עֶבֶד
Transliteration
ʿeḇeḏ
Pronunciation
eh'-bed
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From עָבַד (H5647)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1553a

Strong’s Definitions

עֶבֶד ʻebed, eh'-bed; from H5647; a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 800x

The KJV translates Strong's H5650 in the following manner: servant (744x), manservant (23x), bondman (21x), bondage (10x), bondservant (1x), on all sides (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 800x
The KJV translates Strong's H5650 in the following manner: servant (744x), manservant (23x), bondman (21x), bondage (10x), bondservant (1x), on all sides (1x).

  1. slave, servant

    1. slave, servant, man-servant

    2. subjects

    3. servants, worshippers (of God)

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

    5. servant (of Israel)

    6. servant (as form of address between equals)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֶבֶד ʻebed, eh'-bed; from H5647; a servant:—× bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
STRONGS H5650: Abbreviations
I. עֶ֫בֶד 799 noun masculine slave, servant (on formation LagBN 77); — ע׳ Genesis 9:25 +, עָ֑בֶד Genesis 44:10 +; suffix עַבְדִּי Genesis 26:24 +; עַבְדְּךָ Genesis 19:19 +; עַבְדֶּ֫ךָ Genesis 18:3 +; plural עֲבָדִים Genesis 9:25 +, עַבְדֵי Genesis 21:25 +, suffix עֲבָדַי Leviticus 25:42 +, עַבְדֵיכֶם Joshua 9:11 +, etc.; —
1. slave, servant of household Genesis 39:17, 19; Genesis 41:12; Genesis 50:2; Exodus 21:2 +; man-servant, || אמה Exodus 20:10; Leviticus 25:6; Deuteronomy 5:14; Job 31:13 +; || שׁפחה Genesis 12:16; Genesis 32:6 [Genesis 32:5; Jeremiah 34:11; Isaiah 14:2 +; + אדון Deuteronomy 23:16; Isaiah 24:2; Malachi 1:6 +; מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף Exodus 12:44 or יְלִיד בַּיִת Jeremiah 2:14; עֶבֶד עֲבָדִים servant of servants, humblest servant, Genesis 9:25; † בֵּית עֲבָדִים house of slaves, especially Israel in Egypt Exodus 13:3, 14 (D ?) Deuteronomy 5:6; Deuteronomy 6:12; Deuteronomy 7:8; Deuteronomy 8:14; Deuteronomy 13:6; Deuteronomy 13:11; Joshua 24:17; Judges 6:8; Jeremiah 34:13; Micah 6:4; † וזכרת כי עבד היית מצרים ב(ארץׅ and thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in (the land of) Egypt Deuteronomy 5:15; Deuteronomy 15:15; Deuteronomy 16:12; Deuteronomy 24:18, 22; king of Babylon is slave to י׳ Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 43:10; the borrower to the lender Proverbs 22:7; figurative of beast Job 40:28; of things Genesis 47:19.
