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519. amah

amah: a maid, handmaid
Original Word: אָמָה
Part of Speech: Noun Feminine
Transliteration: amah
Phonetic Spelling: (aw-maw')
Short Definition: maidservant

Word Origin
of uncertain derivation
Definition
a maid, handmaid
NASB Word Usage
female (15), female servant (4), female slave (2), handmaid (2), handmaids (1), maid (8), maids (5), maidservant (19), servant* (1), servants* (6), slave* (4), slaves* (4).

אָמָה noun feminine maid, handmaid (Phoenician אמת, Arabic , Sabean אמת in proper name SabDenkm20, Aramaic , 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 q. v., 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 q. v.) 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 t. in verse), compare ׳בֶּןאֿ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16.



handmaid, bondwoman, maidservant

Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave -- (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).

’am·hō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
hā·’ā·māh — 3 Occ.
hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ — 2 Occ.
la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 4 Occ.
lə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 8 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
wə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯay — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem — 2 Occ.
wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.
’am·māh — 84 Occ.
’am·maṯ — 1 Occ.
’am·mā·ṯa·yim — 6 Occ.
’am·mō·wṯ — 81 Occ.
bā·’am·māh — 39 Occ.
bā·’am·mō·wṯ — 1 Occ.


Strong's Hebrew 519
56 Occurrences


’ā·māh — 1 Occ.
’ă·mā·ṯāh — 1 Occ.
’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 16 Occ.
’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
’ă·mā·ṯōw — 6 Occ.
’am·hō·wṯ — 1 Occ.
hā·’ā·māh — 3 Occ.
hā·’ă·mā·hōṯ — 2 Occ.
la·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 4 Occ.
lə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯə·ḵā — 8 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯî — 1 Occ.
wa·’ă·mā·ṯōw — 2 Occ.
wə·’ā·māh — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯay — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯāw — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯe·hā — 1 Occ.
wə·’am·hō·ṯê·hem — 2 Occ.
wə·la·’ă·mā·ṯe·ḵā — 2 Occ.

Genesis 20:17
BIB: וְאֶת־ אִשְׁתּ֛וֹ וְאַמְהֹתָ֖יו וַיֵּלֵֽדוּ׃
NAS: and his wife and his maids, so that they bore
KJV: and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare
INT: Abimelech and his wife and his maids bore

Genesis 21:10
BIB: לְאַבְרָהָ֔ם גָּרֵ֛שׁ הָאָמָ֥ה הַזֹּ֖את וְאֶת־
NAS: out this maid and her son,
KJV: Cast out this bondwoman and her son:
INT: to Abraham Drive maid likewise son

Genesis 21:10
BIB: יִירַשׁ֙ בֶּן־ הָאָמָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את עִם־
NAS: of this maid shall not be an heir
KJV: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir
INT: shall not be an heir the son maid likewise with

Genesis 21:12
BIB: הַנַּ֣עַר וְעַל־ אֲמָתֶ֔ךָ כֹּל֩ אֲשֶׁ֨ר
NAS: of the lad and your maid; whatever
KJV: because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah
INT: of the lad because and your maid all manner after

Genesis 21:13
BIB: אֶת־ בֶּן־ הָאָמָ֖ה לְג֣וֹי אֲשִׂימֶ֑נּוּ
NAS: And of the son of the maid I will make
KJV: And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make
INT: also the son of the maid A nation will make

Genesis 30:3
BIB: וַתֹּ֕אמֶר הִנֵּ֛ה אֲמָתִ֥י בִלְהָ֖ה בֹּ֣א
NAS: She said, Here is my maid Bilhah, go
KJV: And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah,
INT: said Here is my maid Bilhah go

Genesis 31:33
BIB: וּבְאֹ֛הֶל שְׁתֵּ֥י הָאֲמָהֹ֖ת וְלֹ֣א מָצָ֑א
NAS: of the two maids, but he did not find
KJV: and into the two maidservants' tents;
INT: the tent of the two maids did not find

Exodus 2:5
BIB: וַתִּשְׁלַ֥ח אֶת־ אֲמָתָ֖הּ וַתִּקָּחֶֽהָ
NAS: and sent her maid, and she brought
KJV: she sent her maid to fetch
INT: the reeds and sent her maid brought

Exodus 20:10
BIB: וּ֠בִתֶּ֗ךָ עַבְדְּךָ֤֨ וַאֲמָֽתְךָ֜֙ וּבְהֶמְתֶּ֔֗ךָ וְגֵרְךָ֖֙
NAS: your male or your female servant
KJV: thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle,
INT: your daughter your male your female your cattle your sojourner

