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(Heb. Shiphrah', ùַׁôְøָä , probably brightness, as in Job_26:13; but perhaps Egyptian; Sept. Óåðïöώñá ) 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 (Exo_1:15). B.C. cir. 1740.