# H5659 עַבְדוּת

עַבְדוּת (ʻabdûwth), Strong’s H5659: servitude KJV: bondage.. Occurs 3 times.

Source: https://besorah.bible/word/H5659 — Besorah, the whole Bible in Hebrew, Greek and English. Texts and licences: https://besorah.bible/about/credits.html

*ʻabdûwth* — servitude

KJV: bondage.

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

Occurs 3 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עַבְדוּת] n.f. servitude, bondage;—sf. Ezr 9:8, 9; Ne 9:17

## Where it occurs
- [Ezra 9:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/9?v=8) — Now for a little moment grace has been shown from the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a…
- [Ezra 9:9](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/ezra/9?v=9) — For we are bondservants; yet our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but has extended loving kindness to us in the…
- [Nehemiah 9:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/nehemiah/9?v=17) — and refused to obey. They weren’t mindful of your wonders that you did among them, but hardened their neck, and in…