I. עֶ֫בֶד799 noun masculine slave, servant (on formation LagBN 77); — ׳ע 1 Mos 9,25 +, עָ֑בֶד 1 Mos 44,10 +; suffix עַבְדִּי 1 Mos 26,24 +; עַבְדְּךָ 1 Mos 19,19 +; עַבְדֶּ֫ךָ 1 Mos 18,3 +; plural עֲבָדִים 1 Mos 9,25 +, עַבְדֵי 1 Mos 21,25 +, suffix עֲבָדַי 3 Mos 25,42 +, עַבְדֵיכֶם Jos 9,11 +, etc.; —
1. slave, servant of household
1 Mos 39,17;
1 Mos 39,19;
1 Mos 41,12;
1 Mos 50,2;
2 Mos 21,2 +;
man-servant, ||
אמה 2 Mos 20,10;
3 Mos 25,6;
5 Mos 5,14;
Job 31,13 +; ||
שׁפחה 1 Mos 12,16;
1 Mos 32,6;
Jer 34,11;
Es 14,2 +; +
אדון 5 Mos 23,16;
Es 24,2;
Mal 1,6 +;
מִקְנַת כֶּסֶף 2 Mos 12,44 or
יְלִיד בַּיִת Jer 2,14 עֶבֶד עֲבָדִים servant of servants, humblest servant,
1 Mos 9,25 בֵּית עֲבָדִים house of slaves, especially Israel in Egypt
2 Mos 13,3;
2 Mos 13,14 (
D ?)
5 Mos 5,6;
5 Mos 6,12;
5 Mos 7,8;
5 Mos 8,14;
5 Mos 13,6;
5 Mos 13,11;
Jos 24,17;
Dom 6,8;
Jer 34,13;
Mik 6,4 וזכרת כי עבד היית מצרים ב(ארץׅ and thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in (the land of)
Egypt 5 Mos 5,15;
5 Mos 15,15;
5 Mos 16,12;
5 Mos 24,18;
5 Mos 24,22 king of Babylon is slave to
׳י Jer 25,9;
Jer 27,6;
Jer 43,10 the borrower to the lender
Ord 22,7 figurative of beast
Job 40,28 of things
1 Mos 47,19.
2. Subjects, of chief
1 Mos 26,15;
1 Mos 26,19;
1 Mos 26,25;
1 Mos 26,32;
1 Mos 27,37;
1 Mos 32,17 (twice in verse) +; of king
1 Mos 21,25;
2 Mos 7,28;
2 Mos 7,29;
1 Kong 9,27;
5 Mos 29,1 +; vassal kings
2 Sam 10,19 tributary nations
2 Sam 8,2;
2 Sam 8,6;
2 Sam 8,14 =
1 Kron 18,2;
1 Kron 18,6;
1 Kron 18,13 specifically officers of king
1 Sam 19,1;
1 Sam 21,8;
2 Sam 11,13;
Ord 14,35 +;
עַבְדֵי פַרְעֹה 1 Mos 40,20;
1 Mos 41,10 שָׁאוּל ׳ע 1 Sam 16,17;
1 Sam 18,22;
1 Sam 28,7 הַמֶּלֶךְ ׳ע 1 Kong 1,47;
Est 3,3 +;
עֶבֶד הַמֶּלֶךְ 2 Kong 22,12 =
2 Kron 34,20 (a court offical); opposed to
שַׂר Ord 19,10;
Praed 10,7 מֶלֶךְ Ord 30,22 ambassadors
4 Mos 22,18;
2 Sam 10,2 soldiers of army
1 Sam 17,8;
1 Sam 25,10;
2 Sam 2,12, + officers of army
1 Sam 29,3;
1 Kong 11,26;
2 Kong 25,8;
Es 36,9.
