KJV dictionary & concordance
Sense 1: A female servant or maid. Sense 2: A humble or respectful way for a woman to refer to herself before a superior or before the Lord.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 16:1
Complete exact-word concordance
NOW Sarai Abram’s wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaid, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
¶ Now Sarai Abrams wife bare him no children: and she had an handmaide, an Egyptian, whose name was Hagar.
¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael, Abraham’s son, whom Hagar the Egyptian, Sarah’s handmaid, bare unto Abraham:
¶ Now these are the generations of Ishmael Abrahams sonne, whom Hagar the Egyptian Sarahs handmayd, bare vnto Abraham:
And Laban gave unto his daughter Leah Zilpah his maid for an handmaid.
And Laban gaue vnto his daughter Leah, Zilpah his mayde, for a handmayd.
And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
And Laban gaue to Rachel his daughter, Bilhah his handmayd, to be her mayd.
And she gave him Bilhah her handmaid to wife: and Jacob went in unto her.
And shee gaue him Bilhah her handmayd to wife: and Iacob went in vnto her.
And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel’s handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali:
And the sonnes of Bilhah, Rachels handmaid: Dan and Naphtali.
And the sons of Zilpah, Leah’s handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.
And the sonnes of Zilpah, Leahs handmaid: Gad, and Asher. These are the sonnes of Iacob, which were borne to him in Padan Aram.
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