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Strong's H519 אָמָה (amah)

amah - meaning, definition, and linked Bible usage across the indexed canon, including Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where this Strong's number appears.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G519 — apanchomai (“hang himself”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H519
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 49
Books 14

Strong's H519 Quick Answer

Strong's H519 אָמָה (amah) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. amah (aw-maw') n-f. 1. a maid-servant or female slave [apparently a primitive word] It has 49 linked Bible usages across 14 books. Visible English usage signals include maidservant, maid, maidservants, servant, and maids. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
amah (aw-maw') n-f. 1. a maid-servant or female slave [apparently a primitive word]
Usage
49 linked usages
Books
14 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
maidservant, maid, maidservants, servant, and maids

Meaning and Definition

amah (aw-maw') n-f. 1. a maid-servant or female slave [apparently a primitive word] KJV: (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).

Original Word
אָמָה
Transliteration
amah
Morphology
noun fem

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H519. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H519 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render amah, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

maidservant Exodus 20:10 12× maid Exodus 2:5 maids Ezra 2:65 maidservants Deuteronomy 12:12 servant 1 Samuel 25:41 hand Exodus 21:20 servants Judges 19:19 words 1 Samuel 25:24 bondmaids Leviticus 25:44 maidservant's Exodus 21:27 maidservants' Genesis 31:33 my Genesis 30:3

How Strong's H519 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 49 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H519 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H519 in the Old Testament

49 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 20:17 KJV

So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.

Genesis 21:10 KJV

Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.

Genesis 21:12 KJV

And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.

Usage Excerpts

First 49 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H519.

Genesis 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
Genesis 21:10 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
Genesis 21:12 Old Testament, KJV
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
Genesis 21:13 Old Testament, KJV
And also of the son of the bondwoman will I make a nation, because he is thy seed.
Genesis 30:3 Old Testament, KJV
And she said, Behold my maid Bilhah, go in unto her; and she shall bear upon my knees, that I may also have children by her.
Genesis 31:33 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban went into Jacob's tent, and into Leah's tent, and into the two maidservants' tents; but he found them not. Then went he out of Leah's tent, and entered into Rachel's tent.
Exodus 2:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river's side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it.
Exodus 20:10 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates:
Exodus 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Exodus 21:7 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man sell his daughter to be a maidservant, she shall not go out as the menservants do.
Exodus 21:20 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man smite his servant, or his maid, with a rod, and he die under his hand; he shall be surely punished.
Exodus 21:26 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man smite the eye of his servant, or the eye of his maid, that it perish; he shall let him go free for his eye's sake.
Exodus 21:27 Old Testament, KJV
And if he smite out his manservant's tooth, or his maidservant's tooth; he shall let him go free for his tooth's sake.
Exodus 21:32 Old Testament, KJV
If the ox shall push a manservant or a maidservant; he shall give unto their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.
Exodus 23:12 Old Testament, KJV
Six days thou shalt do thy work, and on the seventh day thou shalt rest: that thine ox and thine ass may rest, and the son of thy handmaid, and the stranger, may be refreshed.
Leviticus 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the sabbath of the land shall be meat for you; for thee, and for thy servant, and for thy maid, and for thy hired servant, and for thy stranger that sojourneth with thee.
Leviticus 25:44 Old Testament, KJV
Both thy bondmen, and thy bondmaids, which thou shalt have, shall be of the heathen that are round about you; of them shall ye buy bondmen and bondmaids.
Deuteronomy 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
But the seventh day is the sabbath of the LORD thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou.
Deuteronomy 5:21 Old Testament, KJV
Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his manservant, or his maidservant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
Deuteronomy 12:12 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall rejoice before the LORD your God, ye, and your sons, and your daughters, and your menservants, and your maidservants, and the Levite that is within your gates; forasmuch as he hath no part nor inheritance with you.
Deuteronomy 12:18 Old Testament, KJV
But thou must eat them before the LORD thy God in the place which the LORD thy God shall choose, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates: and thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God in all that thou puttest thine hands unto.
Deuteronomy 15:17 Old Testament, KJV
Then thou shalt take an aul, and thrust it through his ear unto the door, and he shall be thy servant for ever. And also unto thy maidservant thou shalt do likewise.
Deuteronomy 16:11 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt rejoice before the LORD thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite that is within thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are among you, in the place which the LORD thy God hath chosen to place his name there.
Deuteronomy 16:14 Old Testament, KJV
And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy manservant, and thy maidservant, and the Levite, the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are within thy gates.
Judges 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
And ye are risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, threescore and ten persons, upon one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the men of Shechem, because he is your brother;)
Judges 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man which is with thy servants: there is no want of any thing.
Ruth 3:9 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Who art thou? And she answered, I am Ruth thine handmaid: spread therefore thy skirt over thine handmaid; for thou art a near kinsman.
1 Samuel 1:11 Old Testament, KJV
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 razor come upon his head.
1 Samuel 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Count not thine handmaid for a daughter of Belial: for out of the abundance of my complaint and grief have I spoken hitherto.
1 Samuel 25:24 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 25:25 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 25:31 Old Testament, KJV
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.
1 Samuel 25:41 Old Testament, KJV
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.
2 Samuel 6:20 Old Testament, KJV
Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!
2 Samuel 6:22 Old Testament, KJV
And I will yet be more vile than thus, and will be base in mine own sight: and of the maidservants which thou hast spoken of, of them shall I be had in honour.
2 Samuel 14:15 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore that I am come to speak of this thing unto my lord the king, it is because the people have made me afraid: and thy handmaid said, I will now speak unto the king; it may be that the king will perform the request of his handmaid.
2 Samuel 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
For the king will hear, to deliver his handmaid out of the hand of the man that would destroy me and my son together out of the inheritance of God.
2 Samuel 20:17 Old Testament, KJV
And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.
1 Kings 1:13 Old Testament, KJV
Go and get thee in unto king David, and say unto him, Didst not thou, my lord, O king, swear unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne? why then doth Adonijah reign?
1 Kings 1:17 Old Testament, KJV
And she said unto him, My lord, thou swarest by the LORD thy God unto thine handmaid, saying, Assuredly Solomon thy son shall reign after me, and he shall sit upon my throne.
1 Kings 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
And she arose at midnight, and took my son from beside me, while thine handmaid slept, and laid it in her bosom, and laid her dead child in my bosom.
Ezra 2:65 Old Testament, KJV
Beside their servants and their maids, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and there were among them two hundred singing men and singing women.
Nehemiah 7:67 Old Testament, KJV
Beside their manservants and their maidservants, of whom there were seven thousand three hundred thirty and seven: and they had two hundred forty and five singing men and singing women.
Job 19:15 Old Testament, KJV
They that dwell in mine house, and my maids, count me for a stranger: I am an alien in their sight.
Job 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
Psalms 86:16 Old Testament, KJV
O turn unto me, and have mercy upon me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.
Psalms 116:16 Old Testament, KJV
O LORD, truly I am thy servant; I am thy servant, and the son of thine handmaid: thou hast loosed my bonds.
Nahum 2:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H519, grouped by book.

Genesis 6 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 9 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 2 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 7 usages, Old Testament
Judges 2 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 7 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 2 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H519 FAQ

What does amah (אָמָה) mean?

Strong's H519 is a Hebrew entry for H519 אָמָה (amah). amah (aw-maw') n-f. 1. a maid-servant or female slave [apparently a primitive word]

How many times is amah (אָמָה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 49 linked usages for Strong's H519 across 14 books.

Where can I study amah (אָמָה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H519 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate amah (אָמָה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as maidservant, maid, maidservants, servant, maids, and hand. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.