אָמָה amah

Hebrew word for “maidservant” · Strong’s H519 · used 56 times in 49 verses

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Meaning

1) maid-servant, female slave, maid, handmaid, concubine; 1a) of humility (fig.)

How it is translated

Glosses given for amah in context, with how often each is used:

• maidservant 23
• female slave 10
• female servant 9
• slave woman 4
• maidservants 4
• female servants 4
• female slaves 1
• maid 1

Where it is used

Also in 2 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Exodus 21 (5), 1 Samuel 25 (5), Genesis 21 (3), Exodus 20 (2), Leviticus 25 (2), Deuteronomy 5 (2), Deuteronomy 12 (2), Deuteronomy 16 (2), 1 Samuel 1 (2), 2 Samuel 6 (2)

Forms

• אמתך 16
• ואמתך 8
• אמתו 6
• לאמתך 4
• האמה 3
• ואמתו 2
• ולאמתך 2
• ואמהתיהם 2
• ואמהתיו 1
• אמתי 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with amah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 24
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 9
• בַּת bat “daughter” 10
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 11
• שׁוֹר shor “cattle” 5
• גֵּר ger “sojourner” 5
• חֲמוֹר chamor “donkey” 5
• שַׁעַר shaar “gate” 6
• שָׂמַח samach “to rejoice” 4
• אוֹ o “or” 4
• ךָּ ka “you” 5
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 4

Key verses

The verses using amah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 20:17 — So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare 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.
• Exodus 20:17 — Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour’s wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor…
• Deuteronomy 12:12 — And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is…
• Deuteronomy 12:18 — But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and…
• Deuteronomy 16:11 — And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy…
• Deuteronomy 16:14 — And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the…
• 1 Samuel 1:11 — And she vowed a vow, and said, O LORD of hosts, if thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid, and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid,…
• 1 Samuel 25:28 — I pray thee, forgive the trespass of thine handmaid: for the LORD will certainly make my lord a sure house; because my lord fighteth the battles of the LORD,…
• 2 Samuel 6:20 — Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who…
• Job 31:13 — If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
• Psalms 116:16 — O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.