ʼâmâh — H519

H519 · Hebrew — אמה

Pronunciation: aw-maw'

Definition

feminine noun

a maidservant or female slave

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

Usually translated as

maidservant, maid, bondwoman, bondmaid, handbondmaid

Origin

apparently a primitive word

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʼâmâh occurs 56 times in 49 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (6), Exodus (9), Leviticus (2), Deuteronomy (7), Judges (2), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (7), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (3), Ezra (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (2), Psalms (2), Nahum (1)

Strong's Lexicon — A