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אָמָה
ʼâmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H519 · 56 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “maid”
What it means
a maidservant or female slave
apparently a primitive word;
How the KJV renders it
handbondmaid, maid
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“maid”
also renders korásion (G2877), paidískē (G3814), paîs (G3816), bᵉthûwlâh (H1330)
Answers that weigh this word
- Does Colossians 2:16 abolish the Sabbath?
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- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Was the Sabbath given before Sinai?
- Is the Sabbath command moral law or ceremonial law?
Where it appears
56 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 49 verses shown.
1 Kings 1:13 · HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
Go in to King David, and tell him, ‘Didn’t you, my lord the king, swear to your servant, saying, “Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne”? Why then does Adonijah reign?’
1 Kings 1:17 · HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
She said to him, “My lord, you swore by Yahweh your God to your servant, ‘Assuredly Solomon your son shall reign after me, and he shall sit on my throne.’
1 Kings 3:20 · HC/Ncfsc/Sp2ms
She arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me while your servant slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
1 Samuel 1:11 · HNcfsc/Sp2ms
She vowed a vow, and said, “Yahweh of Armies, if you will indeed look at the affliction of your servant and remember me, and not forget your servant, but will give to your servant a boy, then I will give him to Yahweh all the days of his life, and no razor shall come on his head.”
1 Samuel 1:16 · HNcfsc/Sp2ms
Don’t consider your servant a wicked woman; for I have been speaking out of the abundance of my complaint and my provocation.”
1 Samuel 25:24 · HNcfsc/Sp2ms
She fell at his feet and said, “On me, my lord, on me be the blame! Please let your servant speak in your ears. Hear the words of your servant.
1 Samuel 25:25 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 25:28 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 25:31 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Samuel 25:41 HNcfsc/Sp2ms2 Samuel 6:20 HNcfpc2 Samuel 6:22 HTd/Ncfpa2 Samuel 14:15 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 14:16 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 20:17 HNcfsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 5:14 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 5:21 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msDeuteronomy 12:12 HC/Ncfpc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 12:18 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 15:17 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 16:11 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msDeuteronomy 16:14 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msExodus 2:5 HNcfsc/Sp3fsExodus 20:10 HC/Ncfsc/Sp2msExodus 20:17 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3msExodus 21:7 HR/NcfsaExodus 21:20 HNcfsc/Sp3msExodus 21:26 HNcfsc/Sp3msExodus 21:27 HNcfsc/Sp3msExodus 21:32 HNcfsaExodus 23:12 HNcfsc/Sp2msEzra 2:65 HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mpGenesis 20:17 HC/Ncfpc/Sp3msGenesis 21:10 HTd/NcfsaGenesis 21:12 HNcfsc/Sp2msGenesis 21:13 HTd/NcfsaGenesis 30:3 HNcfsc/Sp1csGenesis 31:33 HTd/NcfpaJudges 9:18 HNcfsc/Sp3msJudges 19:19 HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp2msJob 19:15 HC/Ncfpc/Sp1csJob 31:13 HC/Ncfsc/Sp1csLeviticus 25:6 HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp2msLeviticus 25:44 HC/NcfsaNahum 2:7 HC/Ncfpc/Sp3fsNehemiah 7:67 HC/Ncfpc/Sp3mpPsalm 86:16 HNcfsc/Sp2msPsalm 116:16 HNcfsc/Sp2msRuth 3:9 HNcfsc/Sp2ms
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.