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Shiphrah

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Easton's 1897Smith's 1863ISBE 19153 verse references

Easton's 1897

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

Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · public domain

Smith's 1863

(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.)

Smith's Bible Dictionary (1863) · public domain

ISBE 1915

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).

See also ZIPPORAH.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

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