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Lexicon :: Strong's H519 - 'āmâ

Aa
אָמָה
Transliteration
'āmâ
Pronunciation
aw-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Apparently a primitive word
Dictionary Aids

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.
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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 20:17 - So H6419 Abraham H85 prayed H6419 unto H413 God: H430 and H7495 God H430 healed H7495 Abimelech, H40 and H853 his wife, H802 and his maidservants; H519 and they bare H3205 children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Wherefore she said H559 unto Abraham, H85 Cast out H1644 this H2063 bondwoman H519 and H853 her son: H1121 for H3588 the son H1121 of H519 this H2063 bondwoman  H519 shall H3423 not H3808 be heir H3423 with H5973 my son, H1121 even with H5973 Isaac. H3327
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - And H559 God H430 said H559 unto H413 Abraham, H85 Let it H7489 not H408 be grievous H7489 in thy sight H5869 because H5921 of the lad, H5288 and because H5921 of thy bondwoman; H519 in all H3605 that H834 Sarah H8283 hath said H559 unto thee, H413 hearken H8085 unto her voice; H6963 for H3588 in Isaac H3327 shall H7121 thy seed H2233 be called. H7121
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - And also H1571 of the son H1121 of the bondwoman H519 will I make H7760 a nation, H1471 because H3588 he H1931 is thy seed. H2233
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, H559 Behold H2009 my maid H519 Bilhah, H1090 go in H935 unto her; H413 and she shall bear H3205 upon H5921 my knees, H1290 that H1129 I H595 may H1129 also H1571 have children H1129 by her. H4480
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 - And H935 Laban H3837 went H935 into H168 Jacob's H3290 tent, H168 and into H168 Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and into H168 the H519 two H8147 maidservants'  H519 tents; H168 but H3808 he found H4672 them not. H3808 Then went he H3318 out of H168 Leah's H3812 tent, H168 and entered H935 into H168 Rachel's H7354 tent. H168
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 - And H3381 the daughter H1323 of Pharaoh H6547 came down H3381 to wash H7364 herself at H5921 the river; H2975 and her maidens H5291 walked H1980 along by H5921 the river's H2975 side; H3027 and when she saw H7200 the ark H8392 among H8432 the flags, H5488 she sent H7971 her maid H519 to fetch it. H3947
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 - But H3117 the seventh H7637 day H3117 is the sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 thy God: H430 in it thou shalt H6213 not H3808 do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 thou, H859 nor thy son, H1121 nor thy daughter, H1323 thy manservant, H5650 nor thy maidservant, H519 nor thy cattle, H929 nor thy stranger H1616 that H834 is within thy gates: H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 - Thou shalt H2530 not H3808 covet H2530 thy neighbour's H7453 house, H1004 thou shalt H2530 not H3808 covet H2530 thy neighbour's H7453 wife, H802 nor his manservant, H5650 nor his maidservant, H519 nor his ox, H7794 nor his ass, H2543 nor any thing H3605 that H834 is thy neighbour's. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 - And if H3588 a man H376 sell H4376 his daughter H1323 to be a maidservant, H519 she shall H3318 not H3808 go out H3318 as H3318 the menservants H5650 do. H3318
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 - And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 his servant, H5650 or H176 his maid, H519 with a rod, H7626 and he die H4191 under H8478 his hand; H3027 he shall be H5358 surely H5358 punished. H5358
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 - And if H3588 a man H376 smite H5221 the eye H5869 of his servant, H5650 or H176 the eye H5869 of his maid, H519 that it perish; H7843 he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for H8478 his eye's sake. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:27 - And if H518 he smite out H5307 his manservant's H5650 tooth, H8127 or H176 his maidservant's H519 tooth; H8127 he shall let him go H7971 free H2670 for H8478 his tooth's H8127 sake. H8478
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:32 - If H518 the ox H7794 shall push H5055 a manservant H5650 or H176 a maidservant; H519 he shall give H5414 unto their master H113 thirty H7970 shekels H8255 of silver, H3701 and the ox H7794 shall be stoned. H5619
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 - Six H8337 days H3117 thou shalt do H6213 thy work, H4639 and on the H3117 seventh H7637 day H3117 thou shalt rest: H7673 that H4616 thine ox H7794 and thine ass H2543 may rest, H5117 and H5314 the son H1121 of thy handmaid, H519 and the stranger, H1616 may be refreshed. H5314
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - And H1961 the sabbath H7676 of the land H776 shall be H1961 meat H402 for you; for thee, and for thy servant, H5650 and for thy maid, H519 and for thy hired servant, H7916 and for thy stranger H8453 that sojourneth H1481 with thee, H5973
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:44 - Both thy bondmen, H5650 and thy bondmaids, H519 which H834 thou shalt have, H1961 shall be of H854 the heathen H1471 that H834 are round about you; H5439 of them H1992 shall ye buy H7069 bondmen H5650 and bondmaids. H519
