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Bondmaid
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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bond´mād : Occurs but three times in the King James Version (Leviticus 19:20; Leviticus 25:44; Galatians 4:22 (the Revised Version (British and American) "handmaid")). The first instance is that of Hebrew girl who has by birth, purchase or otherwise come into temporary slavery. The word here is שׁפחה , shiphḥāh ̌ . It occurs often in the Old Testament, but is elsewhere translated "maid," "handmaid," "woman servant," "maidservant," etc. The other instance (Leviticus 25:44 ) refers to foreign slave girls and has different word, אמה , 'āmāh , which also occurs number of times, but is elsewhere translated "handmaid," etc. The New Testament instance (Galatians 4:22 ) refers to Hagar, Abraham's Egyptian slave girl. The original word παιδίσκη , paidı́skē , occurs several other times, but in the King James Version is elsewhere translated "maid," "damsel," etc. It means a slave girl. See SLAVERY .
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Bondmaid'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/b/bondmaid.html. 1915.
