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עֶ֫בֶד

e.vedH5650

servant/slave

Used 799 times in the tagged text.

What it means

  • slave, servant
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • 1) slave, servant
  • 1a) slave, servant, man-servant
  • 1b) subjects
  • 1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
  • 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
  • 1e) servant (of Israel)
  • 1f) servant (as form of address between equals)
  • Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (עֲבַד "servant/slave" H5649)

Same idea, other words · Servant and slave

'Servant of the Lord' is a title of honor for Moses, David, the prophets and above all the Messiah. Translators render the same words 'servant' or 'slave' depending on context.

Where it appears

  • Genesis88
  • Exodus43
  • Leviticus9
  • Numbers11
  • Deuteronomy29
  • Joshua27
  • Judges6
  • 1 Samuel63
  • 2 Samuel106
  • 1 Kings76
  • 2 Kings58
  • 1 Chronicles27
  • 2 Chronicles44
  • Ezra5
  • Nehemiah22
  • Esther7
  • Job12
  • Psalms55
  • Proverbs10
  • Ecclesiastes4
  • Isaiah40
  • Jeremiah32
  • Lamentations1
  • Ezekiel8
  • Daniel7
  • Joel1
  • Amos1
  • Micah1
  • Haggai1
  • Zechariah3
  • Malachi2

Every use · 151–200 of 799 · BSB

  1. Numbers 32:31עֲבָדֶ֖יךָservants your

    The Gadites and Reubenites replied, “As the LORD has spoken to your servants, so we will do.

  2. Deuteronomy 3:24עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your

    “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

  3. Deuteronomy 5:6עֲבָדִֽ֑יםslaves

    “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  4. Deuteronomy 5:14וְעַבְדְּךָֽ־and [male] servant your

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

  5. Deuteronomy 5:14עַבְדְּךָ֥[male] servant your

    but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

  6. Deuteronomy 5:15עֶ֤֥בֶדa slave

    Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

  7. Deuteronomy 5:21וְעַבְדּ֤וֹand [male] servant his

    You shall not covet your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

  8. Deuteronomy 6:12עֲבָדִֽיםslaves

    be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  9. Deuteronomy 6:21עֲבָדִ֛יםslaves

    then you are to tell him, “We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.

  10. Deuteronomy 7:8עֲבָדִ֔יםslaves

    But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  11. Deuteronomy 8:14עֲבָדִֽיםslaves

    then your heart will become proud, and you will forget the LORD your God who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  12. Deuteronomy 9:27לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ<to> servants your

    Remember Your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. Overlook the stubbornness of this people and the wickedness of their sin.

  13. Deuteronomy 12:12וְעַבְדֵיכֶ֖םand [male] servants your

    And you shall rejoice before the LORD your God—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, since he has no portion or inheritance among you.

  14. Deuteronomy 12:18וְעַבְדְּךָ֣and [male] servant your

    Instead, you must eat them in the presence of the LORD your God at the place the LORD your God will choose—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates. Rejoice before the LORD your God in all you do,

  15. Deuteronomy 13:5עֲבָדִ֔יםslaves

    Such a prophet or dreamer must be put to death, because he has advocated rebellion against the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery; he has tried to turn you from the way in which the LORD your God has commanded you to walk. So you must purge the evil from among you.

  16. Deuteronomy 13:10עֲבָדִֽיםslaves

    Stone him to death for trying to turn you away from the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

  17. Deuteronomy 15:15עֶ֤בֶדa slave

    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.

  18. Deuteronomy 15:17עֶ֣בֶדa slave of

    then take an awl and pierce it through his ear into the door, and he will become your servant for life. And treat your maidservant the same way.

  19. Deuteronomy 16:11וְעַבְדְּךָ֣and [male] servant your

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  20. Deuteronomy 16:12עֶ֥בֶדa slave

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and carefully follow these statutes.

  21. Deuteronomy 16:14וְעַבְדְּךָ֣and [male] servant your

    And you shall rejoice in your feast—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

  22. Deuteronomy 23:15עֶ֖בֶדa slave

    Do not return a slave to his master if he has taken refuge with you.

