Midvash

עֶבֶדʻebed

slave, servant

Pronunciation: eh'-bed · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5650

Meanings

1. slave, servant (Genesis 39:17; Genesis 39:19; Genesis 41:12)

2. Subjects (Genesis 26:15; Genesis 26:19; Genesis 26:25)

3. Servants, worshippers, of God (2 Kings 9:7; 2 Kings 10:23; Isaiah 54:17)

4. Servant of ׳ י, in a special sense (Psalms 113:1; Psalms 134:1; Psalms 135:1)

5. Israel as a people is servant of ׳ י (Isaiah 41:8; Isaiah 41:9; Isaiah 44:21)

6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 person singular, I (Genesis 18:3; 1 Samuel 20:7; 1 Samuel 20:8)

7. Phrases are (Genesis 9:26; Genesis 9:27; Genesis 44:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 800 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 9:25 Then he cursed Canaan, the son of Ham: “May Canaan be cursed! May he be the lowest of servants to his relatives.”
  • Genesis 9:26 Then Noah said, “May the Lord, the God of Shem, be blessed, and may Canaan be his servant!
  • Genesis 9:27 May God expand the territory of Japheth! May Japheth share the prosperity of Shem, and may Canaan be his servant.”
  • Genesis 12:16 Then Pharaoh gave Abram many gifts because of her—sheep, goats, cattle, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels.
  • Genesis 14:15 There he divided his men and attacked during the night. Kedorlaomer’s army fled, but Abram chased them as far as Hobah, north of Damascus.
  • Genesis 18:3 “My lord,” he said, “if it pleases you, stop here for a while.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).