H8236: שִׁפְרָה
Shiphrâh · pronounced shif-raw' · “Shiphrah”
Definition
Shiphrah, an Israelitess
KJV translates it as: Shiphrah.
Word origin: the same as H8235 (שִׁפְרָה);
Extended 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
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H8236 is translated
- was shiphrah ×1
Bible verses with H8236 (Shiphrâh)
Shiphrâh appears in 1 verse.
- Exodus 1:15
And 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: