Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Abram's wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
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Handmaid
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Luke 1:38
And Mary said, Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.
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14 occurrences in 11 verses.
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שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh · shif-khaw'
22 times translated as this KJV form63 total Strong's occurrences
a female slave (as a member of the household)
Strong's KJV usage: (bond-, hand-) maid(-en, -servant), wench, bondwoman, womanservant.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 16:1Strong's last: Jeremiah 34:16
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ʼâmâh · aw-maw'
21 times translated as this KJV form55 total Strong's occurrences
a maid-servant or female slave
Strong's KJV usage: (hand-) bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Exodus 23:12Strong's last: Psalms 116:16
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doúlē · doo'-lay
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
a female slave (involuntarily or voluntarily)
Strong's KJV usage: :--handmaid(-en).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 1:38Strong's last: Luke 1:38
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ʼănîy · an-ee'
1 times translated as this KJV form13 total Strong's occurrences
I
Strong's KJV usage: I, (as for) me, mine, myself, we, × which, × who.
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 25:24Strong's last: 1 Samuel 25:24
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H519
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, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
H519
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, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
H519
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, but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child, then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life, and there shall no rasor come upon his head.
H519
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
H8198
And she said, Let thine handmaid find grace in thy sight. So the woman went her way, and did eat, and her countenance was no more sad.
H519
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
H589
And fell at his feet, and said, Upon me, my lord, upon me let this iniquity be: and let thine handmaid, I pray thee, speak in thine audience, and hear the words of thine handmaid.
H519
Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal: for as his name is, so is he; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him: but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
H8198
And now this blessing which thine handmaid hath brought unto my lord, let it even be given unto the young men that follow my lord.
H519
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, and evil hath not been found in thee all thy days.
H519
That this shall be no grief unto thee, nor offence of heart unto my lord, either that thou hast shed blood causeless, or that my lord hath avenged himself: but when the LORD shall have dealt well with my lord, then remember thine handmaid.
H519
And she arose, and bowed herself on her face to the earth, and said, Behold, let thine handmaid be a servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.
H8198
And the woman came unto Saul, and saw that he was sore troubled, and said unto him, Behold, thine handmaid hath obeyed thy voice, and I have put my life in my hand, and have hearkened unto thy words which thou spakest unto me.
H8198
Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way.
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handmaid
HAND'MAID
HAND'MAIDEN, noun A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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