39 occurrences

'Maid servant' in the Bible

and Laban giveth to her Zilpah, his maid-servant, to Leah his daughter, a maid-servant.

Verse ConceptsdowryBetrothalMaidsMarriage, Customs ConcerningMarriage, The Bride

and Laban giveth to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his maid-servant, for a maid-servant to her.

Verse ConceptsMaids

and she giveth to him Bilhah her maid-servant for a wife, and Jacob goeth in unto her;

Verse ConceptsMarital SexMarital Sex BetweenGiving In MarriagesexBuilding Relationships

And Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant, conceiveth again, and beareth a second son to Jacob,

And Leah seeth that she hath ceased from bearing, and she taketh Zilpah her maid-servant, and giveth her to Jacob for a wife;

Verse ConceptsConcubinesCessationGiving In Marriage

and Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth to Jacob a son,

And Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant, beareth a second son to Jacob,

and Leah saith, 'God hath given my hire, because I have given my maid-servant to my husband;' and she calleth his name Issachar.

Verse ConceptsGiving In MarriagePeople With Apt NamesReward For Works

and I have ox, and ass, flock, and man-servant, and maid-servant, and I send to declare to my lord, to find grace in his eyes.'

Verse ConceptsGoatsCowsOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPossessing SheepWealthy People

And sons of Bilhah, Rachel's maid-servant: Dan and Naphtali.

And sons of Zilpah, Leah's maid-servant: Gad and Asher. These are sons of Jacob, who have been born to him in Padan-Aram.

and every first-born in the land of Egypt hath died, from the first-born of Pharaoh who is sitting on his throne, unto the first-born of the maid-servant who is behind the millstones, and all the first-born of beasts;

Verse ConceptsGrindingSittingThroneDeath Of The FirstbornDeath Of CreaturesGreat And SmallBoth Men And Animals KilledDeath Of Other GroupsThe Death Of BabiesDeath Of A ChildFamily Death

And when a man lieth with a woman with seed of copulation, and she a maid-servant, betrothed to a man, and not really ransomed, or freedom hath not been given to her, an investigation there is; they are not put to death, for she is not free.

Verse ConceptsBeatingsEngagementServants Of PeopleLaws Of Sexual UnionAdulteryDeath Penalty For Sexual Sin

And she saith, 'Let me find grace in thine eyes, my lord, because thou hast comforted me, and because thou hast spoken unto the heart of thy maid-servant, and I -- I am not as one of thy maid-servants.'

Verse ConceptsKindnessMaidsSuffering, Encouragements Inreassurance

And, now, this blessing which thy maid-servant hath brought to my lord -- it hath been given to the young men who are going up and down at the feet of my lord.

Verse ConceptsPresents

And she riseth and boweth herself -- face to the earth -- and saith, 'Lo, thy handmaid is for a maid-servant to wash the feet of the servants of my lord.'

Verse ConceptsFoot washingFeetGuestsReadinessFeet WashingClean Feet

And the woman cometh in unto Saul, and seeth that he hath been greatly troubled, and saith unto him, 'Lo, thy maid-servant hath hearkened to thy voice, and I put my soul in my hand, and I obey thy words which thou hast spoken unto me;

Verse ConceptsTrouble, Causes OfRisking

and now, hearken, I pray thee, also thou, to the voice of thy maid-servant, and I set before thee a morsel of bread, and eat, and there is in thee power when thou goest in the way.'

Verse ConceptsPay Attention To People!

and thy maid-servant hath two sons; and they strive both of them in a field, and there is no deliverer between them, and the one smiteth the other, and putteth him to death;

Verse ConceptsServanthood, In SocietyTwo SonsKilling Brothers

and lo, the whole family hath risen against thy maid-servant, and say, Give up him who smiteth his brother, and we put him to death for the life of his brother whom he hath slain, and we destroy also the heir; and they have quenched my coal which is left -- so as not to set to my husband a name and remnant on the face of the ground.'

Verse ConceptsCoal, Metaphorical UseNo SurvivorsHanding Over PeopleExtinguishingNames Blotted OutDeath Penalty For Killing

And the woman saith, 'Let, I pray thee, thy maid-servant speak unto my lord the king a word;' and he saith, 'Speak.'

