Handmaid

Easton’s Bible Dictionary & Webster’s 1828 Dictionary · Matthew George Easton, Noah Webster

Handmaid - (Easton's Bible Dictionary)

Servant (Gen. 16:1; Ruth 3:9; Luke 1:48). It is probable that Hagar was Sarah's personal attendant while she was in the house of Pharaoh, and was among those maid-servants whom Abram had brought from Egypt.

Handmaid - (Webster's 1828 Dictionary)

HAND'MAID

HAND'MAIDEN, n. A maid that waits at hand; a female servant or attendant.

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Matthew George Easton, Easton’s Bible Dictionary; Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language (1828)

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