עֶבֶד eved

Hebrew word for “servant/slave” · Strong’s H5650 · used 800 times in 714 verses

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Meaning

1) slave, servant; 1a) slave, servant, man-servant;

How it is translated

Glosses given for eved in context, with how often each is used:

• servants 339
• servant 330
• slaves 34
• slave 32
• male servants 12
• male slave 10
• male servant 9
• male slaves 8
• subjects 5
• against servant 3
• some of the servants 3
• like servant 3

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Genesis 44 (15), Genesis 24 (14), 1 Kings 8 (14), Psalms 119 (14), 2 Samuel 19 (13), 2 Samuel 7 (10), 1 Chronicles 17 (10), 2 Chronicles 6 (10), Exodus 8 (8), 1 Kings 1 (8)

Forms

• עבדך 143
• עבדי 140
• עבדיו 98
• עבד 70
• עבדיך 66
• עבדו 42
• עבדים 38
• לעבדך 23
• לעבדים 22
• העבד 14

Words used with it

Words that share verses with eved more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• דָּוִד david “David” 119
• אָדוֹן adon “lord” 79
• דָּבָר davar “word” 86
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 75
• דָבַר davar “to speak” 74
• שָׁלַח shalach “to send” 66
• עַתָּה attah “now” 49
• זֶה zeh “this” 60
• אָב av “father” 60
• עִם im “with” 56
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 63
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 58

Key verses

The verses using eved that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Kings 18:36 — And it came to pass at the time of the offering of the evening sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near, and said, LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and of…
• Isaiah 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
• Isaiah 49:7 — Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall…
• Isaiah 50:10 — Who is among you that feareth the LORD, that obeyeth the voice of his servant, that walketh in darkness, and hath no light? let him trust in the name of the…
• Isaiah 53:11 — He shall see of the travail of his soul, and shall be satisfied: by his knowledge shall my righteous servant justify many; for he shall bear their iniquities.
• Isaiah 54:17 — No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the…
• Jeremiah 25:9 — Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against…
• Ezekiel 34:23 — And I will set up one shepherd over them, and he shall feed them, even my servant David; he shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.
• Ezekiel 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Zechariah 1:6 — But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not take hold of your fathers? and they returned and said, Like as the LORD…
• Malachi 1:6 — A son honoureth his father, and a servant his master: if then I be a father, where is mine honour? and if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.