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. 1 Kings 3:15 עֲבָדָֽיו׃פ

    Then Solomon awoke, and indeed it had been a dream. So he returned to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings. Then he held a feast for all his servants.

  2. 1 Kings 5:1 עֲבָדָיו֙

    Now when Hiram king of Tyre heard that Solomon had been anointed king in his father’s place, he sent envoys to Solomon; for Hiram had always been a friend of David.

  3. 1 Kings 5:6 וַֽעֲבָדַי֙עֲבָדֶ֔יךָעֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙

    Now therefore, order that cedars of Lebanon be cut down for me. My servants will be with your servants, and I will pay your servants whatever wages you set, for you know that there are none among us as skilled in logging as the Sidonians.”

  4. 1 Kings 5:9 עֲ֠בָדַי

    My servants will haul the logs from Lebanon to the Sea, and I will float them as rafts by sea to the place you specify. There I will separate the logs, and you can take them away. And in exchange, you can meet my needs by providing my household with food.”

  5. 1 Kings 8:23 לַעֲבָדֶ֕יךָ

    and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.

  6. 1 Kings 8:24 לְעַבְדְּךָ֙

    You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.

  7. 1 Kings 8:25 לְעַבְדְּךָ֨

    Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk before Me as you have done.’

  8. 1 Kings 8:26 לְעַבְדְּךָ֖

    And now, O God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant, my father David.

  9. 1 Kings 8:28 עַבְדְּךָ֛עַבְדְּךָ֛

    Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You today.

  10. 1 Kings 8:29 עַבְדְּךָ֔

    May Your eyes be open toward this temple night and day, toward the place of which You said, ‘My Name shall be there,’ so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.

  11. 1 Kings 8:30 עַבְדְּךָ֙

    Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.

  12. 1 Kings 8:32 עֲבָדֶ֔יךָ

    then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.

  13. 1 Kings 8:36 עֲבָדֶ֙יךָ֙

    then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.

  14. 1 Kings 8:52 עַבְדְּךָ֔

    May Your eyes be open to the pleas of Your servant and of Your people Israel, and may You listen to them whenever they call to You.

  15. 1 Kings 8:53 עַבְדֶּ֗ךָ

    For You, O Lord GOD, as Your inheritance, have set them apart from all the peoples of the earth, as You spoke through Your servant Moses when You brought our fathers out of Egypt.”

  16. 1 Kings 8:56 עַבְדּֽוֹ׃

    “Blessed be the LORD, who has given rest to His people Israel according to all that He promised. Not one word has failed of all the good promises He made through His servant Moses.

  17. 1 Kings 8:59 עַבְדּ֗וֹ

    And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,

  18. 1 Kings 8:66 עַבְדּ֔וֹ

    On the fifteenth day Solomon sent the people away. So they blessed the king and went home, joyful and glad in heart for all the good things that the LORD had done for His servant David and for His people Israel.

  19. 1 Kings 9:22 עָ֑בֶדוַעֲבָדָיו֙

    But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slavery, because they were his men of war, his servants, his officers, his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.

  20. 1 Kings 9:27 עֲבָדָ֔יועַבְדֵ֥י

    And Hiram sent his servants, men who knew the sea, to serve in the fleet with Solomon’s servants.

  21. 1 Kings 10:5 עֲבָדָיו֩

    the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants and cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.

  22. 1 Kings 10:8 עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ

    How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!

  23. 1 Kings 10:13 וַעֲבָדֶֽיהָ׃ס

    King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—besides what he had given her out of his royal bounty. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.

  24. 1 Kings 11:11 לְעַבְדֶּֽךָ׃

    Then the LORD said to Solomon, “Because you have done this and have not kept My covenant and My statutes, which I have commanded you, I will tear the kingdom away from you and give it to your servant.

  25. 1 Kings 11:13 עַבְדִּ֔י

    Yet I will not tear the whole kingdom away from him. I will give one tribe to your son for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.”

  26. 1 Kings 11:17 מֵעַבְדֵ֥י

    But Hadad, still just a young boy, had fled to Egypt, along with some Edomites who were servants of his father.

  27. 1 Kings 11:26 עֶ֖בֶד

    Now Jeroboam son of Nebat was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah. Jeroboam was a servant of Solomon, but he rebelled against the king,

  28. 1 Kings 11:32 עַבְדִּ֣י

    But one tribe will remain for the sake of My servant David and for the sake of Jerusalem, the city I have chosen out of all the tribes of Israel.

  29. 1 Kings 11:34 עַבְדִּי֙

    Nevertheless, I will not take the whole kingdom out of Solomon’s hand, because I have made him ruler all the days of his life for the sake of David My servant, whom I chose because he kept My commandments and statutes.

