A name from Scripture
Shiphrah
SHIF-ruh
Meaning
Beautiful; Fair
Hebrew origin · Girl · First in Exodus
What it points to
Shiphrah — 'beautiful' — showed that true beauty is moral courage. Her refusal to obey an unjust order reveals that God remembers and rewards those who choose righteousness over compliance.
Verses · King James Version
“And the king of Egypt spake to the Hebrew midwives, of which the name of the one was Shiphrah, and the name of the other Puah: And he said, When ye do the office of a midwife to the Hebrew women... if it be a son, then ye shall kill him.”
Exodus 1:15-16
“And it came to pass, because the midwives feared God, that he made them houses.”
Exodus 1:21