Strong's Hebrew · H519
אָמָה
ʼâmâh · aw-maw'
Definitiona maidservant or female slave
Derivationapparently a primitive word;
KJV usage(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Occurrences56 in the KJV · 49 verses
אָמָה in Scripture
Genesis 20:17
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bore children .
Genesis 21:10
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 21:12
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:13
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 30:3
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis 31:33
And Laban went into Jacob' s tent, and into Leah' s tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel' s tent.
Exodus 2:5
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river' s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 20:10
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus 20:17
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor' s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor' s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbor' s.
Exodus 21:7
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Exodus 21:20
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Exodus 21:26
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
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