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 - But H3117 the seventh H7637 day H3117 is the sabbath H7676 of the LORD H3068 thy God: H430 in it thou shalt H6213 not H3808 do H6213 any H3605 work, H4399 thou, H859 nor thy son, H1121 nor thy daughter, H1323 nor thy manservant, H5650 nor thy maidservant, H519 nor thine ox, H7794 nor thine ass, H2543 nor any H3605 of thy cattle, H929 nor thy stranger H1616 that H834 is within thy gates; H8179 that H4616 thy manservant H5650 and thy maidservant H519 may rest H5117 as well as thou. H3644
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:21 - Neither H3808 shalt thou desire H2530 thy neighbour's H7453 wife, H802 neither H3808 shalt thou covet H183 thy neighbour's H7453 house, H1004 his field, H7704 or his manservant, H5650 or his maidservant, H519 his ox, H7794 or his ass, H2543 or any H3605 thing that H834 is thy neighbour's. H7453
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - And ye shall rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 your God, H430 ye, H859 and your sons, H1121 and your daughters, H1323 and your menservants, H5650 and your maidservants, H519 and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within your gates; H8179 forasmuch as H3588 he hath no H369 part H2506 nor inheritance H5159 with you. H854
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - But H3588 thou must eat them H398 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 shall choose, H977 thou, H859 and thy son, H1121 and thy daughter, H1323 and thy manservant, H5650 and thy maidservant, H519 and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within thy gates: H8179 and thou shalt rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 in all H3605 that thou puttest H4916 thine hands H3027 unto. H4916
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 15:17 - Then thou shalt take H3947 an aul, H4836 and thrust H5414 it through his ear H241 unto the door, H1817 and he shall be H1961 thy servant H5650 for ever. H5769 And also H637 unto thy maidservant H519 thou shalt do H6213 likewise. H3651
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice H8055 before H6440 the LORD H3068 thy God, H430 thou, H859 and thy son, H1121 and thy daughter, H1323 and thy manservant, H5650 and thy maidservant, H519 and the Levite H3881 that H834 is within thy gates, H8179 and the stranger, H1616 and the fatherless, H3490 and the widow, H490 that H834 are among you, H7130 in the place H4725 which H834 the LORD H3068 thy God H430 hath chosen H977 to place H7931 his name H8034 there. H8033
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice H8055 in thy feast, H2282 thou, H859 and thy son, H1121 and thy daughter, H1323 and thy manservant, H5650 and thy maidservant, H519 and the Levite, H3881 the stranger, H1616 and the fatherless, H3490 and the widow, H490 that H834 are within thy gates. H8179
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:18 - And ye H859 are risen up H6965 against H5921 my father's H1 house H1004 this day, H3117 and have slain H2026 his sons, H1121 threescore and ten H7657 persons, H376 upon H5921 one H259 stone, H68 and have made H4427 Abimelech, H40 the son H1121 of his maidservant, H519 king H4427 over H5921 the men H1167 of Shechem, H7927 because H3588 he H1931 is your brother;) H251
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:19 - Yet H1571 there is H3426 both H1571 straw H8401 and H1571 provender H4554 for our asses; H2543 and H1571 there is H3426 bread H3899 and wine H3196 also H1571 for me, H589 and for thy handmaid, H519 and for the young man H5288 which is with H5973 thy servants: H5650 there is no H369 want H4270 of any H3605 thing. H1697
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, H559 Who H4310 art thou? H859 And she answered, H559 I H595 am Ruth H7327 thine handmaid: H519 spread therefore H6566 thy skirt H3671 over H5921 thine handmaid; H519 for H3588 thou H859 art a near kinsman. H1350
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed H5087 a vow, H5088 and said, H559 O LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635 if H518 thou wilt H7200 indeed H7200 look H7200 on the affliction H6040 of thine handmaid, H519 and remember me, H2142 and not H3808 forget H7911 thine handmaid, H519 but wilt give H5414 unto thine handmaid H519 a man H376 child, H2233 then I will give him H5414 unto the LORD H3068 all H3605 the days H3117 of his life, H2416 and H4177 there shall H5927 no H3808 razor H4177 come H5927 upon H5921 his head. H7218
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - Count H5414 not H408 thine handmaid H519 for H6440 a daughter H1323 of Belial: H1100 for H3588 out of the abundance H7230 of my complaint H7879 and grief H3708 have I spoken H1696 hitherto. H2008
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And fell H5307 at H5921 his feet, H7272 and said, H559 Upon me, my lord, H113 upon me H589 let this iniquity H5771 be: and let H1696 thine handmaid, H519 I pray thee, H4994 speak H1696 in thine audience, H241 and hear H8085 the words H1697 of thine handmaid. H519
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - Let H7760 not H408 my lord, H113 I pray thee, H4994 regard H7760 this H2088 man H376 of Belial, H1100 even Nabal: H5037 for H3588 as his name H8034 is, so H3651 is he; H1931 Nabal H5037 is his name, H8034 and folly H5039 is with him: H5973 but I H589 thine handmaid H519 saw H7200 not H3808 the young men H5288 of my lord, H113 whom H834 thou didst send. H7971
