'Bondman' in the Bible

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; Let him be a bondman of bondmen to his brethren.

And he said, Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

Let God enlarge Japheth, and let him dwell in the tents of Shem, And let Canaan be his bondman.

And she spoke to him according to these words, saying, The Hebrew bondman that thou hast brought to us came in to me to mock me;

And it came to pass when his lord heard the words of his wife which she spoke to him, saying, After this manner did thy bondman to me, that his wrath was kindled.

And there was there with us a Hebrew youth, a bondman of the captain of the life-guard, to whom we told them, and he interpreted to us our dreams; to each he interpreted according to his dream.

And he said, Now also let it be according to your words: let him with whom it is found be my bondman, but ye shall be blameless.

And he said, Far be it from me to do so! The man in whose hand the cup has been found, he shall be my bondman; but as for you, go up in peace to your father.

Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren.

but every man's bondman that is bought for money let him be circumcised: then shall he eat it.

And Israel saw the great power with which Jehovah had wrought against the Egyptians; and the people feared Jehovah, and believed in Jehovah, and in Moses his bondman.

but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates.

Thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not desire thy neighbour's wife, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.

If thou buy a Hebrew bondman, six years shall he serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

But if the bondman shall say distinctly, I love my master, my wife, and my children, I will not go free;

then his master shall bring him before the judges, and shall bring him to the door, or to the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall be his bondman for ever.

And if a man strike his bondman or his handmaid with a staff, and he die under his hand, he shall certainly be avenged.

And if a man strike the eye of his bondman or the eye of his handmaid, and it be marred, he shall let him go for his eye.

If the ox gore a bondman or a handmaid, he shall give to their master thirty shekels of silver, and the ox shall be stoned.

And the sabbath of the land shall be for food for you, for thee, and for thy bondman, and for thy handmaid, and for thy hired servant, and for him that dwelleth as a sojourner with thee, and for thy cattle,

‘And if your fellow countryman becomes so poor [in his dealings] with you that he sells himself to you [as payment for a debt], you shall not let him do the work of a slave [who is ineligible for redemption],

And as for thy bondman and thy handmaid whom thou shalt have of the nations that are round about you, of them shall ye buy bondmen and handmaids.

but the seventh day is the sabbath of Jehovah thy God: thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy bondman, nor thy handmaid, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner that is within thy gates; that thy bondman and thy handmaid may rest as well as thou.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God brought thee out thence with a powerful hand and with a stretched-out arm; therefore Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to observe the sabbath day.

Neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's house, his field, nor his bondman, nor his handmaid, his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that is thy neighbour's.

but before Jehovah thy God shalt thou eat them in the place which Jehovah thy God will choose, thou and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is within thy gates; and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God in all the business of thy hand.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to day.

then thou shalt take an awl, and thrust it through his ear and into the door; and he shall be thy bondman for ever. And also unto thy handmaid thou shalt do likewise.

and thou shalt rejoice before Jehovah thy God, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite that is in thy gates, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow that are in thy midst in the place that Jehovah thy God will choose to cause his name to dwell there.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt: and thou shalt observe and do these statutes.

And thou shalt rejoice in thy feast, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, and thy bondman, and thy handmaid, and the Levite, and the stranger, and the fatherless, and the widow, that are in thy gates.

Thou shalt not hand over to his master a bondman that hath escaped from his master unto thee:

But thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in Egypt, and the LORD thy God redeemed thee thence: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt: therefore I command thee to do this thing.

The small and great are there, and the bondman freed from his master.

As a bondman earnestly desireth the shadow, and a hireling expecteth his wages,

If I have despised the cause of my bondman or of my bondmaid, when they contended with me,

Will he make a covenant with thee? wilt thou take him as a bondman for ever?

He sent a man before them: Joseph was sold for a bondman.

Is Israel a bondman? Is he a home-born slave? Why is he become a spoil?

And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

And it shall come to pass in that day, saith Jehovah of hosts, that I will break his yoke from off thy neck, and will burst thy bonds; and strangers shall no more make him their bondman;

that every man should let his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, the Hebrew and the Hebrewess, go free, that none should exact service of them, that is, of a Jew his brother.

And all the princes and all the people that had entered into the covenant obeyed, every man letting his bondman and every man his bondmaid go free, that none should exact service of them any more: they obeyed, and let them go.

but ye have turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his bondman, and every man his bondmaid, whom ye had set at liberty at their pleasure, to return, and ye have brought them into subjection, to be unto you for bondmen and for bondmaids.