  30. 1 Kings 11:36 עַ֠בְדִּי

    I will give one tribe to his son, so that My servant David will always have a lamp before Me in Jerusalem, the city where I chose to put My Name.

  31. 1 Kings 11:38 עַבְדִּ֑י

    If you listen to all that I command you, walk in My ways, and do what is right in My sight in order to keep My statutes and commandments as My servant David did, then I will be with you. I will build you a lasting dynasty just as I built for David, and I will give Israel to you.

  32. 1 Kings 12:7 עֶ֜בֶדעֲבָדִ֖ים

    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”

  33. 1 Kings 14:8 כְּעַבְדִּ֣י

    I tore the kingdom away from the house of David and gave it to you. But you were not like My servant David, who kept My commandments and followed Me with all his heart, doing only what was right in My eyes.

  34. 1 Kings 14:18 עַבְדּ֖וֹ

    And they buried him, and all Israel mourned for him, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the prophet.

  35. 1 Kings 15:18 עֲבָדָ֑יו

    So Asa withdrew all the silver and gold that remained in the treasuries of the house of the LORD and the royal palace. He entrusted it to his servants and sent them with this message to Ben-hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion king of Aram, who was ruling in Damascus:

  36. 1 Kings 15:29 עַבְדּ֖וֹ

    As soon as Baasha became king, he struck down the entire household of Jeroboam. He did not leave to Jeroboam anyone that breathed, but destroyed them all according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servant Ahijah the Shilonite,

  37. 1 Kings 16:9 עַבְדּ֣וֹ

    However, while Elah was in Tirzah getting drunk in the house of Arza the steward of his household there, Elah’s servant Zimri, the commander of half his chariots, conspired against him.

  38. 1 Kings 18:9 עַבְדְּךָ֛

    But Obadiah replied, “How have I sinned, that you are handing your servant over to Ahab to put me to death?

  39. 1 Kings 18:12 וְעַבְדְּךָ֛

    I do not know where the Spirit of the LORD may carry you off when I leave you. Then when I go and tell Ahab and he does not find you, he will kill me. But I, your servant, have feared the LORD from my youth.

  40. 1 Kings 18:36 עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ

    At the time of the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet approached the altar and said, “O LORD, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known this day that You are God in Israel and that I am Your servant and have done all these things at Your command.

  41. 1 Kings 20:6 עֲבָדַי֙עֲבָדֶ֑יךָ

    But about this time tomorrow I will send my servants to search your palace and the houses of your servants. They will seize and carry away all that is precious to you.’”

  42. 1 Kings 20:9 עַבְדְּךָ֤

    So Ahab answered the messengers of Ben-hadad, “Tell my lord the king, ‘All that you demanded of your servant the first time I will do, but this thing I cannot do.’” So the messengers departed and relayed the message to Ben-hadad.

  43. 1 Kings 20:12 עֲבָדָיו֙

    Ben-hadad received this message while he and the kings were drinking in their tents, and he said to his servants, “Take your positions.” So they stationed themselves against the city.

  44. 1 Kings 20:23 וְעַבְדֵ֨י

    Meanwhile, the servants of the king of Aram said to him, “Their gods are gods of the hills. That is why they prevailed over us. Instead, we should fight them on the plains; surely then we will prevail.

  45. 1 Kings 20:31 עֲבָדָיו֒

    Then the servants of Ben-hadad said to him, “Look now, we have heard that the kings of the house of Israel are merciful. Let us go out to the king of Israel with sackcloth around our waists and ropes around our heads. Perhaps he will spare your life.”

  46. 1 Kings 20:32 עַבְדְּךָ֧

    So with sackcloth around their waists and ropes around their heads, they went to the king of Israel and said, “Your servant Ben-hadad says, ‘Please spare my life.’” And the king answered, “Is he still alive? He is my brother.”

  47. 1 Kings 20:39 עַבְדְּךָ֣׀

    As the king passed by, he cried out to the king: “Your servant had marched out into the middle of the battle, when suddenly a man came over with a captive and told me, ‘Guard this man! If he goes missing for any reason, your life will be exchanged for his life, or you will weigh out a talent of silver.’

  48. 1 Kings 20:40 עַבְדְּךָ֗

    But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”

  49. 1 Kings 22:3 עֲבָדָ֔יו

    who said to his servants, “Do you not know that Ramoth-gilead is ours, but we have failed to take it from the hand of the king of Aram?”

  50. 1 Kings 22:49 עֲבָדַ֛יעֲבָדֶ֖יךָ

    At that time Ahaziah son of Ahab said to Jehoshaphat, “Let my servants sail with your servants,” but Jehoshaphat refused.

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