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 Chronicles 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
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2 Chronicles 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet Jeroboam son of Nebat, a servant of Solomon son of David, rose up and rebelled against his master.
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2 Chronicles 24:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the king called Jehoiada the high priest and said, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring from Judah and Jerusalem the tax imposed by Moses the servant of the LORD and by the assembly of Israel for the Tent of the Testimony?”
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2 Chronicles 24:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And a proclamation was issued in Judah and Jerusalem that they were to bring to the LORD the tax imposed by Moses the servant of God on Israel in the wilderness.
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2 Chronicles 24:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And when the Arameans had withdrawn, they left Joash severely wounded. His own servants conspired against him for shedding the blood of the son of Jehoiada the priest, and they killed him on his bed. So he died and was buried in the City of David, but not in the tombs of the kings.
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2 Chronicles 25:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the kingdom was firmly in his grasp, Amaziah executed the servants who had murdered his father the king.
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2 Chronicles 28:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now you intend to reduce to slavery the men and women of Judah and Jerusalem. But are you not also guilty before the LORD your God?
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2 Chronicles 32:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Later, as Sennacherib king of Assyria and all his forces besieged Lachish, he sent his servants to Jerusalem with a message for King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah who were in Jerusalem:
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2 Chronicles 32:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And the servants of Sennacherib spoke further against the LORD God and against His servant Hezekiah.
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2 Chronicles 33:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the servants of Amon conspired against him and killed him in his palace.
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2 Chronicles 34:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
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2 Chronicles 34:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam son of Shaphan, Abdon son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the servant of the king:
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2 Chronicles 35:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
There the archers shot King Josiah, who said to his servants, “Take me away, for I am badly wounded!”
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2 Chronicles 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So his servants took him out of his chariot, put him in his second chariot, and brought him to Jerusalem, where he died. And Josiah was buried in the tomb of his fathers, and all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for him.
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2 Chronicles 36:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.
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Ezra 2:55 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Hassophereth, the descendants of Peruda,
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Ezra 2:58 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
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Ezra 2:65 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 200 male and female singers.
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Ezra 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Though we are slaves, our God has not forsaken us in our bondage, but He has extended to us grace in the sight of the kings of Persia, giving us new life to rebuild the house of our God and repair its ruins, and giving us a wall of protection in Judah and Jerusalem.
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Ezra 9:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that You gave through Your servants the prophets, saying: ‘The land that you are entering to possess is a land polluted by the impurity of its peoples and the abominations with which they have filled it from end to end.
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Nehemiah 1:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
let Your eyes be open and Your ears attentive to hear the prayer that I, Your servant, now pray before You day and night for Your servants, the Israelites. I confess the sins that we Israelites have committed against You. Both I and my father’s house have sinned.
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Nehemiah 1:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
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Nehemiah 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
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Nehemiah 1:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
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Nehemiah 1:11 · BSB · 3 occurrences
O Lord, may Your ear be attentive to my prayer and to the prayers of Your servants who delight to revere Your name. Give Your servant success this day, I pray, and grant him mercy in the sight of this man.” (At that time I was the cupbearer to the king.)
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Nehemiah 2:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and answered the king, “If it pleases the king, and if your servant has found favor in your sight, I ask that you send me to Judah, to the city where my fathers are buried, so that I may rebuild it.”
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Nehemiah 2:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Sanballat the Horonite and Tobiah the Ammonite official heard about this, they were deeply disturbed that someone had come to seek the well-being of the Israelites.
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Nehemiah 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when Sanballat the Horonite, Tobiah the Ammonite official, and Geshem the Arab heard about this, they mocked us and ridiculed us, saying, “What is this you are doing? Are you rebelling against the king?”
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Nehemiah 2:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So I answered them and said, “The God of heaven is the One who will grant us success. We, His servants, will start rebuilding, but you have no portion, right, or claim in Jerusalem.”
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Nehemiah 5:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We and our children are just like our countrymen and their children, yet we are subjecting our sons and daughters to slavery. Some of our daughters are already enslaved, but we are powerless to redeem them because our fields and vineyards belong to others.”
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Nehemiah 7:57 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The descendants of the servants of Solomon: the descendants of Sotai, the descendants of Sophereth, the descendants of Perida,
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Nehemiah 7:60 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The temple servants and descendants of the servants of Solomon numbered 392 in all.
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Nehemiah 7:67 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in addition to their 7,337 menservants and maidservants, as well as their 245 male and female singers.
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Nehemiah 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself that endures to this day.
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Nehemiah 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You revealed to them Your holy Sabbath and gave them commandments and statutes and laws through Your servant Moses.
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Nehemiah 9:36 · BSB · 2 occurrences
So here we are today as slaves in the land You gave our fathers to enjoy its fruit and goodness—here we are as slaves!
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Nehemiah 10:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
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Nehemiah 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the heads of the provinces who settled in Jerusalem. (In the villages of Judah, however, each lived on his own property in their towns—the Israelites, priests, Levites, temple servants, and descendants of Solomon’s servants—
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Esther 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In the third year of his reign, Xerxes held a feast for all his officials and servants. The military leaders of Persia and Media were there, along with the nobles and princes of the provinces.
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Esther 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king held a great banquet, Esther’s banquet, for all his officials and servants. He proclaimed a tax holiday in the provinces and gave gifts worthy of the king’s bounty.
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Esther 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All the royal servants at the king’s gate bowed down and paid homage to Haman, because the king had commanded that this be done for him. But Mordecai would not bow down or pay homage.
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Esther 3:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the royal servants at the king’s gate asked Mordecai, “Why do you disobey the command of the king?”
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Esther 4:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“All the royal officials and the people of the king’s provinces know that one law applies to every man or woman who approaches the king in the inner court without being summoned—that he be put to death. Only if the king extends the gold scepter may that person live. But I have not been summoned to appear before the king for the past thirty days.”
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Esther 5:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Haman recounted to them his glorious wealth, his many sons, and all the ways the king had honored and promoted him over the other officials and servants.
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Esther 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For my people and I have been sold out to destruction, death, and annihilation. If we had merely been sold as menservants and maidservants, I would have remained silent, because no such distress would justify burdening the king.”
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Job 1:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil.”
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Job 2:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Satan, “Have you considered My servant Job? For there is no one on earth like him, a man who is blameless and upright, who fears God and shuns evil. He still retains his integrity, even though you incited Me against him to ruin him without cause.”
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Job 3:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Both small and great are there, and the slave is freed from his master.
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Job 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If God puts no trust in His servants, and He charges His angels with error,
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Job 7:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Like a slave he longs for shade; like a hireling he waits for his wages.
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