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Lexicon :: Strong's H519 - 'āmâ

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אָמָה
Transliteration
'āmâ
Pronunciation
aw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primitive word
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TWOT Reference: 112

Strong’s Definitions

אָמָה ʼâmâh, aw-maw'; apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave:—(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x

The KJV translates Strong's H519 in the following manner: handmaid (22x), maidservant (19x), maid (8x), bondwoman (4x), bondmaids (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 55x
The KJV translates Strong's H519 in the following manner: handmaid (22x), maidservant (19x), maid (8x), bondwoman (4x), bondmaids (2x).

  1. maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine

    1. of humility (fig.)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
אָמָה ʼâmâh, aw-maw'; apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave:—(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
STRONGS H519: Abbreviations
† אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic أَمَةً, Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm20, Aramaic aXtmAf  , Assyrian amtu ZimBP 67) — א׳ absolute Genesis 21:10 +; suffix אֲמָתִי Genesis 30:3 +, etc.; plural absolute אֲמָהֹת Genesis 31:33; 2 Samuel 6:22; construct אַמְהוֺת 2 Samuel 6:20; אַמְהֹתַי Job 19:5 etc. — maid, handmaid.
1. literally maidservant (= שִׁפְחָה which see, where however sometimes more servile; rarely P in Hexateuch) Genesis 30:3; Genesis 31:33 (|| שִׁפְחָה Genesis 29:24, 29; P Genesis 30:4f. J etc.) Exodus 2:5 (all E); 2 Samuel 6:20, 22; Job 19:15; Nahum 2:8 (suffix refers to mistress, except Job 19:15 compare 2 Samuel 6:20, 22); in legisl. (|| עֶבֶד) Exodus 20:10, 17; Exodus 21:20, 26, 27, 32 (all E) Leviticus 25:6, 44 (twice in verse) (H) Deuteronomy 5:14 (twice in verse); Deuteronomy 5:18; Deuteronomy 12:12, 18; Deuteronomy 15:17 (compare see 12) Deuteronomy 16:11, 14; compare also Job 31:13; Ezra 2:65; Nehemiah 7:67; applied to concubine (suffix of master) Genesis 20:17; Genesis 21:12; Exodus 23:12 (all E) Judges 9:18; Judges 19:19; also Genesis 21:10 (twice in verse); Genesis 21:13 (Genesis 16:1f. P שִׁפְחָה which see) Exodus 21:7 (all E), see on this StaGesch i: p. 380.
2. figurative in address, אֲמָֽתְךָ etc., referring to speaker, in token of humility; Ruth 3:9 (twice in verse) (|| שׁפחה Ruth 2:13) 1 Samuel 1:16 (|| id. 1 Samuel 1:18) 1 Samuel 25:24 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 25:25, 28, 31, 41 (|| id. 1 Samuel 25:27) 2 Samuel 14:15, 16 (|| id. 2 Samuel 14:6; 2 Samuel 14:7; 2 Samuel 14:12; 2 Samuel 14:15; 2 Samuel 14:17; 2 Samuel 14:19); 2 Samuel 20:17; 1 Kings 1:13, 17; 1 Kings 3:20; in addressing God (never שׁפחה) 1 Samuel 1:11 (3 times in verse), compare בֶּן־א׳ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:1; 20:17; 21:10; 21:10; 21:12; 21:13; 29:24; 29:29; 30:3; 30:3; 30:4; 31:33; 31:33

Exodus

2:5; 20:10; 20:17; 21:7; 21:20; 21:26; 21:27; 21:32; 23:12

Leviticus

25:6; 25:44

Deuteronomy

5:14; 5:18; 12:12; 12:18; 15:17; 16:11; 16:14

Judges

9:18; 19:19

Ruth

2:13; 3:9

1 Samuel

1:11; 1:16; 1:18; 25:24; 25:25; 25:27; 25:28; 25:31; 25:41

2 Samuel

6:20; 6:20; 6:20; 6:22; 6:22; 6:22; 14:6; 14:7; 14:12; 14:15; 14:15; 14:16; 14:17; 14:19; 20:17

1 Kings

1:13; 1:17; 3:20

Ezra

2:65

Nehemiah

7:67

Job

19:5; 19:15; 19:15; 31:13

Psalms

86:16; 116:16

Nahum

2:8

H519

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H519 matches the Hebrew אָמָה ('āmâ),
which occurs 56 times in 49 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, H519 so that they bore children.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maid H519 and her son, for the son of this maid H519 shall not be an heir with my son [fn]Isaac.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:12

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - But God said to Abraham, “[fn]Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; H519 whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac [fn]your descendants shall be named.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:13

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - “And of the son of the maid H519 I will make a nation also, because he is your [fn]descendant.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 30:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - She said, “Here is my maid H519 Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that [fn]through her I too may have children.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two maids, H519 but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - The daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her maidens walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [fn]basket among the reeds and sent her maid, H519 and she brought it to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:10

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female H519 servant H519 or your cattle or your sojourner who [fn]stays with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 20:17

