Hebrew word

ʼâmâh

aw-maw'

אָמָה

What it means

a maidservant or female slave

Where it comes from

apparently a primitive word

How the King James translates it

handmaid20
maidservant14
maidservants5
maid5
bondwoman4
maids3
bondmaids1
handmaids1

Every place it appears 53

Genesis20:17 21:10 21:12 21:13 30:3 31:33

Exodus2:5 20:10 20:17 21:7 21:20 21:26 21:27 21:32 23:12

Leviticus25:6 25:44

Deuteronomy5:14 5:21 12:12 12:18 15:17 16:11 16:14

Judges9:18 19:19

Ruth3:9

1 Samuel1:11 1:16 25:24 25:25 25:28 25:31 25:41

2 Samuel6:20 6:22 14:15 14:16 20:17

1 Kings1:13 1:17 3:20

Ezra2:65

Nehemiah7:67

Job19:15 31:13

Psalms116:16

Nahum2:7