Exodus 20:17
BIB: רֵעֶ֗ךָ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ וְשׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ
NAS: or his male servant or his female servant or his ox
KJV: nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox,
INT: your neighbor's his male his female his ox his donkey

Exodus 21:7
BIB: אֶת־ בִּתּ֖וֹ לְאָמָ֑ה לֹ֥א תֵצֵ֖א
NAS: his daughter as a female slave, she is not to go
KJV: his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out
INT: A man his daughter A female is not to go

Exodus 21:20
BIB: א֤וֹ אֶת־ אֲמָתוֹ֙ בַּשֵּׁ֔בֶט וּמֵ֖ת
NAS: or female slave with a rod
KJV: his servant, or his maid, with a rod,
INT: his male or female A rod dies

Exodus 21:26
BIB: אֶת־ עֵ֥ין אֲמָת֖וֹ וְשִֽׁחֲתָ֑הּ לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י
NAS: or female slave, and destroys
KJV: or the eye of his maid, that it perish;
INT: or of his eye female and destroys free

Exodus 21:27
BIB: אֽוֹ־ שֵׁ֥ן אֲמָת֖וֹ יַפִּ֑יל לַֽחָפְשִׁ֥י
NAS: or female slave, he shall let him go
KJV: tooth, or his maidservant's tooth;
INT: or of his tooth female knocks free

Exodus 21:32
BIB: הַשּׁ֖וֹר א֣וֹ אָמָ֑ה כֶּ֣סֶף ׀ שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים
NAS: or female slave, the owner shall give
KJV: a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give
INT: the ox or female of silver thirty

Exodus 23:12
BIB: וְיִנָּפֵ֥שׁ בֶּן־ אֲמָתְךָ֖ וְהַגֵּֽר׃
NAS: and the son of your female slave, as well as your stranger,
KJV: and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger,
INT: may refresh and the son of your female your stranger

Leviticus 25:6
BIB: לְךָ֖ וּלְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וְלַאֲמָתֶ֑ךָ וְלִשְׂכִֽירְךָ֙ וּלְתוֹשָׁ֣בְךָ֔
NAS: yourself, and your male and female slaves, and your hired man
KJV: for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant,
INT: food and your male and female and your hired and your foreign

Leviticus 25:44
BIB: וְעַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִהְיוּ־
NAS: As for your male and female slaves
KJV: Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, [shall be] of the heathen
INT: your male and female whom may have

Leviticus 25:44
BIB: תִּקְנ֖וּ עֶ֥בֶד וְאָמָֽה׃
NAS: and female slaves whom
KJV: bondmen and bondmaids.
INT: buy male and female

Deuteronomy 5:14
BIB: וּבִתֶּ֣ךָ וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־ וַ֠אֲמָתֶךָ וְשׁוֹרְךָ֨ וַחֲמֹֽרְךָ֜
NAS: servant or your female servant
KJV: nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox,
INT: your daughter your male your female your ox your donkey

Deuteronomy 5:14
BIB: יָנ֛וּחַ עַבְדְּךָ֥ וַאֲמָתְךָ֖ כָּמֽ֑וֹךָ׃
NAS: or your female servant or your ox
KJV: that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest
INT: may rest servant servant You

Deuteronomy 5:21
BIB: שָׂדֵ֜הוּ וְעַבְדּ֤וֹ וַאֲמָתוֹ֙ שׁוֹר֣וֹ וַחֲמֹר֔וֹ
NAS: or his male servant or his female servant, his ox
KJV: or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox,
INT: his field his male his female his ox his donkey

Deuteronomy 12:12
BIB: וּבְנֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖ם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶ֑ם וְהַלֵּוִי֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: your male and female servants,
KJV: and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite
INT: and daughters your male and female and the Levite who

Deuteronomy 12:18
BIB: וּבִתֶּ֙ךָ֙ וְעַבְדְּךָ֣ וַאֲמָתֶ֔ךָ וְהַלֵּוִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֣ר
NAS: and your male and female servants,
KJV: and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite
INT: and daughter and your male and female and the Levite who

Deuteronomy 15:17
BIB: עוֹלָ֑ם וְאַ֥ף לַאֲמָתְךָ֖ תַּעֲשֶׂה־ כֵּֽן׃
NAS: likewise to your maidservant.
KJV: for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do
INT: forever Also to your maidservant shall do likewise

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