Lexicon :: Strong's H519 - 'āmâ

אָמָה

Transliteration

'āmâ

Pronunciation

aw-maw'

Part of Speech

feminine noun

Root Word (Etymology)

Apparently a primitive word

Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 112

Strong's Info

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).

Outline of Biblical Usage [?]

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).

Brown-Driver-Briggs Lexicon [?] (Jump to Scripture Index)

STRONGS H519: Abbreviations

† אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic أَمَةً, Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm²⁰, Aramaic aXtmAf , Assyrian amtu Zim^{BP 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 Sta^{Gesch 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

Gesenius' Hebrew-Chaldee Lexicon [?]

Concordance Results Shown Using the KJV

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

Gen 20:17

Gen 20:17 - So Abraham^H85 prayed^H6419 unto God:^H430 and God^H430 healed^H7495 Abimelech,^H40 and his wife,^H802 and his maidservants;^H519 and they bare^H3205 children.

Gen 21:10

Gen 21:10 - Wherefore she said^H559 unto Abraham,^H85 Cast out^H1644 this bondwoman^H519 and her son:^H1121 for the son^H1121 of this bondwoman^H519 shall not be heir^H3423 with my son,^H1121 even with Isaac.^H3327

Gen 21:12

Gen 21:12 - And God^H430 said^H559 unto Abraham,^H85 Let it not be grievous^H3415 in thy sight^H5869 because of the lad,^H5288 and because of thy bondwoman;^H519 in all that Sarah^H8283 hath said^H559 unto thee, hearken^H8085 unto her voice;^H6963 for in Isaac^H3327 shall thy seed^H2233 be called.^H7121

Gen 21:13

Gen 21:13 - And also of the son^H1121 of the bondwoman^H519 will I make^H7760 a nation,^H1471 because he is thy seed.^H2233

Gen 30:3

Gen 30:3 - And she said,^H559 Behold my maid^H519 Bilhah,^H1090 go in^H935 unto her; and she shall bear^H3205 upon my knees,^H1290 that I may also have children^H1129 by her.

Gen 31:33

Gen 31:33 - And Laban^H3837 went^H935 into Jacob's^H3290 tent,^H168 and into Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and into the two^H8147 maidservants'^H519 tents;^H168 but he found^H4672 them not. Then went he out^H3318 of Leah's^H3812 tent,^H168 and entered^H935 into Rachel's^H7354 tent.^H168

Exo 2:5

Exo 2:5 - And the daughter^H1323 of Pharaoh^H6547 came down^H3381 to wash^H7364 herself at the river;^H2975 and her maidens^H5291 walked^H1980 along by 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^H3947 it.

Exo 20:10

Exo 20:10 - But the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 is the sabbath^H7676 of the LORD^H3068 thy God:^H430 in it thou shalt not do^H6213 any work,^H4399 thou, nor thy son,^H1121 nor thy daughter,^H1323 thy manservant,^H5650 nor thy maidservant,^H519 nor thy cattle,^H929 nor thy stranger^H1616 that is within thy gates:^H8179

Exo 20:17

Exo 20:17 - Thou shalt not covet^H2530 thy neighbour's^H7453 house,^H1004 thou shalt not 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 that is thy neighbour's.^H7453

Exo 21:7

Exo 21:7 - And if a man^H376 sell^H4376 his daughter^H1323 to be a maidservant,^H519 she shall not go out^H3318 as the menservants^H5650 do.^H3318

Exo 21:20

Exo 21:20 - And if a man^H376 smite^H5221 his servant,^H5650 or his maid,^H519 with a rod,^H7626 and he die^H4191 under his hand;^H3027 he shall be surely^H5358 punished.^H5358

Exo 21:26

Exo 21:26 - And if a man^H376 smite^H5221 the eye^H5869 of his servant,^H5650 or the eye^H5869 of his maid,^H519 that it perish;^H7843 he shall let him go^H7971 free^H2670 for^H8478 his eye's^H5869 sake.

Exo 21:27

Exo 21:27 - And if he smite^H5307 out his manservant's^H5650 tooth,^H8127 or his maidservant's^H519 tooth;^H8127 he shall let him go^H7971 free^H2670 for his tooth's^H8127 sake.

Exo 21:32

Exo 21:32 - If the ox^H7794 shall push^H5055 a manservant^H5650 or 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

Exo 23:12

Exo 23:12 - Six^H8337 days^H3117 thou shalt do^H6213 thy work,^H4639 and on the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 thou shalt rest:^H7673 that thine ox^H7794 and thine ass^H2543 may rest,^H5117 and the son^H1121 of thy handmaid,^H519 and the stranger,^H1616 may be refreshed.^H5314

Lev 25:6

Lev 25:6 - And the sabbath^H7676 of the land^H776 shall be 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,

Lev 25:44

Lev 25:44 - Both thy bondmen,^H5650 and thy bondmaids,^H519 which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen^H1471 that are round about^H5439 you; of them shall ye buy^H7069 bondmen^H5650 and bondmaids.^H519

Deu 5:14

Deu 5:14 - But the seventh^H7637 day^H3117 is the sabbath^H7676 of the LORD^H3068 thy God:^H430 in it thou shalt not do^H6213 any work,^H4399 thou, 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 of thy cattle,^H929 nor thy stranger^H1616 that is within thy gates;^H8179 that thy manservant^H5650 and thy maidservant^H519 may rest^H5117 as well as thou.