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - I pray thee, H4994 forgive H5375 the trespass H6588 of thine handmaid: H519 for H3588 the LORD H3068 will H6213 certainly H6213 make H6213 my lord H113 a sure H539 house; H1004 because H3588 my lord H113 fighteth H3898 the battles H4421 of the LORD, H3068 and evil H7451 hath H4672 not H3808 been found H4672 in thee all thy days. H3117
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - That H3808 this H2063 shall be H1961 no H3808 grief H6330 unto thee, nor offence H4383 of heart H3820 unto my lord, H113 either that thou hast shed H8210 blood H1818 causeless, H2600 or that H3467 my lord H113 hath avenged H3467 himself: but when H3190 the LORD H3068 shall have dealt well H3190 with my lord, H113 then remember H2142 thine handmaid. H519
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose, H6965 and bowed herself H7812 on H639 her face H639 to the earth, H776 and said, H559 Behold, H2009 let thine handmaid H519 be a servant H8198 to wash H7364 the feet H7272 of the servants H5650 of my lord. H113
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - Then H7725 David H1732 returned H7725 to bless H1288 his household. H1004 And H3318 Michal H4324 the daughter H1323 of Saul H7586 came out H3318 to meet H7125 David, H1732 and said, H559 How H4100 glorious was H3513 the king H4428 of Israel H3478 to day, H3117 who H834 uncovered himself H1540 to day H3117 in the eyes H5869 of the handmaids H519 of his servants, H5650 as H1540 one H259 of the vain fellows H7386 shamelessly H1540 uncovereth himself! H1540
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - And I will H7043 yet H5750 be more vile H7043 than thus, H2063 and will be H1961 base H8217 in mine own sight: H5869 and of H5973 the maidservants H519 which H834 thou hast spoken H559 of, H834 of them H5973 shall I be had in honour. H3513
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore H6258 that H834 I am come H935 to speak H1696 of H1697 this H2088 thing H1697 unto H413 my lord H113 the king, H4428 it is because H3588 the people H5971 have made me afraid: H3372 and H559 thy handmaid H8198 said, H559 I will H1696 now H4994 speak H1696 unto H413 the king; H4428 it may be that H194 the king H4428 will perform H6213 the request H1697 of his handmaid. H519
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - For H3588 the king H4428 will hear, H8085 to deliver H5337 his handmaid H519 out of the hand H3709 of the man H376 that would destroy H8045 me H853 and H853 my son H1121 together H3162 out of the inheritance H5159 of God. H430
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - And when he was come near H7126 unto her, H413 the woman H802 said, H559 Art thou H859 Joab? H3097 And he answered, H559 I H589 am he. Then she said H559 unto him, Hear H8085 the words H1697 of thine handmaid. H519 And he answered, H559 I H595 do hear. H8085
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:13 - Go H3212 and get thee in H935 unto H413 king H4428 David, H1732 and say H559 unto him, H413 Didst H7650 not H3808 thou, H859 my lord, H113 O king, H4428 swear H7650 unto thine handmaid, H519 saying, H559 Assuredly H3588 Solomon H8010 thy son H1121 shall reign H4427 after me, H310 and he H1931 shall sit H3427 upon H5921 my throne? H3678 why then H4069 doth H4427 Adonijah H138 reign? H4427
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said H559 unto him, My lord, H113 thou H859 swarest H7650 by the LORD H3068 thy God H430 unto thine handmaid, H519 saying, Assuredly H3588 Solomon H8010 thy son H1121 shall reign H4427 after me, H310 and he H1931 shall sit H3427 upon H5921 my throne. H3678
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:20 - And she arose H6965 at midnight, H8432 H3915 and took H3947 my son H1121 from beside me, H681 while thine handmaid H519 slept, H3463 and laid it H7901 in her bosom, H2436 and H853 laid H7901 her H1121 dead H4191 child H1121 in my bosom. H2436
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 - Beside H905 their servants H5650 and their maids, H519 of whom H428 there were seven H7651 thousand H505 three H7969 hundred H3967 thirty H7970 and seven: H7651 and there were among them  two hundred H3967 singing men H7891 and singing women. H7891
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 - Beside H905 their manservants H5650 and their maidservants, H519 of whom H428 there were seven H7651 thousand H505 three H7969 hundred H3967 thirty H7970 and seven: H7651 and they had two hundred H3967 forty H705 and five H2568 singing men H7891 and singing women. H7891
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:15 - They that dwell H1481 in mine house, H1004 and my maids, H519 count me H2803 for a stranger: H2114 I am H1961 an alien H5237 in their sight. H5869
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 - If H518 I did despise H3988 the cause H4941 of my manservant H5650 or of my maidservant, H519 when they contended H7378 with me; H5978
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 - O turn H6437 unto me, H413 and have mercy upon me; H2603 give H5414 thy strength H5797 unto thy servant, H5650 and save H3467 the son H1121 of thine handmaid. H519
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:16 - O LORD, H3068 truly H577 I H589 am thy servant; H5650 I H589 am thy servant, H5650 and the son H1121 of thine handmaid: H519 thou hast loosed H6605 my bonds. H4147
Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 - And Huzzab H5324 shall be led away captive, H1540 she shall be brought up, H5927 and her maids H519 shall lead H5090 her as with the voice H6963 of doves, H3123 tabering H8608 upon H5921 their breasts. H3824
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