2. Subjects, of chief Genesis 26:15, 19, 25, 32; Genesis 27:37; Genesis 32:17 (twice in verse) +; of king Genesis 21:25; Exodus 7:28; Exodus 7:29; 1 Kings 9:27; Deuteronomy 29:1 +; vassal kings 2 Samuel 10:19; tributary nations 2 Samuel 8:2, 6, 14 = 1 Chronicles 18:2, 6, 13; specifically officers of king 1 Samuel 19:1; 1 Samuel 21:8; 2 Samuel 11:13; Proverbs 14:35 +; עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה Genesis 40:20; Genesis 41:10; שָׁאוּל ע׳ 1 Samuel 16:17; 1 Samuel 18:22; 1 Samuel 28:7; הַמֶּלֶךְ ע׳ 1 Kings 1:47; Esther 3:3 +; עֶבֶד הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kings 22:12 2 Chronicles 34:20 (a court offical); opposed to שַׂר Proverbs 19:10; Ecclesiastes 10:7; מֶלֶךְ Proverbs 30:22; ambassadors Numbers 22:18; 2 Samuel 10:2; soldiers of army 1 Samuel 17:8; 1 Samuel 25:10; 2 Samuel 2:12, + officers of army 1 Samuel 29:3; 1 Kings 11:26; 2 Kings 25:8; Isaiah 36:9.
3. Servants, worshippers, of God: † עַבְדֵי יהוה 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 10:23; Isaiah 54:17, compare Genesis 50:17; Isaiah 56:6; עֲבָדָיו Deuteronomy 32:36 = Psalm 135:14; Isaiah 65:15; Isaiah 66:14; Psalm 34:23; Psalm 69:37; Nehemiah 2:20; || עַמּוֺ Psalm 105:25 compare Deuteronomy 32:43; עֲבָּדַי Isaiah 65:8, 9, 13 (twice in verse); Isa 69:13; Isa 69:14; עֲבָדֶיךָ 1 Kings 8:23; Isaiah 63:17 (|| שִׁבְטֵי נחלתך), Psalm 89:51; Psalm 90:13; Psalm 90:16; Psalm 102:15; Psalm 102:29; Psalm 119:91; Psalm 79:2; Psalm 79:10 (|| חֲסִידֶיךָ); delivered from Egypt Leviticus 25:42, 55 (twice in verse); Leviticus 26:13 (P); עַבְדְּךָ Psalm 119:125; Psalm 143:2, || בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ Psalm 86:16; Psalm 116:16 (twice in verse); specifically angels Job 4:18; and ancient worthies, patriarchs Exodus 32:13 (J) Deuteronomy 9:27; Abraham Genesis 26:24 (J) Psalm 105:6; Psalm 105:42; Isaac Genesis 24:14 (J); Jacob, Israel Ezekiel 28:25; Ezekiel 37:25; 1 Chronicles 16:13; Moses † Exodus 14:31; Joshua 18:7 (J) Numbers 12:7, 8 (E) Deuteronomy 34:5 (?) Joshua 1:1, 2, 7, 13, 15; Joshua 8:31, 33; Joshua 9:24; Joshua 11:12, 15; Joshua 12:6 (twice in verse); Joshua 13:8; Joshua 14:7; Joshua 22:2, 4, 5 (all D), 1 Kings 8:53, 56; 2 Kings 18:12; 2 Kings 21:8; 1 Chronicles 6:34; 2 Chronicles 1:3; 24:6, 9; Nehemiah 1:8; Nehemiah 9:14; Nehemiah 10:30; Psalm 105:26; Malachi 3:22; Daniel 9:11; Joshua † Joshua 24:29 (E) Judges 2:8; Caleb † Numbers 14:24 (J); Job † Job 1:8; Job 2:3; Job 42:7, 8 (3 times in verse); David 2 Samuel 3:18; 2 Samuel 7:5, 8, 26 + 27 times; Hezekiah † 2 Chronicles 32:16; Zerubbabel † Haggai 2:23; Eliakim † Isaiah 22:20. — The צֶמַח Zechariah 3:8; compare Zechariah 6:12 is also servant of י׳ as Messianic builder of temple (see BrMP 442 ff).
†4. Servant of י׳, in a special sense: of Levitical singers using benedictions in temple Psalm 113:1; Psalm 134:1; Psalm 135:1; usually of prophets, עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִים my servants the prophets 2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 17:13; Jeremiah 7:25; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; Ezekiel 38:17; Zechariah 1:6; עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים 2 Kings 17:23; 2 Kings 21:10; 2 Kings 24:2; Jeremiah 25:4; Amos 3:7; Daniel 9:10; עֲבָדֶיךָ הנביאים Ezra 9:11; Daniel 9:6; specifically Ahia 1 Kings 14:18; 1 Kings 15:29; Elijah 2 Kings 9:36; 2 Kings 10:10; Jonah 2 Kings 14:25; Isaiah Isaiah 20:3; עַבְדּוֺ, || מלאכיו Isaiah 44:26; as one calling to fear י׳ Isaiah 50:10.
