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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
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 5 times in 5 verses in '2Sa' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:20 - When David went home to pronounce a blessing on his own house, Michal, Saul's daughter, came out to meet him. She said, "How the king of Israel has distinguished himself this day! He has exposed himself today before his servants' slave girls the way a vulgar fool might do!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:22

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:22 - I am willing to shame and humiliate myself even more than this! But with the slave girls whom you mentioned let me be distinguished!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:15 - I have now come to speak with my lord the king about this matter, because the people have made me fearful. But your servant said, 'I will speak to the king! Perhaps the king will do what his female servant asks.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:16

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:16 - Yes! The king may listen and deliver his female servant from the hand of the man who seeks to remove both me and my son from the inheritance God has given us!'

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 20:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:17 - When he approached her, the woman asked, "Are you Joab?" He replied, "I am." She said to him, "Listen to the words of your servant." He said, "Go ahead. I'm listening."
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