# H5650 עֶבֶד

עֶבֶד (ʻebed), Strong’s H5650: a servant KJV: [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.. Occurs 800 times.

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*ʻebed* — a servant

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

Derived from [עָבַד ʻâbad](https://besorah.bible/word/H5647) (to work)

Occurs 800 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֶ֫בֶד 799 n.m. slave, servant
- 1 slave, servant of household
- 2 Subjects, of chief
- 3 Servants, worshippers of God
- 4 Servant of י׳, in a special sense
- 5 Israel as a people is servant of י׳
- 6 In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 pers. sing., I
- 7 Phrases

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 9:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=25) — He said, “Canaan is cursed. He will be a servant of servants to his brothers.”
- [Genesis 9:26](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=26) — He said, “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.
- [Genesis 9:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/9?v=27) — May God enlarge Japheth. Let him dwell in the tents of Shem. Let Canaan be his servant.”
- [Genesis 12:16](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/12?v=16) — He dealt well with Abram for her sake. He had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female…
- [Genesis 14:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=15) — He divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and struck them, and pursued them to Hobah, which is on…
- [Genesis 18:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=3) — and said, “My lord, if now I have found favor in your sight, please don’t go away from your servant.
- [Genesis 18:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/18?v=5) — I will get a piece of bread so you can refresh your heart. After that you may go your way, now that you have come to…
- [Genesis 19:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=2) — and he said, “See now, my lords, please come into your servant’s house, stay all night, wash your feet, and you can…
- [Genesis 19:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/19?v=19) — See now, your servant has found favor in your sight, and you have magnified your loving kindness, which you have shown…
- [Genesis 20:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/20?v=8) — Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. The men were…