עֶ֫בֶד
e.ved
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 Samuel 8:17 לַעֲבָדִֽים׃
He will take a tenth of your flocks, and you yourselves will become his slaves.
- 1 Samuel 12:19 עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ
They pleaded with Samuel, “Pray to the LORD your God for your servants so that we will not die! For we have added to all our sins the evil of asking for a king.”
- 1 Samuel 16:15 עַבְדֵֽי־
Saul’s servants said to him, “Surely a spirit of distress from God is tormenting you.
- 1 Samuel 16:16 עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ
Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”
- 1 Samuel 16:17 עֲבָדָ֑יו
And Saul commanded his servants, “Find me someone who plays well, and bring him to me.”
- 1 Samuel 17:8 עֲבָדִ֣ים
And Goliath stood and shouted to the ranks of Israel, “Why do you come out and array yourselves for battle? Am I not a Philistine, and are you not servants of Saul? Choose one of your men and have him come down against me.
- 1 Samuel 17:9 לַעֲבָדִ֑יםלַעֲבָדִ֔ים
If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”
- 1 Samuel 17:32 עַבְדְּךָ֣
And David said to Saul, “Let no man’s heart fail on account of this Philistine. Your servant will go and fight him!”
- 1 Samuel 17:34 עַבְדְּךָ֛
David replied, “Your servant has been tending his father’s sheep, and whenever a lion or a bear came and carried off a lamb from the flock,
- 1 Samuel 17:36 עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ
Your servant has killed lions and bears; this uncircumcised Philistine will be like one of them, for he has defied the armies of the living God.”
- 1 Samuel 17:58 עַבְדְּךָ֥
“Whose son are you, young man?” asked Saul. “I am the son of your servant Jesse of Bethlehem,” David replied.
- 1 Samuel 18:5 עַבְדֵ֥י
So David marched out and prospered in everything Saul sent him to do, and Saul set him over the men of war. And this was pleasing in the sight of all the people, and of Saul’s officers as well.
- 1 Samuel 18:22 עֲבָדָ֗ועֲבָדָ֖יו
Then Saul ordered his servants, “Speak to David privately and tell him, ‘Behold, the king is pleased with you, and all his servants love you. Now therefore, become his son-in-law.’”
- 1 Samuel 18:23 עַבְדֵ֤י
But when Saul’s servants relayed these words to David, he replied, “Does it seem trivial in your sight to be the son-in-law of the king? I am a poor man and lightly esteemed.”
- 1 Samuel 18:24 עַבְדֵ֥י
And the servants told Saul what David had said.
- 1 Samuel 18:26 עֲבָדָ֤יו
When the servants reported these terms to David, he was pleased to become the king’s son-in-law. Before the wedding day arrived,
- 1 Samuel 18:30 עַבְדֵ֣י
Every time the Philistine commanders came out for battle, David was more successful than all of Saul’s officers, so that his name was highly esteemed.
- 1 Samuel 19:1 עֲבָדָ֔יו
Then Saul ordered his son Jonathan and all his servants to kill David. But Jonathan delighted greatly in David,
- 1 Samuel 19:4 בְּעַבְדּ֣וֹ
Then Jonathan spoke well of David to his father Saul and said to him, “The king should not sin against his servant David; he has not sinned against you. In fact, his actions have been highly beneficial to you.
- 1 Samuel 20:7 לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
- 1 Samuel 20:8 עַבְדֶּ֔ךָעַבְדְּךָ֖
Therefore deal faithfully with your servant, for you have brought me into a covenant with you before the LORD. If there is iniquity in me, then kill me yourself; why should you bring me to your father?”
- 1 Samuel 21:7 מֵעַבְדֵ֨י
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
- 1 Samuel 21:11 עַבְדֵ֤י
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
- 1 Samuel 21:14 עֲבָדָ֑יו
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
- 1 Samuel 22:6 עֲבָדָ֖יו
Soon Saul learned that David and his men had been discovered. At that time Saul was in Gibeah, sitting under the tamarisk tree on the hill at Gibeah, with his spear in hand and all his servants standing around him.
- 1 Samuel 22:7 לַֽעֲבָדָיו֙
Then Saul said to his servants, “Listen, men of Benjamin! Is the son of Jesse giving all of you fields and vineyards and making you commanders of thousands or hundreds?
- 1 Samuel 22:8 עַבְדִּ֥י
Is that why all of you have conspired against me? Not one of you told me that my own son had made a covenant with the son of Jesse. Not one of you has shown concern for me or revealed to me that my son has stirred up my own servant to lie in wait against me, as is the case today.”
