ʻebed — H5650

H5650 · Hebrew — עבד

Pronunciation: eh'-bed

Definition

masculine noun

a servant

  1. slave, servant
    1. slave, servant, man-servant
    2. subjects
    3. servants, worshippers (of God)
    4. servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
    5. servant (of Israel)
    6. servant (as form of address between equals)

Usually translated as

servant, manservant, bondage, bondman, bondservant

Origin

from H5647

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

ʻebed occurs 798 times in 712 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (78), Exodus (41), Leviticus (6), Numbers (11), Deuteronomy (28), Joshua (25), Judges (6), 1 Samuel (55), 2 Samuel (85), 1 Kings (65), 2 Kings (53), 1 Chronicles (25), 2 Chronicles (37), Ezra (5), Nehemiah (18), Esther (7), Job (10), Psalms (54), Proverbs (10), Ecclesiastes (3), Isaiah (36), Jeremiah (30), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (7), Daniel (7), Joel (1), Amos (1), Micah (1), Haggai (1), Zechariah (3), Malachi (2)