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Table of Contents HEBREW: 8236 hrpv Shiphrah
NAVE: Shiphrah
EBD: Shiphrah
SMITH: SHIPHRAH
ISBE: SHIPHRAH

Shiphrah

In Bible versions:

Shiphrah: NET AVS NIV NRSV NASB TEV

handsome; trumpet; that does good

a midwife assigned to the Hebrew women by Pharaoh

NET Glossary: Array

Hebrew

Strongs #08236: hrpv Shiphrah

Shiphrah = "fair"

1) one of the two Hebrew midwives who were ordered by Pharaoh to kill
all the male children born to the Hebrews but who disobeyed

8236 Shiphrah shif-raw'

the same as 8235; Shiphrah, an Israelitess: KJV -- Shiphrah.
see HEBREW for 08235

Shiphrah [nave]

SHIPHRAH, a Hebrew midwife, Ex. 1:15.

Shiphrah [ebd]

beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives (Ex. 1:15).

SHIPHRAH [smith]

(brightness), (Exodus 1:15) the name of one of the two midwives of the Hebrews who disobeyed the command of Pharaoh to kill the mule children. vs. (Exodus 1:15-21) (B.C. 1570.)

SHIPHRAH [isbe]

SHIPHRAH - shif'-ra (shiphrah, "fairness," "beauty";. Septuagint Sepphora, the rendering also of tsipporah, in Ex 2:21): The name of one of the Hebrew midwives (Ex 1:15).