Bible Person

Shiphrah

Meaning: handsome; trumpet; that does good · Female · 1 cross reference

Shiphrah is one of the Hebrew midwives in Exodus 1:15. She belongs to the earliest acts of faithful resistance in Israel's oppression narrative. First appears in Exod 1:15.1

AI summary: Shiphrah matters because her single cross reference preserves a woman's courageous refusal to obey Pharaoh's murderous command. The entry shows that Israel's survival in Egypt depended in part on hidden, costly obedience from ordinary people who feared God. Taken together, the material presents Shiphrah as a midwife whose faith resisted oppression.1

Central Figure

Shiphrah

Meaning: handsome; trumpet; that does good

Beauty, one of the Egyptian midwives (Ex.