Shiphrah

Hebrew midwife who feared God and disobeyed Pharaoh.

A written article for Shiphrah is still to come. Below and alongside: where Shiphrah appears in Scripture, with the original words and any dates on record.

  • 1700 BC
    1600 BC
  • Shiphrah
    c. 1650 BC

Original word

  • שִׁפְרָה shiphrah
    H8236
Citations
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Where Shiphrah appears in Scripture

Exodus 1

וַיֹּאמֶר מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם לַֽמְיַלְּדֹת הָֽעִבְרִיֹּת אֲשֶׁר שֵׁם הָֽאַחַת שִׁפְרָה וְשֵׁם הַשֵּׁנִית פּוּעָֽה׃
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: