e.ved H5650

עֶ֫בֶד (e.ved) means “servant/slave” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עֶ֫בֶד Hebrew · H5650 800 tagged occurrences in 714 verses

Pronunciation guide: eh'-bed Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5650

עֶ֫בֶד · e.ved · servant/slave

1) slave, servant 1a) slave, servant, man-servant 1b) subjects 1c) servants, worshippers (of God) 1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc) 1e) servant (of Israel) 1f) servant (as form of address between equals) Aramaic equivalent: a.vad (עֲבַד "servant/slave" H5649)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H5647 (עָבַד); a servant

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

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How translators render H5650

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
your servant	89
servants	52
his servants	48
your servants	47
my servant	39
the servant	30
his servant	21
of your servant	20
servant	19
my servants	16
slaves	16
to your servant	14
of slavery	13
of your servants	12
the servants	12
a servant	9
menservants	8
of the servants	8
and his officials	7
and his servants	7
his officials	7
of his servant	7
of his servants	7
of my servant	7
subject	7
and servants	6
and your officials	6
to his servants	6
your menservants	6
officials	5
slave	5
am your servant	4
are my servant	4
are your servants	4
as slaves	4
them	4
a slave	3
and my servant	3
and the servants	3
and your servant	3
for your servant	3
let your servant	3
of my servants	3
servants of yours	3
so the servant	3
to your servants	3
along with her servants	2
and his officers	2
as a slave	2
as menservants	2
as my servant	2
i	2
i am your servant	2
in his servants	2
is your servant	2
me	2
nor your manservant	2
o servants	2
of his manservant	2
of his officials	2
of servants	2
officers	2
official	2
or his manservant	2
should your servant	2
so his servants	2
so the servants	2
soldiers	2
the officers	2
their servants	2
then the servant	2
to his servant	2
to my servant	2
to slavery	2
vassal	2
we your servants	2
who were servants	2
with your servant	2
with your servants	2
your manservant	2
your officials	2
a manservant	1
against his servant	1
against his servants	1
against my servant	1
against your servant	1
allow your servants	1
along with crews	1
and	1
and a servant	1
and he brought them	1
and in his servant	1
and menservants	1
and my servants	1
and of my servant	1
and soldiers	1
and the servants of joash	1
and the servants of sennacherib	1
and the slave	1
and their officials	1
and there was a servant	1
and your servants	1
are handing your servant	1
are my servants	1
are servants to you	1
are slaves	1
as male	1
as servants	1
as the menservants do	1
but his servants	1
but i your servant	1
but my servant ziba	1
but the servants	1
but they	1
but to his servants	1
but when they	1
but while your servant	1
but your servant	1
but your servants	1
can your servant	1
did your servants	1
eglons servants	1
elahs servant	1
envoys	1
for a slave	1
for his servant	1
for my servant	1
for their own servants	1
from your servant	1
give your servant	1
have made your servant	1
his	1
his forces	1
his manservant	1
his officers	1
his own servants	1
his slaves	1
in his service	1
is slave	1
jeroboam was a servant	1
let me your servant	1
let my servants	1
like a slave	1
like my servant	1
like slaves	1
like the servant	1
meanwhile the servants	1
must your servant wait	1
my menservants	1
my own servant	1
naamans servants however	1
nor your servant	1
not servants	1
of his children	1
of his subjects	1
of my manservant	1
of your officials	1
on your servant	1
or your servants	1
serve	1
slave who	1
some of his servants	1
subjects	1
the men	1
the menservants	1
the menservants and maidservants	1
the slave	1
their menservants	1
their presence	1
then he	1
then his servants	1
then my servant	1
then the servants	1
then the servants of amon	1
then the servants of ben-hadad	1
then your servant	1
then your servants	1
therefore your servant	1
they belong to your servant	1
through my servants	1
to be his servant	1
to become slaves	1
to slave	1
to the servant	1
upon your servant	1
we are your servants	1
we are your slaves	1
were servants	1
when the servants	1
while his servants	1
will be servant	1
will be your servant	1
with my servant	1
yet have a servant	1
you servants	1
your servant by	1
your servant is	1
your servants way	1
your slave	1
your slaves	1
yours	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
servants	55
thy servant	51
my servant	36
the servant	29
his servants	27
his servant	25
thy servants	25
of thy servant	22
of his servants	19
servant	19
and his servants	18
unto his servants	14
unto thy servant	13
for thy servant	11
of thy servants	11
and the servants	10
my servants	10
of bondage	10
unto thy servants	10
with thy servant	10
of his servant	9
and the servant	8
a servant	7
of the servants	7
with thy servants	7
and menservants	6
for thy servants	6
bondmen	5
and my servant	4
and thy servant	4
behold my servants	4
that thou wast a bondman	4
the servants	4
which thy servant	4
with the servants	4
and all his servants	3
and thy manservant	3
and thy servants	3
and to all his servants	3
for bondmen	3
of servants	3
so the servants	3
therefore thy servant	3
to thy servant	3
with his servants	3
all his servants	2
and his servant	2
and servants	2
and when the servants	2
as thy servant	2
became his servant	2
behold my servant	2
behold now thy servant	2
behold thy servant	2
behold thy servants	2
but my servant	2
concerning thy servant	2
for a servant	2
for my servant	2
for servants	2
from his servants	2
he and his servants	2
it for mine own sake and for my servant	2
let thy servant	2
o ye servants	2
of all thy servants	2
of bondmen	2
of my servants	2
she and her servants	2
should let his manservant	2
that thy servants	2
that were on the servants	2
these thy servants	2
to his servants	2
to my servant	2
unto all his servants	2
unto his servant	2
unto my servant	2
unto you all my servants	2
upon thy servant	2
a bondman	1
a manservant	1
against his servant	1
against my servant	1
against thee or against thy servants	1
against thy servant	1
all the servants	1
also and all his servants	1
also his servant	1
also of his servants	1
also of thy servants	1
also unto you all my servants	1
among all thy servants	1
among the servants	1
and a servant	1
and against his servant	1
and all these thy servants	1
and also upon the servants	1
and as thy servant	1
and at all the servants	1
and behold my servants	1
and behold the servants	1
and behold thy servants	1
and caused the servants	1
and from thy servants	1
and hath a servant	1
and he shall be thy servant	1
and if the servant	1
and if thy servant	1
and my servants	1
and of his servants	1
and on all his servants	1
and to his servants	1
and unto all his servants	1
and upon all his servants	1
and upon all thy servants	1
and upon thy servants	1
and when his servants	1
and ye servants	1
and ye shall be his servants	1
and your menservants	1
are there and the servant	1
are thy servants	1
as a bondservant	1
as a servant	1
as my servant	1
as servants	1
as the menservants	1
as with the servant	1
became servants	1
because of him thy servant	1
because thy servant	1
beside their manservants	1
beside their servants	1
both thy bondmen	1
but as for thee and thy servants	1
but behold thy servant	1
but his servants	1
but let thy servant	1
but neither he nor his servants	1
but the servants	1
but thy servants	1
can thy servant	1
even there also will thy servant	1
for mine own sake and for my servant	1
for my servants	1
for thee and for thy servants	1
for to thy servant	1
for you for thee and for thy servant	1
from being bondmen	1
from thy servant	1
from thy servants	1
had a servant	1
hath thy servant	1
he and all his servants	1
he shall be my servant	1
here with you none of the servants	1
him for a servant	1
him then shall ye be our servants	1
him therefore he shall be my servant	1
himself against them he and his servants	1
himself concerning his servants	1
himself for his servants	1
his own servants	1
i beseech thee and his servants	1
i pray thee from thy servant	1
i pray thee thy servant	1
i pray thee to thy servants	1
i pray thee unto thy servants	1
i pray you into your servants	1
i will be thy servant	1
if thou wilt be a servant	1
in his servants	1
in thee and all his servants	1
in thy servant	1
it and my servants	1
it to me but the servants	1
it to thy servant	1
let my servants	1
like as my servant	1
like my servant	1
made his servants	1
me but i thy servant	1
me for thy servant	1
me then will we be your servants	1
me thy servant	1
moreover by them is thy servant	1
much less for a servant	1
nevertheless they shall be his servants	1
no bondmen	1
no servants	1
nor any of his servants	1
nor his manservant	1
nor servants	1
nor thy manservant	1
not a servant	1
not thou o my servant	1
not thy servant	1
not to be the servants	1
now therefore i pray thee let thy servant	1
now therefore we pray thee let thy servants	1
of all his servants	1
of all the servants	1
of her and his servants	1
of my manservant	1
of my servant	1
on all sides	1
or his manservant	1
out his manservants	1
over the servants	1
shall be his servant	1
shall be my servant	1
shall be with thy servants	1
so shall thy servant	1
so will thy servant	1
than all the servants	1
that his servants	1
that my servant	1
that thou shouldest be my servant	1
that thou wast a servant	1
that thy manservant	1
that thy servant	1
that which thy servant	1
that ye should not be their bondmen	1
thee concerning thy servants	1
there for why should thy servant	1
therefore hath thy servant	1
thou and all thy servants	1
thou and thy servants	1
thou hast made thy servant	1
thou hast not been as my servant	1
thou not o my servant	1
thou thus with thy servants	1
thou thy servant	1
thy manservant	1
to a servant	1
to all his servants	1
to be bondmen	1
to be his servants	1
to be servants	1
to be unto you for servants	1
to him for servants	1
to his servant	1
to make thy servant	1
to the servants	1
to them then they will be thy servants	1
to them they will be thy servants	1
to thy servants	1
toward his servants	1
unto him wherefore have thy servants	1
unto the servant	1
unto the servants	1
unto thee are not his servants	1
unto them by my servants	1
unto you all his servants	1
upon thee and upon thy servants	1
upon thy servants	1
us for bondmen	1
us therefore we his servants	1
what thy servant	1
where they were servants	1
wherefore his servants	1
wherefore then should thy servant	1
will be servants	1
with all the servants	1
with whomsoever of thy servants	1
with you the servants	1
your menservants	1
your servant	1
your servants	1

