Strong's Concordance
Original word: אָמָה
Transliteration: amah
Definition (short): maidservant
Definition (full): a maidservant, female slave
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: of uncertain derivation
Definition: a maid, handmaid
NASB Translation: female (15), female servant (4), female slave (2), handmaid (2), handmaids (1), maid (8), maids (5), maidservant (19), servant* (1), servants* (6), slave* (4), slaves* (4).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
Apparently a primitive word; a maid-servant or female slave -- (hand-)bondmaid(-woman), maid(-servant).
References
KJV:
So Abraham prayed unto God: and God healed Abimelech, and his wife, and his maidservants; and they bare children.
NASB:
Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maids, so that they bore children.
KJV:
Wherefore she said unto Abraham, Cast out this bondwoman and her son: for the son of this bondwoman shall not be heir with my son, even with Isaac.
NASB:
Therefore she said to Abraham, "Drive out this maid and her son, for the son of this maid shall not be an heir with my son Isaac."
KJV:
And God said unto Abraham, Let it not be grievous in thy sight because of the lad, and because of thy bondwoman; in all that Sarah hath said unto thee, hearken unto her voice; for in Isaac shall thy seed be called.
NASB:
But God said to Abraham, "Do not be distressed because of the lad and your maid; whatever Sarah tells you, listen to her, for through Isaac your descendants shall be named.