3. Servants, worshippers, of God:
עַבְדֵי יהוה 2 Kong 9,7;
2 Kong 10,23;
Es 54,17, compare
1 Mos 50,17;
Es 56,6 עֲבָדָיו 5 Mos 32,36 =
Sl 135,14;
Es 65,15;
Es 66,14;
Sl 34,23;
Sl 69,37;
Neh 2,20 ||
עַמּוֺ Sl 105,25 compare
5 Mos 32,43 עֲבָּדַי Es 65,8;
Es 65,9;
Es 65,13 (twice in verse);
Es 69,13;
Es 69,14 עֲבָדֶיךָ 1 Kong 8,23;
Es 63,17 (||
שִׁבְטֵי נחלתך),
Sl 89,51;
Sl 90,13;
Sl 90,16;
Sl 102,15;
Sl 102,29;
Sl 119,91;
Sl 79,2;
Sl 79,10 (||
חֲסִידֶיךָ); delivered from Egypt
3 Mos 25,42;
3 Mos 25,55 (twice in verse);
3 Mos 26,13 (
P);
עַבְדְּךָ Sl 119,125;
Sl 143,2, ||
בֶּןאֲֿמָתֶ֑ךָ Sl 86,16;
Sl 116,16 (twice in verse); specifically angels
Job 4,18 and ancient worthies, patriarchs
2 Mos 32,13 (
J)
5 Mos 9,27 Abraham
1 Mos 26,24 (
J)
Sl 105,6;
Sl 105,42 Isaac
1 Mos 24,14 (
J); Jacob, Israel
Ezk 28,25;
Ezk 37,25;
1 Kron 16,13 Moses
2 Mos 14,31;
Jos 18,7 (
J)
4 Mos 12,7;
4 Mos 12,8 (
E)
5 Mos 34,5 (?)
Jos 1,1;
Jos 1,2;
Jos 1,7;
Jos 1,13;
Jos 1,15;
Jos 8,31;
Jos 8,33;
Jos 9,24;
Jos 11,12;
Jos 11,15;
Jos 12,6 (twice in verse);
Jos 13,8;
Jos 14,7;
Jos 22,2;
Jos 22,4;
Jos 22,5 (all
D),
1 Kong 8,53;
1 Kong 8,56;
2 Kong 18,12;
2 Kong 21,8;
1 Kron 6,34;
2 Kron 1,3;
2 Kron 24,6;
2 Kron 24,9;
Neh 1,8;
Neh 9,14;
Neh 10,30;
Sl 105,26;
Mal 3,22;
Dan 9,11 Joshua
Jos 24,29 (
E)
Dom 2,8 Caleb
4 Mos 14,24 (
J); Job
Job 1,8;
Job 2,3;
Job 42,7;
Job 42,8 (3 t. in verse); David
2 Sam 3,18;
2 Sam 7,5;
2 Sam 7,8;
2 Sam 7,26 + 27 t.; Hezekiah
2 Kron 32,16 Zerubbabel
Hag 2,23 Eliakim
Es 22,20. — The
צֶמַח Zak 3,8 compare
Zak 6,12 is also servant of
׳י as Messianic builder of temple (see
BrMP 442 ff).
4. Servant of
׳י, in a special sense: of Levitical singers using benedictions in temple
Sl 113,1;
Sl 134,1;
Sl 135,1 usually of prophets,
עֲבָדַי הַנְּבִיאִים my servants the prophets 2 Kong 9,7;
2 Kong 17,13;
Jer 7,25;
Jer 26,5;
Jer 29,19;
Jer 35,15;
Jer 44,4;
Ezk 38,17;
Zak 1,6 עֲבָדָיו הַנְּבִיאִים 2 Kong 17,23;
2 Kong 21,10;
2 Kong 24,2;
Jer 25,4;
Amos 3,7;
Dan 9,10 עֲבָדֶיךָ הנביאים Ezr 9,11;
Dan 9,6 specifically Ahia
1 Kong 14,18;
1 Kong 15,29 Elijah
2 Kong 9,36;
2 Kong 10,10 Jonah
2 Kong 14,25 Isaiah
Es 20,3 עַבְדּוֺ, ||
מלאכיו Es 44,26 as one calling to fear
׳י Es 50,10.