Verses containing H5650

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Genesis 9:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
he said, “Cursed be Canaan! A servant of servants shall he be to his brothers.”
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Genesis 9:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He also declared: “Blessed be the LORD, the God of Shem! May Canaan be the servant of Shem.
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Genesis 9:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May God expand the territory of Japheth; may he dwell in the tents of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
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Genesis 12:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He treated Abram well on her account, and Abram acquired sheep and cattle, male and female donkeys, menservants and maidservants, and camels.
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Genesis 14:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
During the night, Abram divided his forces and routed Chedorlaomer’s army, pursuing them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
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Genesis 18:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“My lord,” said Abraham, “if I have found favor in your sight, please do not pass your servant by.
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Genesis 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will bring a bit of bread so that you may refresh yourselves. This is why you have passed your servant’s way. After that, you may continue on your way.” “Yes,” they replied, “you may do as you have said.”
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Genesis 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said, “My lords, please turn aside into the house of your servant; wash your feet and spend the night. Then you can rise early and go on your way.” “No,” they answered, “we will spend the night in the square.”
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Genesis 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your servant has indeed found favor in your sight, and you have shown me great kindness by sparing my life. But I cannot run to the mountains; the disaster will overtake me, and I will die.
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Genesis 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Early the next morning Abimelech got up and summoned all his servants; and when he described to them all that had happened, the men were terrified.
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Genesis 20:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
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Genesis 21:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Abraham complained to Abimelech about a well that Abimelech’s servants had seized,
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Genesis 24:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Abraham instructed the chief servant of his household, who managed all he owned, “Place your hand under my thigh,
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Genesis 24:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
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Genesis 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and swore an oath to him concerning this matter.
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Genesis 24:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the servant took ten of his master’s camels and departed with all manner of good things from his master in hand. And he set out for Nahor’s hometown in Aram-naharaim.
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Genesis 24:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now may it happen that the girl to whom I say, ‘Please let down your jar that I may drink,’ and who responds, ‘Drink, and I will water your camels as well’—let her be the one You have appointed for Your servant Isaac. By this I will know that You have shown kindness to my master.”
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Genesis 24:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the servant ran to meet her and said, “Please let me have a little water from your jar.”
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Genesis 24:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“I am Abraham’s servant,” he replied.
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Genesis 24:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“The LORD has greatly blessed my master, and he has become rich. He has given him sheep and cattle, silver and gold, menservants and maidservants, camels and donkeys.
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Genesis 24:52 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Abraham’s servant heard their words, he bowed down to the ground before the LORD.
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Genesis 24:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he brought out jewels of silver and gold, and articles of clothing, and he gave them to Rebekah. He also gave precious gifts to her brother and her mother.
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Genesis 24:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So they sent their sister Rebekah on her way, along with her nurse and Abraham’s servant and his men.
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Genesis 24:61 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Rebekah and her servant girls got ready, mounted the camels, and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and left.
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Genesis 24:65 · BSB · 2 occurrences
and asked the servant, “Who is that man in the field coming to meet us?” “It is my master,” the servant answered. So she took her veil and covered herself.
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Genesis 24:66 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the servant told Isaac all that he had done.