  23. Deuteronomy 24:18עֶ֤בֶדa slave

    Remember that you were slaves in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from that place. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

  24. Deuteronomy 24:22עֶ֥בֶדa slave

    Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt. Therefore I am commanding you to do this.

  25. Deuteronomy 28:68לַעֲבָדִ֥יםto [male] slaves

    The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”

  26. Deuteronomy 29:2עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his

    Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.

  27. Deuteronomy 32:36עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his

    For the LORD will vindicate His people and have compassion on His servants when He sees that their strength is gone and no one remains, slave or free.

  28. Deuteronomy 32:43עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his

    Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.

  29. Deuteronomy 34:5עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, as the LORD had said.

  30. Deuteronomy 34:11עֲבָדָ֖יוservants his

    no prophet who did all the signs and wonders that the LORD sent Moses to do in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh and to all his officials and all his land,

  31. Joshua 1:1עֶ֣בֶד[the] servant of

    Now after the death of His servant Moses, the LORD spoke to Joshua son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying,

  32. Joshua 1:2עַבְדִּ֖יservant my

    “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore arise, you and all these people, and cross over the Jordan into the land that I am giving to the children of Israel.

  33. Joshua 1:7עַבְדִּ֔יservant my

    Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

  34. Joshua 1:13עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    “Remember what Moses the servant of the LORD commanded you when he said, ‘The LORD your God will give you rest, and He will give you this land.’

  35. Joshua 1:15עֶ֣בֶד[the] servant of

    until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”

  36. Joshua 5:14עַבְדּֽוֹservant his

    “Neither,” He replied. “I have now come as Commander of the LORD’s army.” Then Joshua fell facedown in reverence and asked Him, “What does my Lord have to say to His servant?”

  37. Joshua 8:31עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.

  38. Joshua 8:33עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

  39. Joshua 9:8עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ[are] servants your

    “We are your servants,” they said to Joshua. Then Joshua asked them, “Who are you and where have you come from?”

  40. Joshua 9:9עֲבָדֶ֔יךָservants your

    “Your servants have come from a very distant land,” they replied, “because of the fame of the LORD your God. For we have heard the reports about Him: all that He did in Egypt,

  41. Joshua 9:11עַבְדֵיכֶ֣ם[are] servants your

    So the elders and inhabitants of our land told us, ‘Take provisions for your journey; go to meet them and say to them: We are your servants. Please make a treaty with us.’

  42. Joshua 9:23עֶ֗בֶדa slave

    Now therefore you are under a curse and will perpetually serve as woodcutters and water carriers for the house of my God.”

  43. Joshua 9:24לַעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙to servants your

    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.

  44. Joshua 9:24עַבְדּ֔וֹservant his

    The Gibeonites answered, “Your servants were told clearly that the LORD your God had commanded His servant Moses to give you all the land and wipe out all its inhabitants before you. So we greatly feared for our lives because of you, and that is why we have done this.

  45. Joshua 10:6מֵֽעֲבָדֶ֑יךָfrom servants your

    Then the men of Gibeon sent word to Joshua in the camp at Gilgal: “Do not abandon your servants. Come quickly and save us! Help us, because all the kings of the Amorites from the hill country have joined forces against us.”

  46. Joshua 11:12עֶ֥בֶד[the] servant of

    Joshua captured all these kings and their cities and put them to the sword. He devoted them to destruction, as Moses the LORD’s servant had commanded.

  47. Joshua 11:15עַבְדּ֔וֹservant his

    As the LORD had commanded His servant Moses, so Moses commanded Joshua. That is what Joshua did, leaving nothing undone of all that the LORD had commanded Moses.

  48. Joshua 12:6עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  49. Joshua 12:6עֶֽבֶד־[the] servant of

    Moses, the servant of the LORD, and the Israelites had struck them down and given their land as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

  50. Joshua 13:8עֶ֥בֶד[the] servant of

    The other half of Manasseh, along with the Reubenites and Gadites, had received the inheritance Moses had given them beyond the Jordan to the east, just as Moses the servant of the LORD had assigned to them:

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