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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.
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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 - And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maidservants H519, so that they bore children.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:10 - Therefore she said to Abraham, “Drive out this maidservant H519 and her son! The son of this maidservant H519 shall not be an heir with my son, with Isaac.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:12 - So God said to Abraham, “[fn]Do not be distressed because of the boy and your maidservant H519; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her voice, for through Isaac your seed shall be named.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:13 - “And of the son of the maidservant H519 I will make a nation also, because he is your seed.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:3 - And she said, “Here is my maidservant H519 Bilhah, go in to her that she may bear on my knees, that [fn]through her I too may obtain children.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:33 -

So Laban went into Jacob’s tent and into Leah’s tent and into the tent of the two maidservants H519, but he did not find them. Then he went out of Leah’s tent and entered Rachel’s tent.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:5 -

And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to bathe at the Nile, with her young women walking alongside the Nile; and she saw the [fn]ark among the reeds and sent her maidservant H519, and she took it to her.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:10 -

but the seventh day is a sabbath of Yahweh your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter, your male or your female H519 slave H519 or your cattle or your sojourner who is within your gates.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 20:17 -

“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife or his male slave or his female H519 slave H519 or his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:7 -

“And 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.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:20 -

“And if a man strikes his male or female H519 slave H519 with a rod and he dies [fn]at his hand, he shall surely [fn]be punished.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:26 -

“And if a man strikes the eye of his male or female H519 slave H519 and ruins it, he shall let him go free on account of his eye.

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.
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 [fn]thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 23:12 -

“Six days you are to do your work, but on the seventh day you shall [fn]rest so that your ox and your donkey may [fn]rest, and the son of your maidservant H519, as well as your sojourner, may refresh themselves.

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:6 - ‘And the sabbath produce of the land shall be for food; for you and your male and female H519 slaves H519 and your hired man and your foreign resident, those who sojourn with you.
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 nations that are around you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 5:14 -

but the seventh day is a sabbath of Yahweh your God; in it you shall not do any work, you or your son or your daughter or your male slave or your female H519 slave H519 or your ox or your donkey or any of your cattle or your sojourner who is within your gates, so that your male slave and your female H519 slave H519 may rest as well as you.

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 slave or his female H519 slave H519, his ox or his donkey or anything that belongs to your neighbor.’

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:12 - “And you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your sons and daughters, your male and female H519 slaves H519, and the Levite who is within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance with you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 12:18 - “But you shall eat them before Yahweh your God in the place which Yahweh your God will choose, you and your son and daughter, and your male and female H519 slaves H519, and the Levite who is within your gates; and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God in all that you send forth your hand to do.
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:11 - and you shall be glad before Yahweh your God, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female H519 slaves H519 and the Levite who is within your gates and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are in your midst, in the place where Yahweh your God chooses for His name to dwell.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:14 - and you shall be glad in your feast, you and your son and your daughter and your male and female H519 slaves H519 and the Levite and the sojourner and the [fn]orphan and the widow who are within your gates.
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 lords of Shechem, because he is your [fn]relative
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.”
Unchecked Copy BoxRth 3:9 - And he said, “Who are you?” And she answered, “I am Ruth your maidservant H519. So spread your wing over your maidservant H519, for you are a kinsman redeemer.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:11 - And she made a vow and said, “O Yahweh 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 seed amongst men, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and a razor shall never come on his head.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:16 - “Do not [fn]consider your maidservant H519 as a vile woman, for I have spoken until now out of my great complaint and [fn]provocation.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:24 - And she fell at his feet and said, “On me [fn]alone, my lord, be the blame. And please let your maidservant H519 speak in your ears, and listen to the words of your maidservant H519.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:25 - “Please do not let my lord [fn]pay attention to this [fn]vile man, Nabal, for as his name is, so is he. [fn]Nabal is his name, and wicked foolishness is with him; but I your maidservant H519 did not see the young men of my lord whom you sent.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:28 - “Please forgive the transgression of your maidservant H519; for Yahweh will certainly make for my lord an enduring house because my lord is fighting the battles of Yahweh, and evil will not be found in you all your days.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:31 - then this will not [fn]cause stumbling or a troubled heart to my lord, both by having shed blood without cause and by my lord having saved himself. When Yahweh deals well with my lord, then remember your maidservant H519.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:41 - And she arose and bowed with her [fn]face to the ground and said, “Behold, your maidservant H519 is a servant-woman to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 -

But David returned to bless his household, and Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David and said, “How the king of Israel has glorified himself today! He uncovered himself today in the eyes of his servants’ maids H519 as one of the worthless ones shamelessly uncovers himself!”

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - “And I will be esteemed even more lightly 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 glorified.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - “So 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 servant-woman said, ‘Let me now speak to the king, perhaps the king will perform the word of his maidservant H519.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - ‘For the king will listen [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.’
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - So he drew near to 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.”
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?’
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 1:17 - And she said to him, “My lord, you swore to your maidservant H519 by [fn]Yahweh your God, saying, ‘Surely your son Solomon shall be king after me and he shall sit on my throne.’
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.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 2:65 -

besides their male and female H519 slaves H519 of whom there were 7,337;

and they had 200 male and female singers.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 7:67 -

besides their male and their female H519 slaves H519, [fn]of whom there were 7,337;

and they had 245 male and female singers.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:15 -

“Those who sojourn in my house and my maidservants H519 count me a stranger.

I am a foreigner in their sight.

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 31:13 -

“If I have rejected the justice of my male or female H519 [fn]slaves H519

When they filed a complaint against me,

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 86:16 -

Turn to me, and be gracious to me;

Oh grant Your strength to Your slave,

And save the son of Your maidservant H519.

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 116:16 -

O Yahweh, [fn]surely I am Your slave,

I am Your slave, the son of Your maidservant H519,

You have loosed my bonds.

Unchecked Copy BoxNah 2:7 -

So it stands fixed:

She is exiled, she is carried away,

And her maidservants H519 are moaning like the sound of doves,

Beating on their hearts.

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