Definition

a female slave (as a member of the household)

Etymology

feminine from an unused root meaning to spread out (as a family; see H4940 (מִשְׁפָּחָה));

Word family

• מִשְׁפָּחָה mishpâchâh

How the KJV renders it

• (bond-
• hand-) maid(-en
• -servant)
• wench
• bondwoman
• womanservant

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.