Genesis 33:1
And Jacob lifted up his eyes, and looked, and, behold, Esau came, and with him four hundred men. And he divided the children unto Leah, and unto Rachel, and unto the two handmaids.
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Handmaids
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Joel 2:29
And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.
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3 occurrences in 2 verses.
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שִׁפְחָה
shiphchâh · shif-khaw'
7 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 33:1Strong's last: Joel 2:29
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ʼâmâh · aw-maw'
1 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: 2 Samuel 6:20Strong's last: 2 Samuel 6:20
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H8198
And the people shall take them, and bring them to their place: and the house of Israel shall possess them in the land of the LORD for servants and handmaids: and they shall take them captives, whose captives they were; and they shall rule over their oppressors.
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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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