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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2 Kings 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.
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2 Kings 25:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.
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2 Kings 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
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1 Chronicles 2:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sheshan had no sons, but only daughters. He also had an Egyptian servant named Jarha.
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1 Chronicles 2:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Sheshan gave his daughter in marriage to his servant Jarha, and she bore to him Attai.
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1 Chronicles 6:49 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
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Source alternate reference: 6.34
1 Chronicles 16:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O offspring of His servant Israel, O sons of Jacob, His chosen ones.
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1 Chronicles 17:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Go and tell My servant David that this is what the LORD says: You are not the one to build Me a house in which to dwell.
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1 Chronicles 17:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now then, you are to tell My servant David that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: I took you from the pasture, from following the flock, to be the ruler over My people Israel.
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1 Chronicles 17:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as if this was a small thing in Your eyes, O God, You have spoken about the future of the house of Your servant and have regarded me as a man of great distinction, O LORD God.
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1 Chronicles 17:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
What more can David say to You for honoring Your servant? For You know Your servant,
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1 Chronicles 17:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD. For the sake of Your servant and according to Your own heart, You have accomplished this great thing and made known all these great promises.
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1 Chronicles 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, let the word You have spoken concerning Your servant and his house be established forever. Do as You have promised,
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1 Chronicles 17:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
so that Your name will be established and magnified forever when it is said, ‘The LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, is God over Israel.’ And may the house of Your servant David be established before You.
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1 Chronicles 17:25 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For You, my God, have revealed to Your servant that You will build a house for him. Therefore Your servant has found the courage to pray before You.
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1 Chronicles 17:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, You are God! And You have promised this goodness to Your servant.
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1 Chronicles 17:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So now You have been pleased to bless the house of Your servant, that it may continue forever before You. For You, O LORD, have blessed it, and it will be blessed forever.”
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1 Chronicles 18:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
David also defeated the Moabites, and they became subject to David and brought him tribute.
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1 Chronicles 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he placed garrisons in Aram of Damascus, and the Arameans became subject to David and brought him tribute. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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1 Chronicles 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David took the gold shields that belonged to the officers of Hadadezer and brought them to Jerusalem.
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1 Chronicles 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He placed garrisons in Edom, and all the Edomites were subject to David. So the LORD made David victorious wherever he went.
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1 Chronicles 19:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And David said, “I will show kindness to Hanun son of Nahash, because his father showed kindness to me.” So David sent messengers to console Hanun concerning his father. But when David’s servants arrived in the land of the Ammonites to console him,
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1 Chronicles 19:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the princes of the Ammonites said to Hanun, “Just because David has sent you comforters, do you really believe he is showing respect for your father? Have not his servants come to you to explore the land, spy it out, and overthrow it?”
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1 Chronicles 19:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Hanun took David’s servants, shaved their beards, cut off their garments at the hips, and sent them away.
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1 Chronicles 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
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1 Chronicles 20:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So these descendants of Rapha in Gath fell at the hands of David and his servants.
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1 Chronicles 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joab replied, “May the LORD multiply His troops a hundred times over. My lord the king, are they not all servants of my lord? Why does my lord want to do this? Why should he bring guilt on Israel?”
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1 Chronicles 21:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then David said to God, “I have sinned greatly because I have done this thing. Now I beg You to take away the iniquity of Your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”
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2 Chronicles 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon and the whole assembly went to the high place at Gibeon because it was the location of God’s Tent of Meeting, which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness.
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2 Chronicles 2:8 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Send me also cedar, cypress, and algum logs from Lebanon, for I know that your servants have skill to cut timber there. And indeed, my servants will work with yours
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Source alternate reference: 2.7
2 Chronicles 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will pay your servants, the woodcutters, 20,000 cors of ground wheat, 20,000 cors of barley, 20,000 baths of wine, and 20,000 baths of olive oil.”
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Source alternate reference: 2.9
2 Chronicles 2:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now let my lord send to his servants the wheat, barley, olive oil, and wine he promised.
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Source alternate reference: 2.14
2 Chronicles 6:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven or on earth, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with all their hearts.
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2 Chronicles 6:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have kept Your promise to Your servant, my father David. What You spoke with Your mouth You have fulfilled with Your hand this day.
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2 Chronicles 6:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore now, O LORD, God of Israel, keep for Your servant, my father David, what You promised when You said: ‘You will never fail to have a man to sit before Me on the throne of Israel, if only your descendants guard their way to walk in My law as you have walked before Me.’
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2 Chronicles 6:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O LORD, God of Israel, please confirm what You promised to Your servant David.
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2 Chronicles 6:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Yet regard the prayer and plea of Your servant, O LORD my God, so that You may hear the cry and the prayer that Your servant is praying before You.
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2 Chronicles 6:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May Your eyes be open toward this temple day and night, toward the place where You said You would put Your Name, so that You may hear the prayer that Your servant prays toward this place.
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2 Chronicles 6:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear the plea of Your servant and of Your people Israel when they pray toward this place. May You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place. May You hear and forgive.
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2 Chronicles 6:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
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2 Chronicles 6:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain on the land that You gave Your people as an inheritance.
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2 Chronicles 6:42 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD God, do not reject Your anointed one. Remember Your loving devotion to Your servant David.”
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2 Chronicles 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Solomon did not consign any of the Israelites to slave labor, because they were his men of war, the leaders of his captains, and the commanders of his chariots and cavalry.
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2 Chronicles 8:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
So Hiram sent him ships captained by his servants, along with crews of experienced sailors. They went with Solomon’s servants to Ophir and acquired from there 450 talents of gold, which they delivered to King Solomon.
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2 Chronicles 9:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the food at his table, the seating of his servants, the service and attire of his attendants, the attire of his cupbearers, and the burnt offerings he presented at the house of the LORD, it took her breath away.
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2 Chronicles 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
How blessed are your men! How blessed are these servants of yours who stand continually before you and hear your wisdom!
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2 Chronicles 9:10 · BSB · 2 occurrences
(The servants of Hiram and of Solomon who brought gold from Ophir also brought algum wood and precious stones.
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2 Chronicles 9:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
King Solomon gave the queen of Sheba all she desired—whatever she asked—far more than she had brought the king. Then she left and returned to her own country, along with her servants.
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2 Chronicles 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the king had the ships of Tarshish that went with Hiram’s servants, and once every three years the ships of Tarshish would arrive bearing gold, silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks.
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2 Chronicles 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They replied, “If you will be kind to these people and please them by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
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