Deu 5:21

Deu 5:21 - Neither shalt thou desire^H2530 thy neighbour's^H7453 wife,^H802 neither 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 thing that is thy neighbour's.^H7453

Deu 12:12

Deu 12:12 - And ye shall rejoice^H8055 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 your God,^H430 ye, and your sons,^H1121 and your daughters,^H1323 and your menservants,^H5650 and your maidservants,^H519 and the Levite^H3881 that is within your gates;^H8179 forasmuch^H3588 as he hath no part^H2506 nor inheritance^H5159 with you.

Deu 12:18

Deu 12:18 - But thou must eat^H398 them before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 shall choose,^H977 thou, and thy son,^H1121 and thy daughter,^H1323 and thy manservant,^H5650 and thy maidservant,^H519 and the Levite^H3881 that is within thy gates:^H8179 and thou shalt rejoice^H8055 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 in all that thou puttest^H4916 thine hands^H3027 unto.

Deu 15:17

Deu 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 thy servant^H5650 for ever.^H5769 And also unto thy maidservant^H519 thou shalt do^H6213 likewise.

Deu 16:11

Deu 16:11 - And thou shalt rejoice^H8055 before^H6440 the LORD^H3068 thy God,^H430 thou, and thy son,^H1121 and thy daughter,^H1323 and thy manservant,^H5650 and thy maidservant,^H519 and the Levite^H3881 that is within thy gates,^H8179 and the stranger,^H1616 and the fatherless,^H3490 and the widow,^H490 that are among^H7130 you, in the place^H4725 which the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 hath chosen^H977 to place^H7931 his name^H8034 there.

Deu 16:14

Deu 16:14 - And thou shalt rejoice^H8055 in thy feast,^H2282 thou, 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 are within thy gates.^H8179

Jdg 9:18

Jdg 9:18 - And ye are risen up^H6965 against my father's^H1 house^H1004 this day,^H3117 and have slain^H2026 his sons,^H1121 threescore and ten^H7657 persons,^H376 upon one^H259 stone,^H68 and have made Abimelech,^H40 the son^H1121 of his maidservant,^H519 king^H4427 over the men^H1167 of Shechem,^H7927 because he is your brother;)^H251

Jdg 19:19

Jdg 19:19 - Yet there is^H3426 both straw^H8401 and provender^H4554 for our asses;^H2543 and there is bread^H3899 and wine^H3196 also for me, and for thy handmaid,^H519 and for the young man^H5288 which is with thy servants:^H5650 there is no want^H4270 of any thing.^H1697

Rth 3:9

Rth 3:9 - And he said,^H559 Who art thou? And she answered,^H559 I am Ruth^H7327 thine handmaid:^H519 spread^H6566 therefore thy skirt^H3671 over thine handmaid;^H519 for thou art a near kinsman.^H1350

1Sa 1:11

1Sa 1:11 - And she vowed^H5087 a vow,^H5088 and said,^H559 O LORD^H3068 of hosts,^H6635 if thou wilt indeed^H7200 look^H7200 on the affliction^H6040 of thine handmaid,^H519 and remember^H2142 me, and not forget^H7911 thine handmaid,^H519 but wilt give^H5414 unto thine handmaid^H519 a man^H582 child,^H2233 then I will give^H5414 him unto the LORD^H3068 all the days^H3117 of his life,^H2416 and there shall no razor^H4177 come^H5927 upon his head.^H7218

1Sa 1:16

1Sa 1:16 - Count^H5414 not thine handmaid^H519 for^H6440 a daughter^H1323 of Belial:^H1100 for out of the abundance^H7230 of my complaint^H7879 and grief^H3708 have I spoken^H1696 hitherto.

1Sa 25:24

1Sa 25:24 - And fell^H5307 at his feet,^H7272 and said,^H559 Upon me, my lord,^H113 upon me let this iniquity^H5771 be: and let thine handmaid,^H519 I pray thee, speak^H1696 in thine audience,^H241 and hear^H8085 the words^H1697 of thine handmaid.^H589

1Sa 25:25

1Sa 25:25 - Let^H7760 not my lord,^H113 I pray thee, regard^H3820 this man^H376 of Belial,^H1100 even Nabal:^H5037 for as his name^H8034 is, so is he; Nabal^H5037 is his name,^H8034 and folly^H5039 is with him: but I thine handmaid^H519 saw^H7200 not the young men^H5288 of my lord,^H113 whom thou didst send.^H7971

