Occurrences
ʻăbad occurs 7 times in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (2), Daniel (5)
- Ezra 4:11 — This is the copy of the letter that they sent unto him, even unto Artaxerxes the king; Thy servants (עַבְדָ֛ךְ) the men on this side the river, and at such a time.
- Ezra 5:11 — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants (עַבְדוֹהִי֩) of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these many years ago, which a great king of Israel builded and set up.
- Daniel 2:4 — Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants (לְעַבְדָ֖ךְ) the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.
- Daniel 2:7 — They answered again and said, Let the king tell his servants (לְעַבְד֖וֹהִי) the dream, and we will shew the interpretation of it.
- Daniel 3:26 — Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace, and spake, and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants (עַבְד֛וֹהִי) of the most high God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth of the midst of the fire.
- Daniel 3:28 — Then Nebuchadnezzar spake, and said, Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, who hath sent his angel, and delivered his servants (לְעַבְד֔וֹהִי) that trusted in him, and have changed the king’s word, and yielded their bodies, that they might not serve nor worship any god, except their own God.
- Daniel 6:20 — And when he came to the den, he cried with a lamentable voice unto Daniel: and the king spake and said to Daniel, O Daniel, servant (עֲבֵד֙) of the living God, is thy God, whom thou servest continually, able to deliver thee from the lions?