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Handmaid

Servant (Gen. 16:1; This unified study connects 5 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
G21409, H0519
Hebrew
אָמָה · ʼâmâh
Greek
λάτρις

Strong’s and original-language information

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

λάτρις

G21409
Part of speech
G:N
Indexed occurrences
0

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handmaid

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handmaid

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Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Handmaid

Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.

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Ancient Context2 items

Josephus Antiquities Whiston

Concerning Jacob's Flight Into Mesopotamia, By Reason Of The Fear He Was In Of His Brother.

Antiquities Book 1, Chapter 19

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Josephus Antiquities Whiston

The Removal Of Joseph's Father With All His Family, To Him, On Account Of The Famine.

Antiquities Book 2, Chapter 7

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Dictionary

Handmaid

Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.

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All Scripture references50 references

Genesis 6

Genesis 20:17Genesis 21:10Genesis 21:12Genesis 21:13Genesis 30:3Genesis 31:33

Exodus 9

Exodus 2:5Exodus 20:10Exodus 20:17Exodus 21:7Exodus 21:20Exodus 21:26Exodus 21:27Exodus 21:32Exodus 23:12

Leviticus 2

Leviticus 25:6Leviticus 25:44

Deuteronomy 7

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

Judges 2

Judges 9:18Judges 19:19

Ruth 1

Ruth 3:9

1 Samuel 7

1 Samuel 1:111 Samuel 1:161 Samuel 25:241 Samuel 25:251 Samuel 25:281 Samuel 25:311 Samuel 25:41

2 Samuel 5

2 Samuel 6:202 Samuel 6:222 Samuel 14:152 Samuel 14:162 Samuel 20:17

1 Kings 3

1 Kings 1:131 Kings 1:171 Kings 3:20

Ezra 1

Ezra 2:65

Nehemiah 1

Nehemiah 7:67

Job 2

Job 19:15Job 31:13

Psalms 2

Psalms 86:16Psalms 116:16

Nahum 1

Nahum 2:8

Luke 1

Luke 1:48

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