†5. Israel as a people is servant of ׃י׳ יִשְׂרָאֵל Isaiah 41:8, 9; Isaiah 44:21 (twice in verse); Isaiah 49:3; Psalm 136:22; יעקב Isaiah 44:1; Isaiah 44:2; Isaiah 45:4; Isaiah 48:20; Jeremiah 30:10; Jeremiah 46:27; Jeremiah 47:28; עַבְדִּי = עֶבֶד יהוה, || מַלְאָכִי, as having a mission to the nations Isaiah 42:19 (twice in verse); and chosen as witness of י׳ Isaiah 43:10. But there is also an ideal servant chosen and endowed with the divine Spirit to be a covenant of Israel and a light of the nations Isaiah 42:1 (compare Isaiah 42:2-6); formed to bring back Jacob, raise up the tribes, and become salvation to the end of the earth Isaiah 49:5, 6, 7; bearing the sins of all as a lamb and a trespass-offering, and yet prospering and justifying many as interposing martyr Isaiah 52:13; Isaiah 53:11: many understand of ideal Israel, contrasted with the actual; others of personification || with Zion the wife and mother, distinguished from unworthy Israel as Zion from her apostate children; al. of ideal prophetic writer; al. of ideal prophetic person; al. (especially in Isaiah 53) of an actual prophecy known to writer and his readers; [in any case it is Messianic, see Matthew 8:16, 17; 12:16-21; Luke 4:17-22; Philippians 2:5-11]; see DeIsa ii. 174 DaExpos. 1884, 358 ff. Di Du Che and others on Isaiah 42; Isaiah 53, DrIs 168 ff. BrMP 345 ff., also GieBeitr. 146 ff. BertholIsaiah 53.
6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1st person singular, I, Genesis 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:7, 8 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 8:13 +; עֲבָדֶיךָ thy servants = we Genesis 42:11; Isaiah 36:11; also עַבְדּוֺ his servant = I, 1 Samuel 26:18, 19; 2 Samuel 14:22; 2 Samuel 24:21 +; also in addressing God, especially in prayer Exodus 4:10; Numbers 11:11; Judges 15:18; 1 Samuel 3:9, 10; 1 Samuel 25:39; 2 Samuel 24:10; Psalm 19:12; Psalm 19:14; Psalm 27:9; Psalm 31:17; Psalm 35:27; Psalm 69:18; Psalm 109:28; Psalm 143:2 +.
7. Phrases are: † עבד (היה), with לְ person, become servant to Genesis 9:26, 27; Genesis 44:10, 16, 17, 33; Genesis 47:19, 26 (J) Deuteronomy 6:21; Deuteronomy 15:17; 2 Samuel 8:14; 2 Kings 17:3; 2 Kings 24:1; 1 Chronicles 18:2, 6, 13; 2 Chronicles 10:7; Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 12:9; Proverbs 22:7; † היה לעבד, with לְ person, Genesis 44:9 (J) Genesis 50:18 (E) 1 Samuel 8:17; 1 Samuel 17:9 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 27:12; 2 Samuel 8:2, 6; Jeremiah 34:16; כבשׁ לעבדים 2 Chronicles 28:10; Nehemiah 5:5; Jeremiah 34:11; לקח לע׳ Genesis 43:18 (J) 2 Kings 4:1; Job 40:28 [Job 41:4].