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Genesis 26:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Philistines took dirt and stopped up all the wells that his father’s servants had dug in the days of his father Abraham.
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Genesis 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Isaac’s servants dug in the valley and found a well of fresh water there.
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Genesis 26:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and that night the LORD appeared to him and said, “I am the God of your father Abraham. Do not be afraid, for I am with you. I will bless you and multiply your descendants for the sake of My servant Abraham.”
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Genesis 26:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Isaac built an altar there and called on the name of the LORD, and he pitched his tent there. His servants also dug a well there.
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Genesis 26:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On that same day, Isaac’s servants came and told him about the well they had dug. “We have found water!” they told him.
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Genesis 27:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Isaac answered Esau: “Look, I have made him your master and given him all his relatives as servants; I have sustained him with grain and new wine. What is left that I can do for you, my son?”
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Genesis 30:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Thus Jacob became exceedingly prosperous. He owned large flocks, maidservants and menservants, and camels and donkeys.
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Genesis 32:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He instructed them, “You are to say to my master Esau, ‘Your servant Jacob says: I have been staying with Laban and have remained there until now.
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Source alternate reference: 32.5
Genesis 32:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I have oxen, donkeys, flocks, menservants, and maidservants. I have sent this message to inform my master, so that I may find favor in your sight.’”
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Source alternate reference: 32.6
Genesis 32:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I am unworthy of all the kindness and faithfulness You have shown Your servant. Indeed, with only my staff I came across the Jordan, but now I have become two camps.
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Source alternate reference: 32.11
Genesis 32:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He entrusted them to his servants in separate herds and told them, “Go on ahead of me, and keep some distance between the herds.”
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Source alternate reference: 32.17
Genesis 32:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then you are to say, ‘They belong to your servant Jacob. They are a gift, sent to my lord Esau. And behold, Jacob is behind us.’”
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Source alternate reference: 32.19
Genesis 32:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are also to say, ‘Look, your servant Jacob is right behind us.’” For he thought, “I will appease Esau with the gift that is going before me. After that I can face him, and perhaps he will accept me.”
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Source alternate reference: 32.21
Genesis 33:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Esau looked up and saw the women and children, he asked, “Who are these with you?” Jacob answered, “These are the children God has graciously given your servant.”
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Genesis 33:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Please let my lord go ahead of his servant. I will continue on slowly, at a comfortable pace for the livestock and children, until I come to my lord at Seir.”
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Genesis 39:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then she told him the same story: “The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,
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Genesis 39:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, “This is what your slave did to me,” he burned with anger.
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Genesis 40:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he held a feast for all his officials, and in their presence he lifted up the heads of the chief cupbearer and the chief baker.
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Genesis 41:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh was once angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the captain of the guard.
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Genesis 41:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now a young Hebrew was there with us, a servant of the captain of the guard. We told him our dreams and he interpreted them for us individually.
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Genesis 41:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This proposal pleased Pharaoh and all his officials.
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Genesis 41:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Pharaoh asked them, “Can we find anyone like this man, in whom the Spirit of God abides?”
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Genesis 42:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Not so, my lord,” they replied. “Your servants have come to buy food.
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Genesis 42:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We are all sons of one man. Your servants are honest men, not spies.”
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