And now that I have come to speak unto the king my lord this word, it is because the people made me afraid, and thy maid-servant saith, Let me speak, I pray thee, unto the king; it may be the king doth do the word of his handmaid,

and thy maid-servant saith, Let, I pray thee, the word of my lord the king be for ease; for as a messenger of God so is my lord the king, to understand the good and the evil; and Jehovah thy God is with thee.'

Verse ConceptsDiscernment, Nature OfKnowledge Of Good And EvilAngels, DescriptionThe Angel Of GodGod Be With YouLike Angels

And the king saith, 'Is the hand of Joab with thee in all this?' And the woman answereth and saith, 'Thy soul liveth, my lord, O king, none doth turn to the right or to the left from all that my lord the king hath spoken; for thy servant Joab he commanded me, and he put in the mouth of thy maid-servant all these words;

Verse ConceptsSpokesmenTurning To Right And Left

And Jonathan and Ahimaaz are standing at En-Rogel, and the maid-servant hath gone and declared to them -- and they go and have declared it to king David -- for they are not able to be seen to go in to the city.

Verse ConceptsEntering Citiesrisk

And Elisha saith unto her, 'What do I do for thee? declare to me, what hast thou in the house?' and she saith, 'Thy maid-servant hath nothing in the house except a pot of oil.'

Verse ConceptsWhat Is This?Debthelppothelping

and he saith, 'At this season, according to the time of life, thou art embracing a son;' and she saith, 'Nay, my lord, O man of God, do not lie unto thy maid-servant.'

Verse ConceptsElisha, Prophecies OfBirths ForetoldLyingTime Of Year

Lo, as eyes of men-servants Are unto the hand of their masters, As eyes of a maid-servant Are unto the hand of her mistress, So are our eyes unto Jehovah our God, Till that He doth favour us.

Verse ConceptsLordship, Human And DivineMaidsMind, Of GodStatusWaiting On GodEmployeesServants Of PeoplePaying Attention To Godservanthoodmovementmistress

For a hated one when she ruleth, And a maid-servant when she succeedeth her mistress.

Verse ConceptsConcubinesUnlovingA Good Husbandmistress

And it hath been -- as a people so a priest, As the servant so his master, As the maid-servant so her mistress, As the buyer so the seller, As the lender so the borrower, As the usurer so he who is lifting it on himself.

Verse ConceptsPriests, Institution In Ot TimesServants Of PeopleLike People In CharacterLending And Borrowingservanthoodmistresspriests

to send out each his man-servant, and each his maid-servant -- the Hebrew and the Hebrewess -- free, so as not to lay service on them, any on a Jew his brother;

Verse ConceptsRegulations For Men And Women

and hearken do all the heads, and all the people who have come in to the covenant to send forth each his man-servant and each his maid-servant free, so as not to lay service on them any more, yea, they hearken, and send them away;

Verse ConceptsRegulations For Men And Womenliberation

And -- ye turn back, and pollute My name, and ye cause each his man-servant and each his maid-servant, whom he had sent forth free, (at their pleasure,) to return, and ye subdue them to be to you for men-servants and for maid-servants.

Verse ConceptsIrreverencePeople Changing Their MindsMaking Slaves

And Mary said, 'Lo, the maid-servant of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy saying,' and the messenger went away from her.

Verse ConceptsMaidsMiracles, Responses ToPrayer, As A Response To GodServants, Working Conditions OfServants Of The LordYouthAnnunciationsLeavingAccording To Thingsgabriel

Because He looked on the lowliness of His maid-servant, For, lo, henceforth call me happy shall all the generations,

Verse ConceptsFuture GenerationsGod And The HumbleBlessed By Godmindfulness

for it hath been written, that Abraham had two sons, one by the maid-servant, and one by the free-woman,

Verse ConceptsAbraham, Testing And VictoryAbraham, New Testament ReferencesTwo Sons

but he who is of the maid-servant, according to flesh hath been, and he who is of the free-woman, through the promise;

Verse ConceptsGod's Promise To AbrahamLife In A Material WorldThe Promise Of A Babyslaverysarah

but what saith the Writing? 'Cast forth the maid-servant and her son, for the son of the maid-servant may not be heir with the son of the free-woman;'

Verse ConceptsConcubinesInheritance, MaterialRevenge, Examples Ofdiscriminationsonship

then, brethren, we are not a maid-servant's children, but the free-woman's.

Verse ConceptsNames And Titles For The Christian

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Maid-Servant (78 instances)