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אָמָה

ʼâmâh · aw-maw'Hebrew · H519

Derivation

apparently a primitive word;

Meaning

a maidservant or female slave

In the King James Version

(hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).

Translated as

handmaid (20), maidservant (13), maid (5), maidservants (4), bondwoman (4), maids (3), maidservants' (1), maidservant's (1), bondmaids (1), handmaids (1)

Where it appears

Found in 48 verses

Leviticus
25:6, 25:44
Deuteronomy
5:14, 5:21, 12:12, 12:18, 15:17, 16:11, 16:14
Judges
9:18, 19:19
Ruth
3:9
2 Samuel
6:20, 6:22, 14:15, 14:16, 20:17
1 Kings
1:13, 1:17, 3:20
Ezra
2:65
Nehemiah
7:67
Psalms
116:16
Nahum
2:7

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