STRONGS H5650:
Abbreviations
I. עֶ֫בֶד 799 noun masculine slave, servant (on formation Lag
BN 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