Shiphrah שִׁפְרָה
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| שִׁפְרָה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | shiphrah |
| Strong's number | H8236 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | name of a woman |
| Gloss | Shiphrah |
| Occurrences | 1 in 1 verse |
Shiphrah (Hebrew שִׁפְרָה, Strong's H8236) is a name of a woman in the Old Testament, glossed “Shiphrah”. It occurs 1 time.
Definition
A woman living at the time of Egypt and Wilderness, only mentioned at Exo.1.15
§ Shiphrah = "fair"
one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed
§ Shiphrah = "fair"
one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | shiphrah (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | shiphrah (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Shiphrah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Exodus
- Exodus 1:15And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah:Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).