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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 10 times in 7 verses in '1Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:11

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 1:16

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:24

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.

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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]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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:28

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.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:31

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.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:41

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.”
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