And he shall say, I am no prophet, I am a tiller of the ground; for man acquired me as bondman from my youth.

For I also am a man under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

The disciple is not above his teacher, nor the bondman above his lord.

It is sufficient for the disciple that he should become as his teacher, and the bondman as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more those of his household?

The bondman therefore falling down did him homage, saying, Lord, have patience with me and I will pay thee all.

And the lord of that bondman, being moved with compassion, loosed him and forgave him the loan.

But that bondman having gone out, found one of his fellow-bondmen who owed him a hundred denarii. And having seized him, he throttled him, saying, Pay me if thou owest anything.

Then his lord, having called him to him, says to him, Wicked bondman! I forgave thee all that debt because thou besoughtest me;

and whosoever will be first among you, let him be your bondman;

Who then is the faithful and prudent bondman whom his lord has set over his household, to give them food in season?

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus.

But if that evil bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come,

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of,

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter into the joy of thy lord.

His lord said to him, Well, good and faithful bondman, thou wast faithful over a few things, I will set thee over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

And his lord answering said to him, Wicked and slothful bondman, thou knewest that I reap where I had not sowed, and gather from where I had not scattered;

And cast out the useless bondman into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.

And behold, one of those with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smiting the bondman of the high priest took off his ear.

and whosoever would be first of you shall be bondman of all.

And he sent a bondman to the husbandmen at the season, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

And again he sent to them another bondman; and at him they threw stones, and struck him on the head, and sent him away with insult.

But a certain one of those who stood by, having drawn his sword, struck the bondman of the high priest, and took off his ear.

Lord, now thou lettest thy bondman go, according to thy word, in peace;

And a certain centurion's bondman who was dear to him was ill and about to die;

and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, begging him that he might come and save his bondman.

For I also am a man placed under authority, having under myself soldiers, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my bondman, Do this, and he does it.

And they who had been sent returning to the house found the bondman, who was ill, in good health.

Blessed is that bondman whom his lord on coming shall find doing thus;

But if that bondman should say in his heart, My lord delays to come, and begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and to drink and to be drunken,

the lord of that bondman shall come in a day when he does not expect it, and in an hour he knows not of, and shall cut him in two and appoint his portion with the unbelievers.

But that bondman who knew his own lord's will, and had not prepared himself nor done his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

And he sent his bondman at the hour of supper to say to those who were invited, Come, for already all things are ready.

And the bondman came up and brought back word of these things to his lord. Then the master of the house, in anger, said to his bondman, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring here the poor and crippled and lame and blind.

And the bondman said, Sir, it is done as thou hast commanded, and there is still room.

And the lord said to the bondman, Go out into the ways and fences and compel to come in, that my house may be filled;

But which of you is there who, having a bondman ploughing or shepherding, when he comes in out of the field, will say, Come and lie down immediately to table?

Is he thankful to the bondman because he has done what was ordered? I judge not.

And he said to him, Well done, thou good bondman; because thou hast been faithful in that which is least, be thou in authority over ten cities.

He says to him, Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked bondman: thou knewest that I am a harsh man, taking up what I have not laid down and reaping what I have not sowed.

And in the season he sent to the husbandmen a bondman, that they might give to him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen, having beaten him, sent him away empty.

And again he sent another bondman; but they, having beaten him also, and cast insult upon him, sent him away empty.

And a certain one from among them smote the bondman of the high priest and took off his right ear.

Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say to you, Every one that practises sin is the bondman of sin.

Now the bondman abides not in the house for ever: the son abides for ever.

Verily, verily, I say to you, The bondman is not greater than his lord, nor the sent greater than he who has sent him.

I call you no longer bondmen, for the bondman does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things which I have heard of my Father I have made known to you.

Remember the word which I said unto you, The bondman is not greater than his master. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my word, they will keep also yours.

Simon Peter therefore, having a sword, drew it, and smote the bondman of the high priest and cut off his right ear; and the bondman's name was Malchus.

Paul, bondman of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, separated to God's glad tidings,

Hast thou been called being a bondman, let it not concern thee; but and if thou canst become free, use it rather.

For the bondman that is called in the Lord is the Lord's freedman; in like manner also the freeman being called is Christ's bondman.

For being free from all, I have made myself bondman to all, that I might gain the most possible.

For do I now seek to satisfy men or God? or do I seek to please men? If I were yet pleasing men, I were not Christ's bondman.

There is no Jew nor Greek; there is no bondman nor freeman; there is no male and female; for ye are all one in Christ Jesus:

Now I say, As long as the heir is a child, he differs nothing from a bondman, though he be lord of all;