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - “You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male servant or his female H519 servant H519 or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:7

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - “If a man sells his daughter as a female H519 slave, H519 she is not to [fn]go free as the male slaves [fn]do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - “If a man strikes his male or female H519 slave H519 with a rod and he dies [fn]at his hand, he shall [fn]be punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:26

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - “If a man strikes the eye of his male or female H519 slave, H519 and destroys it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:27

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - “And if he [fn]knocks out a tooth of his male or female H519 slave, H519 he shall let him go free on account of his tooth.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - “If the ox gores a male or female H519 slave, H519 [fn]the owner shall give his or her master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 23:12

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - “Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall cease from labor so that your ox and your donkey may rest, and the son of your female H519 slave, H519 as well as [fn]your stranger, may refresh themselves.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - ‘All of you shall have the sabbath products of the land for food; yourself, and your male and female H519 slaves, H519 and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who live as aliens with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 25:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - ‘As for your male and female H519 slaves H519 whom you may have—you may acquire male and female H519 slaves H519 from the pagan nations that are around you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - but the seventh day is a sabbath of the LORD your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male servant or your female H519 servant H519 or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who [fn]stays with you, so that your male servant and your female H519 servant H519 may rest as well as you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - ‘You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, and you shall not desire your neighbor’s house, his field or his male servant or his female H519 servant, H519 his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - “And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female H519 servants, H519 and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - “But you shall eat them before the LORD your God in the place which the LORD your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female H519 servants, H519 and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in all [fn]your undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 15:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - then you shall take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he shall be your servant forever. Also you shall do likewise to your maidservant. H519

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female H519 servants H519 and the Levite who is in your [fn]town, and the stranger and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where the LORD your God chooses to establish His name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall rejoice in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female H519 servants H519 and the Levite and the stranger and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your [fn]towns.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - but you have risen against my father’s house today and have killed his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, H519 king over the men of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative—

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 19:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - “Yet there is both straw and fodder for our donkeys, and also bread and wine for me, [fn]your maidservant, H519 and the young man who is with your servants; there is no lack of anything.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Rth 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - He said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maid. H519 So spread your covering over your maid, H519 for you are a [fn]close relative.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - She made a vow and said, “O LORD of hosts, if You will indeed look on the affliction of Your maidservant H519 and remember me, and not forget Your maidservant, H519 but will give Your maidservant H519 a [fn]son, then I will give him to the LORD all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider your maidservant H519 as a worthless woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great concern and [fn]provocation.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - She fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant H519 speak [fn]to you, and listen to the words of your maidservant. H519

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this [fn]worthless man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [fn]Nabal is his name and folly is with him; but I your maidservant H519 did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant; H519 for the LORD will certainly make for my lord an enduring house, because my lord is fighting the battles of the LORD, and evil will not be found in you all your days.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - this will not [fn]cause grief or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having [fn]avenged himself. When the LORD deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant.” H519

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - She arose and bowed with her face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant H519 is a maid to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - But when David returned to bless his household, Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel distinguished himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids H519 as one of the foolish ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - “I will be more lightly esteemed than this and will be humble in my own eyes, but with the maids H519 of whom you have spoken, with them I will be distinguished.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “Now [fn]the reason I have come to speak this word to my lord the king is that the people have made me afraid; so your maidservant said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the [fn]request of his maidservant. H519

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - ‘For the king will hear [fn]and deliver his maidservant H519 from the [fn]hand of the man who would destroy [fn]both me and my son from the inheritance of God.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - So he approached her, and the woman said, “Are you Joab?” And he answered, “I am.” Then she said to him, “Listen to the words of your maidservant.” H519 And he answered, “I am listening.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - “Go [fn]at once to King David and say to him, ‘Have you not, my lord, O king, sworn to your maidservant, H519 saying, “Surely Solomon your son shall be king after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then has Adonijah become king?’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 1:17

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - She said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant H519 by the LORD your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - “So she arose in the middle of the night and took my son from beside me while your maidservant H519 slept, and laid him in her bosom, and laid her dead son in my bosom.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 2:65

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - besides their male and female H519 servants H519 [fn]who numbered 7,337; and they had 200 singing men and women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 7:67

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - besides their male and their female H519 servants, H519 [fn]of whom there were 7,337; and they had 245 male and female singers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:15 - “Those who live in my house and my maids H519 consider me a stranger.
I am a foreigner in their sight.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 31:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - “If I have despised the claim of my male or female H519 slaves H519
When they filed a complaint against me,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 86:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - Turn to me, and be gracious to me;
Oh grant Your strength to Your servant,
And save the son of Your handmaid. H519

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 116:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:16 - O LORD, [fn]surely I am Your servant,
I am Your servant, the son of Your handmaid, H519
You have loosed my bonds.

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Unchecked Copy Box Nah 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - It is fixed:
She is stripped, she is carried away,
And her handmaids H519 are moaning like the sound of doves,
Beating on their [fn]breasts.
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