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5649.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

9:25; 9:25; 9:25; 9:26; 9:27; 12:16; 18:3; 18:3; 19:19; 21:25; 21:25; 24:14; 26:15; 26:19; 26:24; 26:24; 26:25; 26:32; 27:37; 32:5; 32:17; 39:17; 39:19; 40:20; 41:10; 41:12; 42:11; 43:18; 44:9; 44:10; 44:10; 44:16; 44:17; 44:33; 47:19; 47:19; 47:26; 50:2; 50:17; 50:18

Exodus

4:10; 12:44; 13:3; 13:14; 14:31; 20:10; 21:2; 32:13

Leviticus

25:6; 25:42; 25:42; 25:55; 26:13

Numbers

11:11; 12:7; 12:8; 14:24; 22:18

Deuteronomy

5:6; 5:14; 5:15; 6:12; 6:21; 7:8; 8:14; 9:27; 13:6; 13:11; 15:15; 15:17; 16:12; 23:16; 24:18; 24:22; 29:1; 32:36; 32:43; 34:5

Joshua

1:1; 1:2; 1:7; 1:13; 1:15; 8:31; 8:33; 9:11; 9:24; 11:12; 11:15; 12:6; 13:8; 14:7; 18:7; 22:2; 22:4; 22:5; 24:17; 24:29

Judges

2:8; 6:8; 15:18

1 Samuel

3:9; 3:10; 8:17; 16:17; 17:8; 17:9; 18:22; 19:1; 20:7; 20:8; 21:8; 25:10; 25:39; 26:18; 26:19; 27:12; 28:7; 29:3

2 Samuel

2:12; 3:18; 7:5; 7:8; 7:26; 8:2; 8:2; 8:6; 8:6; 8:14; 8:14; 10:2; 10:19; 11:13; 14:22; 24:10; 24:21

1 Kings

1:47; 8:23; 8:53; 8:56; 9:27; 11:26; 14:18; 15:29

2 Kings

4:1; 8:13; 9:7; 9:7; 9:36; 10:10; 10:23; 17:3; 17:13; 17:23; 18:12; 21:8; 21:10; 22:12; 24:1; 24:2; 25:8

1 Chronicles

6:34; 16:13; 18:2; 18:2; 18:6; 18:6; 18:13; 18:13

2 Chronicles

1:3; 10:7; 24:6; 24:9; 28:10; 32:16; 34:20

Ezra

9:11

Nehemiah

1:8; 2:20; 5:5; 9:14; 10:30

Esther

3:3

Job

1:8; 2:3; 4:18; 31:13; 41:4; 42:7; 42:8

Psalms

19:12; 19:14; 27:9; 31:17; 35:27; 69:18; 79:2; 79:10; 86:16; 89:51; 90:13; 90:16; 102:15; 105:6; 105:25; 105:26; 105:42; 109:28; 113:1; 116:16; 119:91; 119:125; 134:1; 135:1; 135:14; 136:22; 143:2; 143:2

Proverbs

11:29; 12:9; 14:35; 19:10; 22:7; 22:7; 30:22

Ecclesiastes

10:7

Isaiah

14:2; 20:3; 22:20; 24:2; 36:9; 36:11; 41:8; 41:9; 42; 42:1; 42:2; 42:3; 42:4; 42:5; 42:6; 42:19; 43:10; 44:1; 44:2; 44:21; 44:26; 45:4; 48:20; 49:3; 49:5; 49:6; 49:7; 50:10; 52:13; 53; 53; 53; 53:11; 54:17; 56:6; 63:17; 65:8; 65:9; 65:13; 65:15; 66:14

Jeremiah

2:14; 7:25; 25:4; 25:9; 26:5; 27:6; 29:19; 30:10; 34:11; 34:11; 34:13; 34:16; 35:15; 43:10; 44:4; 46:27

Ezekiel

28:25; 37:25; 38:17

Daniel

9:6; 9:10; 9:11

Amos

3:7

Jonah

2

Micah

6:4

Haggai

2:23

Zechariah

1:6; 3:8; 6:12

Malachi

1:6

Matthew

8:16; 8:17; 12:16; 12:17; 12:18; 12:19; 12:20; 12:21

Luke

4:17; 4:18; 4:19; 4:20; 4:21; 4:22

Philippians

2:5; 2:6; 2:7; 2:8; 2:9; 2:10; 2:11