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== Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75042" /> == | == Smith's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_75042" /> == | ||
<p> '''Shiph'rah.''' ''( | <p> '''Shiph'rah.''' ''(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. Exodus 1:15-21. (B.C. 1570). </p> | ||
== Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37475" /> == | == Fausset's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_37475" /> == | ||
<p> From [[Egyptian]] cheper "to procreate," "prolific" (See [[Puah | <p> From [[Egyptian]] cheper "to procreate," "prolific" (See [[Puah]] ; MIDWIFE.) Exodus 1:15-21. </p> | ||
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54036" /> == | == Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_54036" /> == | ||
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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60605" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_60605" /> == | ||
<p> (Heb. Shiphrah', שַׁפְרָה, probably '' | <p> (Heb. Shiphrah', שַׁפְרָה, probably ''Brightness,'' as in Job 26:13; but perhaps Egyptian; Sept. Σεποφώρα ) first named of the two Hebrew midwives who disobeyed Pharaoh's order to kill the male infants, and were rewarded by [[Divine]] [[Providence]] for their humanity ( Exodus 1:15). B.C. cir. 1740. </p> | ||
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