1Sa 25:28

1Sa 25:28 - I pray thee, forgive^H5375 the trespass^H6588 of thine handmaid:^H519 for the LORD^H3068 will certainly^H6213 make^H6213 my lord^H113 a sure^H539 house;^H1004 because my lord^H113 fighteth^H3898 the battles^H4421 of the LORD,^H3068 and evil^H7451 hath not been found^H4672 in thee all thy days.^H3117

1Sa 25:31

1Sa 25:31 - That this shall be no 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 my lord^H113 hath avenged^H3467 himself: but when the LORD^H3068 shall have dealt well^H3190 with my lord,^H113 then remember^H2142 thine handmaid.^H519

1Sa 25:41

1Sa 25:41 - And she arose,^H6965 and bowed^H7812 herself on her face^H639 to the earth,^H776 and said,^H559 Behold, let thine handmaid^H519 be a servant^H8198 to wash^H7364 the feet^H7272 of the servants^H5650 of my lord.^H113

2Sa 6:20

2Sa 6:20 - Then David^H1732 returned^H7725 to bless^H1288 his household.^H1004 And Michal^H4324 the daughter^H1323 of Saul^H7586 came out^H3318 to meet^H7125 David,^H1732 and said,^H559 How glorious^H3513 was the king^H4428 of Israel^H3478 to day,^H3117 who uncovered^H1540 himself to day^H3117 in the eyes^H5869 of the handmaids^H519 of his servants,^H5650 as one^H259 of the vain fellows^H7386 shamelessly^H1540 uncovereth^H1540 himself!

2Sa 6:22

2Sa 6:22 - And I will yet be more vile^H7043 than thus,^H2063 and will be base^H8217 in mine own sight:^H5869 and of the maidservants^H519 which thou hast spoken^H559 of, of them shall I be had in honour.^H3513

2Sa 14:15

2Sa 14:15 - Now therefore that I am come^H935 to speak^H1696 of this thing^H1697 unto my lord^H113 the king,^H4428 it is because the people^H5971 have made me afraid:^H3372 and thy handmaid^H8198 said,^H559 I will now speak^H1696 unto the king;^H4428 it may be that the king^H4428 will perform^H6213 the request^H1697 of his handmaid.^H519

2Sa 14:16

2Sa 14:16 - For 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 and my son^H1121 together^H3162 out of the inheritance^H5159 of God.^H430

2Sa 20:17

2Sa 20:17 - And when he was come near^H7126 unto her, the woman^H802 said,^H559 Art thou Joab?^H3097 And he answered,^H559 I am he. Then she said^H559 unto him, Hear^H8085 the words^H1697 of thine handmaid.^H519 And he answered,^H559 I do hear.^H8085

1Ki 1:13

1Ki 1:13 - Go^H3212 and get thee in^H935 unto king^H4428 David,^H1732 and say^H559 unto him, Didst not thou, 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^H310 me, and he shall sit^H3427 upon my throne?^H3678 why then doth Adonijah^H138 reign?^H4427

1Ki 1:17

1Ki 1:17 - And she said^H559 unto him, My lord,^H113 thou swarest^H7650 by the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 unto thine handmaid,^H519 saying, Assuredly Solomon^H8010 thy son^H1121 shall reign^H4427 after^H310 me, and he shall sit^H3427 upon my throne.^H3678

1Ki 3:20

1Ki 3:20 - And she arose^H6965 at midnight,^H8432^H3915 and took^H3947 my son^H1121 from beside^H681 me, while thine handmaid^H519 slept,^H3463 and laid^H7901 it in her bosom,^H2436 and laid^H7901 her dead^H4191 child^H1121 in my bosom.^H2436

Ezr 2:65

Ezr 2:65 - Beside their servants^H5650 and their maids,^H519 of whom there were seven^H7651 thousand^H505 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 thirty^H7970 and seven:^H7651 and there were^H428 among them two hundred^H3967 singing men^H7891 and singing women.^H7891

Neh 7:67

Neh 7:67 - Beside their manservants^H5650 and their maidservants,^H519 of whom 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

Job 19:15

Job 19:15 - They that dwell^H1481 in mine house,^H1004 and my maids,^H519 count^H2803 me for a stranger:^H2114 I am an alien^H5237 in their sight.^H5869

Job 31:13

Job 31:13 - If I did despise^H3988 the cause^H4941 of my manservant^H5650 or of my maidservant,^H519 when they contended^H7379 with me;

Psa 86:16

Psa 86:16 - O turn^H6437 unto me, and have mercy^H2603 upon me; give^H5414 thy strength^H5797 unto thy servant,^H5650 and save^H3467 the son^H1121 of thine handmaid.^H519

Psa 116:16

Psa 116:16 - O LORD,^H3068 truly^H577 I am thy servant;^H5650 I am thy servant,^H5650 and the son^H1121 of thine handmaid:^H519 thou hast loosed^H6605 my bonds.^H4147

Nah 2:7

Nah 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 their breasts.^H3824