5. Israel as a people is
servant of
׳׃י יִשְׂרָאֵל Es 41,8;
Es 41,9;
Es 44,21 (twice in verse);
Es 49,3;
Sl 136,22 יעקב Es 44,1;
Es 44,2;
Es 45,4;
Es 48,20;
Es 46,27;
Es 47,28 עַבְדִּי =
עֶבֶד יהוה, ||
מַלְאָכִי, as having a mission to the nations
Es 42,19 (twice in verse); and chosen as witness of
׳י Es 43,10. But there is also an ideal servant chosen and endowed with the divine Spirit to be a covenant of Israel and a light of the nations
Es 42,1 (compare v
Es 42,2–6); formed to bring back Jacob, raise up the tribes, and become salvation to the end of the earth
Es 49,5;
Es 49,6;
Es 49,7 bearing the sins of all as a lamb and a trespass-offering, and yet prospering and justifying many as interposing martyr
Es 52,13;
Es 53,11: many understand of ideal Israel, contrasted with the actual; al. of personified || with Zion the wife and mother, distinguished from unworthy Israel as Zion from her apostate children; al. of ideal prophetic writer; al. of ideal prophetic person; al. (especially in
Es 53,1–200) of an actual prophecy known to writer and his readers; [in any case it is Messianic, see
Matt 8,16;
Matt 8,17;
Matt 12,16–21;
Luk 4,17–22;
Fil 2,5–11]; see
DeIsa ii. 174 DaExpos. 1884, 358 ff. Di Du Che and others on
Es 42,1–200;
Es 53,1–200,
DrIs 168 ff. BrMP 345 ff., also
GieBeitr. 146 ff. BertholEs 53,1–200.
6. In polite address of equals or superiors the Hebrews used
עַבְדְּךָ thy servant = 1 person singular,
I,
1 Mos 18,3;
1 Sam 20,7;
1 Sam 20,8 (twice in verse);
2 Kong 8,13 +;
עֲבָדֶיךָ thy servants =
we 1 Mos 42,11;
Es 36,11 also
עַבְדּוֺ his servant =
I,
1 Sam 26,18;
1 Sam 26,19;
2 Sam 14,22;
2 Sam 24,21 +; also in addressing God, especially in prayer
2 Mos 4,10;
4 Mos 11,11;
Dom 15,18;
1 Sam 3,9;
1 Sam 3,10;
1 Sam 25,39;
2 Sam 24,10;
Sl 19,12;
Sl 19,14;
Sl 27,9;
Sl 31,17;
Sl 35,27;
Sl 69,18;
Sl 109,28;
Sl 143,2 +.
7. Phrases are:
עבד (
היה), with
לְ person,
become servant to 1 Mos 9,26;
1 Mos 9,27;
1 Mos 44,10;
1 Mos 44,16;
1 Mos 44,17;
1 Mos 44,33;
1 Mos 47,19;
1 Mos 47,26 (
J)
5 Mos 6,21;
5 Mos 15,17;
2 Sam 8,14;
2 Kong 17,3;
2 Kong 24,1;
1 Kron 18,2;
1 Kron 18,6;
1 Kron 18,13;
2 Kron 10,7;
Ord 11,29;
Ord 12,9;
Ord 22,7 היה לעבד, with
לְ person,
1 Mos 44,9 (
J)
1 Mos 50,18 (
E)
1 Sam 8,17;
1 Sam 17,9 (twice in verse);
1 Sam 27,12;
2 Sam 8,2;
2 Sam 8,6;
Jer 34,16 כבשׁ לעבדים 2 Kron 28,10;
Neh 5,5;
Jer 34,11 ׳לקח לע 1 Mos 43,18 (
J)
2 Kong 4,1;
Job 40,28.