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H5650עֶ֫בֶדe.ved

servant/slavePart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Masculine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. 88
  2. 43
  3. 9
  4. 11
  5. 29
  6. 27
  7. 6
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 63
  10. 106
  11. 76
  12. 58
  13. 27
  14. 44
  15. 5
  16. 22
  17. 7
  18. 12
  19. 57
  20. 10
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 40
  24. 32
  25. 1
  26. 8
  27. 7
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. 1
  30. 1
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. 1
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. 1
  38. 3
  39. 2

Renderings

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801 occurrences in 715 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 8:17

    He will take the tenth of your flocks; and ye shall be his servants.

    לַעֲבָדִֽים׃ (עֲבָדִֽים) 'a.va.Dim “servants”

  2. 1 Samuel 12:19

    And all the people said unto Samuel: 'Pray for thy servants unto the LORD thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.'

    עֲבָדֶ֛יךָ (עֲבָדֶ֛י) 'a.va.Dei. “servants”

  3. 1 Samuel 14:41

    Therefore Saul said unto the LORD, the God of Israel: 'Declare the right.' And Jonathan and Saul were taken by lot; but the people escaped.

    עַבְדְּךָ (עַבְדְּ) 'av.de. “servant”

  4. 1 Samuel 16:15

    And Saul's servants said unto him: 'Behold now, an evil spirit from God terrifieth thee.

    עַבְדֵֽי־ 'av.dei- “[the] servants of”

  5. 1 Samuel 16:16

    Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp; and it shall be, when the evil spirit from God cometh upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.'

    עֲבָדֶ֣יךָ (עֲבָדֶ֣י) 'a.va.Dei. “servants”

  6. 1 Samuel 16:17

    And Saul said unto his servants: 'Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.'

    עֲבָדָ֑יו (עֲבָדָ֑י) 'a.va.Da “servants”

  7. 1 Samuel 17:8

    And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them: 'Why do ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

    עֲבָדִ֣ים 'a.va.Dim “servants”

  8. 1 Samuel 17:9

    If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.'

    לַעֲבָדִ֑ים (עֲבָדִ֑ים) 'a.va.Dim “slaves”לַעֲבָדִ֔ים (עֲבָדִ֔ים) 'a.va.Dim “slaves”

  9. 1 Samuel 17:32

    And David said to Saul: 'Let no man's heart fail within him; thy servant will go and fight with this Philistine.'

    עַבְדְּךָ֣ (עַבְדְּ) 'av.de. “servant”

  10. 1 Samuel 17:34

    And David said unto Saul: 'Thy servant kept his father's sheep; and when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb out of the flock,

    עַבְדְּךָ֛ (עַבְדְּ) 'av.de. “servant”

  11. 1 Samuel 17:36

    Thy servant smote both the lion and the bear; and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath taunted the armies of the living God.'

    עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (עַבְדֶּ֑) 'av.De. “servant”

  12. 1 Samuel 17:58

    And Saul said to him: 'Whose son art thou, thou young man?' And David answered: 'I am the son of thy servant Jesse the Beth-lehemite.'

    עַבְדְּךָ֥ (עַבְדְּ) 'av.de. “servant”

  13. 1 Samuel 18:5

    And David went out; whithersoever Saul sent him, he had good success; and Saul set him over the men of war; and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

    עַבְדֵ֥י 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  14. 1 Samuel 18:22

    And Saul commanded his servants: 'Speak with David secretly, and say: Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee; now therefore be the king's son-in-law.'

    עֲבָדָ֗יו (עֲבָדָ֗י) 'a.va.Da “servants”עֲבָדָ֖יו (עֲבָדָ֖י) 'a.va.Da “servants”

  15. 1 Samuel 18:23

    And Saul's servants spoke those words in the ears of David. And David said: 'Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?'

    עַבְדֵ֤י 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  16. 1 Samuel 18:24

    And the servants of Saul told him, saying: 'On this manner spoke David.'

    עַבְדֵ֥י 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  17. 1 Samuel 18:26

    And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

    עֲבָדָ֤יו (עֲבָדָ֤י) 'a.va.Da “servants”

  18. 1 Samuel 18:30

    Then the princes of the Philistines went forth; and it came to pass, as often as they went forth, that David prospered more than all the servants of Saul; so that his name was much set by.

    עַבְדֵ֣י 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  19. 1 Samuel 19:1

    And Saul spoke to Jonathan his son, and to all his servants, that they should slay David; but Jonathan Saul's son delighted much in David.

    עֲבָדָ֔יו (עֲבָדָ֔י) 'a.va.Da “servants”

  20. 1 Samuel 19:4

    And Jonathan spoke good of David unto Saul his father, and said unto him: 'Let not the king sin against his servant, against David; because he hath not sinned against thee, and because his work hath been very good towards thee;

    בְּעַבְדּ֣וֹ (עַבְדּ֣) 'av.D “servant”

  21. 1 Samuel 20:7

    If he say thus: It is well; thy servant shall have peace; but if he be wroth, then know that evil is determined by him.

    לְעַבְדֶּ֑ךָ (עַבְדֶּ֑) 'av.De. “servant”

  22. 1 Samuel 20:8

    Therefore deal kindly with thy servant; for thou hast brought thy servant into a covenant of the LORD with thee; but if there be in me iniquity, slay me thyself; for why shouldest thou bring me to thy father?'

    עַבְדֶּ֔ךָ (עַבְדֶּ֔) 'av.De. “servant”עַבְדְּךָ֖ (עַבְדְּ) 'av.de. “servant”

  23. 1 Samuel 21:8

    Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the LORD; and his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul.--

    מֵעַבְדֵ֨י (עַבְדֵ֨י) 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  24. 1 Samuel 21:12

    And the servants of Achish said unto him: 'Is not this David the king of the land? Did they not sing one to another of him in dances, saying: Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands?'

    עַבְדֵ֤י 'av.Dei “[the] servants of”

  25. 1 Samuel 21:15

    Then said Achish unto his servants: 'Lo, when ye see a man that is mad, wherefore do ye bring him to me?

    עֲבָדָ֑יו (עֲבָדָ֑י) 'a.va.Da “servants”