Topic
Maid; Maiden
61 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Genesis 16:2ISBE
And Sarai said unto Abram, Behold now, the LORD hath restrained me from bearing: I pray thee, go in unto my maid; it may be that I may obtain children by her. And Abram hearkened to the voice of Sarai.
- Genesis 24:14ISBE
And let it come to pass, that the damsel to whom I shall say, Let down thy pitcher, I pray thee, that I may drink; and she shall say, Drink, and I will give thy camels drink also: let the same be she that thou hast appointed for thy servant Isaac; and…
- Genesis 24:16ISBE
And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up.
- Genesis 24:28ISBE
And the damsel ran, and told them of her mother’s house these things.
- Genesis 24:43ISBE
Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the virgin cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink;
- Genesis 24:55ISBE
And her brother and her mother said, Let the damsel abide with us a few days, at the least ten; after that she shall go.
- Genesis 30:3ISBE
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 31:33ISBE
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.
- Genesis 34:3ISBE
And his soul clave unto Dinah the daughter of Jacob, and he loved the damsel, and spake kindly unto the damsel.
- Genesis 34:12ISBE
Ask me never so much dowry and gift, and I will give according as ye shall say unto me: but give me the damsel to wife.
- Exodus 2:5ISBE
¶ 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 2:8ISBE
And Pharaoh’s daughter said to her, Go. And the maid went and called the child’s mother.
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- Exodus 21:7 ISBE
- Exodus 21:20 ISBE
- Exodus 21:26 ISBE
- Exodus 22:16 ISBE
- Leviticus 25:6 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 22:14 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 22:15 ISBE
- Deuteronomy 22:17 ISBE
- Judges 19:24 ISBE
- 1 Samuel 9:11 ISBE
- 2 Kings 5:2 ISBE
- 2 Kings 5:4 ISBE
- 2 Chronicles 36:17 ISBE
- Ezra 2:65 ISBE
- Esther 2:4 ISBE
- Esther 2:7 ISBE
- Esther 15:2 ISBE
- Esther 15:7 ISBE
- Job 6:12 ISBE
- Job 19:15 ISBE
- Job 31:13 ISBE
- Job 41:5 ISBE
- Psalms 78:63 ISBE
- Psalms 123:2 ISBE
- Psalms 148:12 ISBE
- Proverbs 30:19 ISBE
- Ecclesiastes 2:7 ISBE
- Isaiah 7:14 ISBE
- Isaiah 24:2 ISBE
- Jeremiah 51:22 ISBE
- Lamentations 5:11 ISBE
- Ezekiel 9:6 ISBE
- Ezekiel 44:22 ISBE
- Amos 2:7 ISBE
- Nahum 2:7 ISBE
- Zechariah 9:17 ISBE
- Tobit 3:7 ISBE
- Judith 10:2 ISBE
- Judith 10:5 ISBE
- Judith 10:10 ISBE
- Judith 13:9 ISBE
- Judith 16:23 ISBE
- Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) 41:22 ISBE
- Matthew 9:24 ISBE
- Mark 14:66 ISBE
- Mark 14:69 ISBE
- Luke 8:51 ISBE
- Luke 8:54 ISBE
- Luke 12:45 ISBE
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 73 references
mad, mad'-'n: Used in the King James Version in the sense of a girl or young female; of an unmarried woman or virgin, and of a female servant or handmaid. Thus, it translates several Hebrew words:
(1) The more generic word is na`arah, "girl," feminine form of the common na`ar, "boy" (1Sa 9:11; 2Ki 5:2,4; Es 2:4,7 ff; Job 41:5; Am 2:7) In several places masculine form na`ar, with feminine form of verb rendered "damsel" (Ge 24:14,16,28,55; 34:3,12; De 22:15); compare he pais (Lu 8:51,54); see also paidiske, diminutive (Sirach 41:22; Mr 14:66,69; Lu 12:45; korasion, Septuagint for na`arah, "maid," in Mt 9:24 f with Job 6:12 f; Susanna verses 15,19).
(2) The Hebrew `almah, also rendered "maid," refers to a woman of marriageable age (Ex 2:8; Pr 30:19), whether married or not, whether a virgin or not. The same word is translated "virgin" in several places (Ge 24:43 the King James Version; So 13; 6:8; Isa 7:14).
(3) The word bethulah, a common Hebrew word for "virgin," a chaste woman Septuagint parthenos), is frequently rendered "maid" and "maiden" (Ex 22:16; Jud 19:24; 2Ch 36:17; Ps 78:63; 148:12; Jer 51:22; La 5:11; Eze 9:6; 44:22; Zec 9:17; compare De 22:14,17, having "the marks (tokens) of virginity"); bethulim, rendered "maid." See VIRGIN.
(4) Two Hebrew words covering the idea of service, handmaid, handmaiden, and in numerous passages so rendered:
(a) 'amah, translated "maid" (Ge 30:3; Ex 2:5; 21:20,26; Le 25:6; Ezr 2:65; Job 19:15; Na 2:7);
(b) shiphchah, "a family servant," "a handmaid," so rendered in numerous passages ("maid," "maiden," Ge 16:2 ff; 29:24,29; 30:7,9,10,12,18; Isa 24:2; Ps 123:2; Ec 2:7). In the King James Version they are variously translated "maid," "handmaid," etc.
(5) The rather rare word habra, "favorite slave," is rendered "maid" in Judith 10:2,5; 13:9; 16:23; Additions to Esther 15:2,7.
(6) doule, "female slave," in the King James Version Judith 12:49 (the Revised Version (British and American) "servant").
Maidservant means simply a female slave in the different positions which such a woman naturally occupies. They were the property of their masters; sometimes held the position of concubines (Ge 31:33); daughters might be sold by their fathers into this condition (Ex 21:7). It is regrettable that no uniform translation was adopted in the King James Version. And in the Revised Version (British and American) compare Tobit 3:7; Judith 10:10; Sirach 41:22.
"Maidservants" replaces "maidens" of the King James Version in Lu 12:45. Compare Job 31:13.
Edward Bagby Pollard
Texts: 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.