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<p> ''''' mād ''''' , ''''' mād ''''' ´' ''''' 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 נערה , <i> ''''' na‛ărāh ''''' </i> , "girl," feminine form of the common נער , <i> ''''' na‛ar ''''' </i> , "boy" ( 1 Samuel 9:11; 2 Kings 5:2 , 2 Kings 5:4; Esther 2:4 , Esther 2:7 ff; Job 41:5; Amos 2:7 ) In several places masculine form נער , <i> '''''na‛ar''''' </i> , with feminine form of verb rendered "damsel" ( [[Genesis]] 24:14 , Genesis 24:16 , Genesis 24:28 , Genesis 24:55; Genesis 34:3 , Genesis 34:12; Deuteronomy 22:15 ); compare ἡ πσῖς , <i> '''''hē''''' </i> <i> '''''paı́s''''' </i> ( Luke 8:51 , Luke 8:54 ); see also παιδίσκη , <i> '''''paidı́skē''''' </i> , diminutive (Sirach 41:22; Mark 14:66 , Mark 14:69; Luke 12:45; κοράσιον , <i> '''''korásion''''' </i> , [[Septuagint]] for <i> '''''nă‛arāh''''' </i> , "maid," in Matthew 9:24 f with Job 6:12 f; [[Susanna]] verses 15, 19). (2) The Hebrew עלמה , <i> '''''‛almāh''''' </i> , also rendered "maid," refers to a woman of marriageable age ( Exodus 2:8; Proverbs 30:19 ), whether married or not, whether a virgin or not. The same word is translated "virgin" in several places ( Genesis 24:43 the King James Version; Song of [[Solomon]] 1:3; Song of Solomon 6:8; Isaiah 7:14 ). (3) The word בּתוּלה , <i> '''''bethūlāh''''' </i> , a common Hebrew word for "virgin," a chaste woman Septuagint παρθένος , <i> '''''parthénos''''' </i> ), is frequently rendered "maid" and "maiden" ( Exodus 22:16; Judges 19:24; 2 Chronicles 36:17; [[Psalm]] 78:63; Psalm 148:12; Jeremiah 51:22; Lamentations 5:11; Ezekiel 9:6; Ezekiel 44:22; Zechariah 9:17; compare Deuteronomy 22:14 , Deuteronomy 22:17 , having "the marks (tokens) of virginity"); בּתוּלים , <i> '''''bethūlı̄m''''' </i> , rendered "maid." See [[Virgin]] . (4) Two Hebrew words covering the idea of service, handmaid, handmaiden, and in numerous passages so rendered: ( <i> a </i> ) אמה , <i> ''''''āmāh''''' </i> , translated "maid" ( Genesis 30:3; Exodus 2:5; Exodus 21:20 , Exodus 21:26; Leviticus 25:6; Ezra 2:65; Job 19:15; Nahum 2:7 ); ( <i> b </i> ) שׁפחה , <i> '''''shiphḥāh''''' </i> , "a family servant," "a handmaid," so rendered in numerous passages ("maid," "maiden," Genesis 16:2 ff; Genesis 29:24 , Genesis 29:29; Genesis 30:7 , Genesis 30:9 , Genesis 30:10 , Genesis 30:12 , Genesis 30:18; Isaiah 24:2; Psalm 123:2; Ecclesiastes 2:7 ). In the King James Version they are variously translated "maid," "handmaid," etc. (5) The rather rare word ἄβρα , <i> '''''hábra''''' </i> , "favorite slave," is rendered "maid" in [[Judith]] 10:2, 5; 13:9; 16:23; Additions to Esther 15:2, 7. (6) δούλη , <i> '''''doúlē''''' </i> , "female slave," in the King James Version Judith 12:49 (the Revised Version (British and American) "servant"). </p> <p> 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 ( Genesis 31:33 ); daughters might be sold by their fathers into this condition ( Exodus 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. </p> <p> "Maidservants" replaces "maidens" of the King James Version in Luke 12:45 . Compare Job 31:13 . </p>

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