beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives ( Exodus 1:15 ).
handsome; trumpet; that does good
(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
shif'-ra (shiphrah, "fairness," "beauty";. Septuagint Sepphora, the rendering also of tsipporah, in Exodus 2:21):
The name of one of the Hebrew midwives (Exodus 1:15).
See also ZIPPORAH.
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