Topic
Handmaid
35 passages cited, from 2 classic reference works.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 16:1Easton · ISBE
Now Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
- Ruth 3:9Easton · ISBE
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.
- Luke 1:48Easton · ISBE
For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden: for, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed.
- Genesis 25:12ISBE
¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
- Genesis 29:24ISBE
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
- Genesis 29:29ISBE
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
- Exodus 23:12ISBE
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.
- Judges 19:19ISBE
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 2:13ISBE
Then she said, Let me find favour in thy sight, my lord; for that thou hast comforted me, and for that thou hast spoken friendly unto thine handmaid, though I be not like unto one of thine handmaidens.
- 1 Samuel 1:11ISBE
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…
- 1 Samuel 1:16ISBE
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 1:18ISBE
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.
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- 1 Samuel 25:24 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 25:28 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 25:31 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 25:41 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 28:21 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 6:20 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 14:6 ISBE
- 2 Samuel 20:17 ISBE
- 1 Kings 1:13 ISBE
- 1 Kings 1:17 ISBE
- 1 Kings 3:20 ISBE
- 2 Kings 4:2 ISBE
- 2 Kings 4:16 ISBE
- Psalms 86:16 ISBE
- Psalms 116:16 ISBE
- Proverbs 30:23 ISBE
- Jeremiah 34:11 ISBE
- Jeremiah 34:16 ISBE
- Joel 2:29 ISBE
- Luke 1:38 ISBE
- Acts 2:18 ISBE
- Galatians 4:22 ISBE
- Galatians 4:23 ISBE
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 3 references
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 35 references
hand'-mad: Which appears often in the Old Testament, but seldom in the New Testament, like bondmaid, is used to translate two Hebrew words (shiphchah, and 'amah) both of which normally mean a female slave. It is used to translate the former word in the ordinary sense of female slave in Ge 16:1; 25:12; 29:24,29; Pr 30:23; Jer 34:11,16; Joe 2:29; to translate the latter word in Ex 23:12; Jud 19:19; 2Sa 6:20. It is used as a term of humility and respectful self-depreciation in the presence of great men, prophets and kings, to translate the former word in Ru 2:13; 1Sa 1:18; 28:21; 2Sa 14:6; 2Ki 4:2,16; it translates the latter word in the same sense in Ru 3:9; 1Sa 1:16; 25:24,28,31,41; 2Sa 20:17; 1Ki 1:13,17; 3:20. It is also used to express a sense of religious humility in translating the latter word only, and appears in this sense in but three passages, 1Sa 1:11; Ps 86:16; 116:16.
In the New Testament it occurs 3 t, in a religious sense, as the translation of doule, "a female slave" (Lu 1:38,48; Ac 2:18), and twice (Ga 4:22,23) as the translation of paidiske, the King James Version "bondmaid."
William Joseph McGlothlin
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.