁפְחָה (shiph.chah) — maidservant. 1) maid, maid-servant, slavegirl 1a) maid, maid-servant (as belonging to a mistress) 1b) of address, speaker, humility (fig)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f
Classes | ≈ אָמָה
female slave = woman who is the legal property of someone else; either married or eligible for marriage; her children belong to the person who owns her
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁפְחָה n.f. maid, maid-servant base