Strong's Hebrew · H5650

עֶבֶד

ʻebed · eh'-bed

[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

Definition

a servant

Derivation

from H5647 (עָבַד);

Appears 799 times in Scripture

Genesis 9:25

he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”

Genesis 9:27

May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”

Genesis 32:16

He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”

Genesis 26:32

On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.

Genesis 9:26

He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.

Exodus 8:3

The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.

Genesis 12:16

He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.

Exodus 8:4

The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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