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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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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'SHIPHRAH'". "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia". 1915.