עֶ֫בֶד

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Hebrew H5650 Noun, masculine 800 occurrences in 714 verses
עֶ֫בֶד servant/slave

1. slave, servant

a. slave, servant, man-servant

b. subjects

c. servants, worshippers (of God)

d. servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)

e. servant (of Israel)

f. servant (as form of address between equals)

Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (עֲבַד "servant/slave" H5649)

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 714 verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 12:8 לַעֲבָדִ֑ים

    Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

  2. 2 Chronicles 13:6 עֶ֖בֶד

    Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.

  3. 2 Chronicles 24:6 עֶֽבֶד־

    So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”

  4. 2 Chronicles 24:9 עֶֽבֶד־

    And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.

  5. 2 Chronicles 24:25 עֲבָדָ֗יו

    And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.

  6. 2 Chronicles 25:3 עֲבָדָ֔יו

    As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.

  7. 2 Chronicles 28:10 לַעֲבָדִ֥ים

    And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?

  8. 2 Chronicles 32:9 עֲבָדָיו֙

    Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:

  9. 2 Chronicles 32:16 עֲבָדָ֔יועַבְדּֽוֹ׃

    And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.

  10. 2 Chronicles 33:24 עֲבָדָ֔יו

    Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.

  11. 2 Chronicles 34:16 עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ

    Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.

  12. 2 Chronicles 34:20 עֶֽבֶד־

    and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:

  13. 2 Chronicles 35:23 לַעֲבָדָיו֙

    There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”

  14. 2 Chronicles 35:24 עֲבָדָ֜יו

    So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.

  15. 2 Chronicles 36:20 לַעֲבָדִ֔ים

    Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

  16. Ezra 2:55 עַבְדֵ֣י

    The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Peruda,

  17. Ezra 2:58 עַבְדֵ֣י

    The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

  18. Ezra 2:65 עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם

    in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.

  19. Ezra 9:9 עֲבָדִ֣ים

    Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.

  20. Ezra 9:11 עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ

    that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.

  21. Nehemiah 1:6 עַבְדְּךָ֡עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ

    let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.

  22. Nehemiah 1:7 עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

    We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.

  23. Nehemiah 1:8 עַבְדְּךָ֖

    Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

  24. Nehemiah 1:10 עֲבָדֶ֖יךָ

    They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.

  25. Nehemiah 1:11 עַבְדְּךָ֜עֲבָדֶ֗יךָלְעַבְדְּךָ֙

    O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)

  26. Nehemiah 2:5 עַבְדְּךָ֖

    and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”

  27. Nehemiah 2:10 הָעֶ֣בֶד

    But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.

  28. Nehemiah 2:19 הָעֶ֣בֶד

    But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”

  29. Nehemiah 2:20 עֲבָדָ֖יו

    So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”

  30. Nehemiah 5:5 לַעֲבָדִ֗ים

    We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”

  31. Nehemiah 7:57 עַבְדֵ֣י

    The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,

  32. Nehemiah 7:60 עַבְדֵ֣י

    The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.

  33. Nehemiah 7:67 עַבְדֵיהֶ֤ם

    in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.

  34. Nehemiah 9:10 עֲבָדָיו֙

    You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.

  35. Nehemiah 9:14 עַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

    You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.

  36. Nehemiah 9:36 עֲבָדִ֑יםעֲבָדִ֖ים

    So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness— here we are as slaves!

  37. Nehemiah 10:29 עֶֽבֶד־

    hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.

  38. Nehemiah 11:3 עַבְדֵ֥י

    These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—

  39. Esther 1:3 וַעֲבָדָ֑יו

    In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.

  40. Esther 2:18 וַעֲבָדָ֔יו

    Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.

  41. Esther 3:2 עַבְדֵ֨י

    All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.

  42. Esther 3:3 עַבְדֵ֥י

    Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”

  43. Esther 4:11 עַבְדֵ֣י

    “All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”

  44. Esther 5:11 וְעַבְדֵ֥י

    Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.

  45. Esther 7:4 לַעֲבָדִ֨ים

    For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”

  46. Job 1:8 עַבְדִּ֣י

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”

  47. Job 2:3 עַבְדִּ֣י

    Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”

  48. Job 3:19 וְ֝עֶ֗בֶד

    Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.

  49. Job 4:18 בַּ֭עֲבָדָיו

    If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,

  50. Job 7:2 כְּעֶ֥בֶד

    Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.

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