- 1 Samuel 22:9 עַבְדֵֽי־
But Doeg the Edomite, who had stationed himself with Saul’s servants, answered: “I saw the son of Jesse come to Ahimelech son of Ahitub at Nob.
- 1 Samuel 22:14 עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙
Ahimelech answered the king, “Who among all your servants is as faithful as David, the king’s son-in-law, the captain of your bodyguard who is honored in your house?
- 1 Samuel 22:15 בְּעַבְדּ֤וֹעַבְדְּךָ֙
Was that day the first time I inquired of God for him? Far be it from me! Let not the king accuse your servant or any of my father’s household, for your servant knew nothing of this whole affair—not in part or in whole.”
- 1 Samuel 22:17 עַבְדֵ֤י
Then the king ordered the guards at his side, “Turn and kill the priests of the LORD, because they too sided with David. For they knew he was fleeing, but they did not tell me.” But the king’s servants would not lift a hand to strike the priests of the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 23:10 עַבְדְּךָ֔
And David said, “O LORD, God of Israel, Your servant has heard that Saul intends to come to Keilah and destroy the city on my account.
- 1 Samuel 23:11 עַבְדֶּ֔ךָלְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָס
Will the citizens of Keilah surrender me into his hand? Will Saul come down, as Your servant has heard? O LORD, God of Israel, please tell Your servant.” “He will,” said the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 25:8 לַעֲבָדֶ֔יךָ
Ask your young men, and they will tell you. So let my young men find favor with you, for we have come on the day of a feast. Please give whatever you can afford to your servants and to your son David.’”
- 1 Samuel 25:10 עַבְדֵ֤יעֲבָדִ֔ים
But Nabal asked them, “Who is David? Who is this son of Jesse? Many servants these days are breaking away from their masters.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 עַבְדּוֹ֙
On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.
- 1 Samuel 25:40 עַבְדֵ֥י
When his servants came to Abigail at Carmel, they said, “David has sent us to take you as his wife.”
- 1 Samuel 25:41 עַבְדֵ֥י
She arose, then bowed facedown and said, “Here is your maidservant, ready to serve and to wash the feet of my lord’s servants.”
- 1 Samuel 26:18 עַבְדּ֑וֹ
And he continued, “Why is my lord pursuing his servant? What have I done? What evil is in my hand?
- 1 Samuel 26:19 עַבְדּ֑וֹ
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
- 1 Samuel 27:5 עַבְדְּךָ֛
Then David said to Achish, “If I have found favor in your eyes, let me be assigned a place in one of the outlying towns, so I can live there. For why should your servant live in the royal city with you?”
- 1 Samuel 27:12 לְעֶ֥בֶד
So Achish trusted David, thinking, “Since he has made himself an utter stench to his people Israel, he will be my servant forever.”
- 1 Samuel 28:2 עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ
David replied, “Then you will come to know what your servant can do.” “Very well,” said Achish. “I will make you my bodyguard for life.”
- 1 Samuel 28:7 לַעֲבָדָ֗יועֲבָדָיו֙
Then Saul said to his servants, “Find me a woman who is a medium, so I can go and consult her.” “There is a medium at Endor,” his servants replied.
- 1 Samuel 28:23 עֲבָדָיו֙
Saul refused, saying, “I will not eat.” But his servants joined the woman in urging him, and he heeded their voice. He got up from the ground and sat on the bed.
- 1 Samuel 28:25 עֲבָדָ֖יו
She served it to Saul and his servants, and they ate. And that night they got up and left.
- 1 Samuel 29:3 עֶ֣בֶד׀
Then the commanders of the Philistines asked, “What about these Hebrews?” Achish replied, “Is this not David, the servant of King Saul of Israel? He has been with me all these days, even years, and from the day he defected until today I have found no fault in him.”
- 1 Samuel 29:8 בְעַבְדְּךָ֔
“But what have I done?” David replied. “What have you found against your servant, from the day I came to you until today, to keep me from going along to fight against the enemies of my lord the king?”
- 1 Samuel 29:10 וְעַבְדֵ֥י
Now then, get up early in the morning, along with your master’s servants who came with you, and go as soon as it is light.”
- 1 Samuel 30:13 עֶ֚בֶד
Then David asked him, “To whom do you belong, and where are you from?” “I am an Egyptian,” he replied, “the slave of an Amalekite. My master abandoned me three days ago when I fell ill.