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 42:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But they answered, “Your servants are twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan. The youngest is now with our father, and one is no more.”
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Genesis 43:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
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Genesis 43:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
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Genesis 44:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Why does my lord say these things?” they asked. “Your servants could not possibly do such a thing.
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Genesis 44:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
If any of your servants is found to have it, he must die, and the rest will become slaves of my lord.”
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Genesis 44:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As you say,” replied the steward. “But only the one who is found with the cup will be my slave, and the rest of you shall be free of blame.”
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Genesis 44:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“What can we say to my lord?” Judah replied. “How can we plead? How can we justify ourselves? God has exposed the iniquity of your servants. We are now my lord’s slaves—both we and the one who was found with the cup.”
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Genesis 44:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
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Genesis 44:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Judah approached Joseph and said, “Sir, please let your servant speak personally to my lord. Do not be angry with your servant, for you are equal to Pharaoh himself.
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Genesis 44:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My lord asked his servants, ‘Do you have a father or a brother?’
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Genesis 44:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then you told your servants, ‘Bring him down to me so that I can see him for myself.’
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Genesis 44:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you said to your servants, ‘Unless your younger brother comes down with you, you will not see my face again.’
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Genesis 44:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now when we returned to your servant my father, we relayed your words to him.
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Genesis 44:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And your servant my father said to us, ‘You know that my wife bore me two sons.
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Genesis 44:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if the boy is not with us when I return to your servant, and if my father, whose life is wrapped up in the boy’s life,
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Genesis 44:31 · BSB · 2 occurrences
sees that the boy is not with us, he will die. Then your servants will have brought the gray hair of your servant our father down to Sheol in sorrow.
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Genesis 44:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Indeed, your servant guaranteed the boy’s safety to my father, saying, ‘If I do not return him to you, I will bear the guilt before you, my father, all my life.’
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Genesis 44:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now please let your servant stay here as my lord’s slave in place of the boy. Let him return with his brothers.
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Genesis 45:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When the news reached Pharaoh’s house that Joseph’s brothers had come, Pharaoh and his servants were pleased.
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Genesis 46:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you are to say, ‘Your servants have raised livestock ever since our youth—both we and our fathers.’ Then you will be allowed to settle in the land of Goshen, since all shepherds are detestable to the Egyptians.”
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Genesis 47:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“What is your occupation?” Pharaoh asked Joseph’s brothers. “Your servants are shepherds,” they replied, “both we and our fathers.”
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Genesis 47:4 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then they said to Pharaoh, “We have come to live in the land for a time, because there is no pasture for the flocks of your servants, since the famine in the land of Canaan has been severe. So now, please allow your servants to settle in the land of Goshen.”
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Genesis 47:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why should we perish before your eyes—we and our land as well? Purchase us and our land in exchange for food. Then we, along with our land, will be slaves to Pharaoh. Give us seed that we may live and not die, and that the land may not become desolate.”
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Genesis 47:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“You have saved our lives,” they said. “We have found favor in our lord’s eyes, and we will be Pharaoh’s servants.”
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Genesis 50:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Joseph directed the physicians in his service to embalm his father Israel. So they embalmed him,
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Genesis 50:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joseph went to bury his father, and all the servants of Pharaoh accompanied him—the elders of Pharaoh’s household and all the elders of the land of Egypt—
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Genesis 50:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
‘This is what you are to say to Joseph: I beg you, please forgive the transgression and sin of your brothers, for they did you wrong.’ So now, Joseph, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father.” When their message came to him, Joseph wept.
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Genesis 50:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
His brothers also came to him, bowed down before him, and said, “We are your slaves!”
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Exodus 4:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Please, Lord,” Moses replied, “I have never been eloquent, neither in the past nor since You have spoken to Your servant, for I am slow of speech and tongue.”
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Exodus 5:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the Israelite foremen went and appealed to Pharaoh: “Why are you treating your servants this way?
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Exodus 5:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
No straw has been given to your servants, yet we are told, ‘Make bricks!’ Look, your servants are being beaten, but the fault is with your own people.”
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Exodus 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
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Exodus 7:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and did just as the LORD had commanded. Aaron threw his staff down before Pharaoh and his officials, and it became a serpent.
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Exodus 7:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses and Aaron did just as the LORD had commanded; in the presence of Pharaoh and his officials, Aaron raised the staff and struck the water of the Nile, and all the water was turned to blood.
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Exodus 8:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Nile will teem with frogs, and they will come into your palace and up to your bedroom and onto your bed, into the houses of your officials and your people, and into your ovens and kneading bowls.
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Source alternate reference: 7.28
Exodus 8:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The frogs will come up on you and your people and all your officials.’”
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Source alternate reference: 7.29
Exodus 8:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me. When shall I pray for you and your officials and your people that the frogs (except for those in the Nile) may be taken away from you and your houses?”
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Source alternate reference: 8.5
Exodus 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The frogs will depart from you and your houses and your officials and your people; they will remain only in the Nile.”
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Source alternate reference: 8.7
Exodus 8:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you will not let My people go, I will send swarms of flies upon you and your officials and your people and your houses. The houses of the Egyptians and even the ground where they stand will be full of flies.
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Source alternate reference: 8.17
Exodus 8:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD did so. Thick swarms of flies poured into Pharaoh’s palace and into the houses of his officials. Throughout Egypt the land was ruined by swarms of flies.
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Source alternate reference: 8.20
Exodus 8:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“As soon as I leave you,” Moses said, “I will pray to the LORD, so that tomorrow the swarms of flies will depart from Pharaoh and his officials and his people. But Pharaoh must not act deceitfully again by refusing to let the people go and sacrifice to the LORD.”
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Source alternate reference: 8.25
Exodus 8:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and the LORD did as Moses requested. He removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh and his officials and his people; not one fly remained.
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Source alternate reference: 8.27
Exodus 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Otherwise, I will send all My plagues against you and your officials and your people, so you may know that there is no one like Me in all the earth.
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Exodus 9:20 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the LORD hurried to bring their servants and livestock to shelter,
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Exodus 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but those who disregarded the word of the LORD left their servants and livestock in the field.
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Exodus 9:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But as for you and your officials, I know that you still do not fear the LORD our God.”
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Exodus 9:34 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Pharaoh saw that the rain and hail and thunder had ceased, he sinned again and hardened his heart—he and his officials.
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Exodus 10:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh, for I have hardened his heart and the hearts of his officials, that I may perform these miraculous signs of Mine among them,
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Exodus 10:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They will fill your houses and the houses of all your officials and every Egyptian—something neither your fathers nor your grandfathers have seen since the day they came into this land.’” Then Moses turned and left Pharaoh’s presence.
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Exodus 10:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
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