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Handmaid
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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handmaid
1382, from hand (in the sense in close at hand) + maid. Cf. O.E. handþrgn "personal attendant."
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Handmaid definition
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.
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary
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