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These words often refer in scripture to a female slave, as applied to Hagar the Egyptian, Gen. 25: 12; but were also used by women themselves as a term of humility, as when Hannah spake to Jehovah and to Eli, 1 Sam. 1: 11, 16, 18; as Abigail to David, 1 Sam. 25: 24- 41; and by Mary and Elizabeth as handmaids of the Lord. Luke 1: 38, 48.