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Shiphrah
Beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives (Ex. 1:15).
Also from Smith's (1884) +−
(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.)
In the Bible
1
Verses where Shiphrah is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Exodus 1:15
Then the king of Egypt said to the Hebrew midwives, whose names were Shiphrah and Puah,
Scripture on Shiphrah
1
Sources · Hitchcock's Bible Names (1869) · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · Smith's Bible Dictionary (1884)
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