44 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

And he dealt well with Abram on account of her, and he had sheep, cattle, male donkeys, male servants, female servants, female donkeys, and camels.

Verse ConceptsCowsSheepAnimals, Types OfOwning LivestockGroups Of SlavesMultitudes Of DonkeysPeople Giving Other ThingsPossessing Sheep

And he divided [his trained men] against them at night, he and his servants. And he defeated them and pursued them to Hobah, which [is] north of Damascus.

Verse ConceptsdefeatDuring One Night

{Nothing besides what} the servants have eaten and the share of the men who went out with me [will I take.] Let Aner, Eshcol, and Mamre take their share."

Verse ConceptsFood PermittedSharing Material Things

So Abimelech rose early in the morning. And he called all his servants and {told them all these things}, and the men were very afraid.

Verse ConceptsMorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And Abraham prayed to God, and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his female servants so that they [could] bear children [again].

Verse ConceptsdiseasesAnswered PrayerPraying For SinnersPraying For Others

Then Abraham complained to Abimelech on account of the well of water that servants of Abimelech had seized.

Verse ConceptsServants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

And Abraham rose up early in the morning and saddled his donkey. And he took two of his servants with him, and Isaac his son. And he chopped wood for a burnt offering. And he got up and went to the place which God had told him.

Verse ConceptsAbrahamDonkeysMorningAnimals, Types OfRising EarlySplitting WoodFirewoodThose Who Rose EarlyPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysTwo Other Men

And Abraham said to his servants, "You stay here with the donkey, and I and the boy will go up there. We will worship, then we will return to you."

Verse ConceptsBowing Before God

And Abraham returned to his servants, and they got up and went together to Beersheba. And Abraham lived in Beersheba.

And he possessed sheep and cattle and many servants, so that the Philistines envied him.

Verse ConceptsEnvy, Example OfOwning LivestockThose Who EnviedPossessing Sheeppossessions

And the Philistines stopped up all the wells that the servants of his father had dug in the days of Abraham his father. They filled them with earth.

Verse ConceptsExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

And when the servants of Isaac dug in the valley, they found a well of fresh water there.

Verse ConceptsExcavation

And he built an altar there and called on the name of Yahweh. And he pitched his tent there, and the servants of Isaac dug a well there.

Verse ConceptsAltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

And it happened [that] on that same day the servants of Isaac came and told him about the well that they had dug. And they said, "We have found water!"

Verse ConceptsFinding ThingsTelling What People Did

Then Isaac answered and said to Esau, "Behold, I have made him lord over you and I have given him all his brothers as servants, and [with] grain and wine I have sustained him. Now what can I do for you, my son?"

Verse ConceptsServing PeopleProviding Wine

Then Laban went into Jacob's tent and Leah's tent and the tent of the two female servants and did not find [his gods]. And he came out of Leah's tent and went into Rachel's tent.

Verse ConceptsTentsNot Finding

And he put [them] under the hand of his servants, {herd by herd}, and said to his servants, "Cross on ahead before me, and put some distance {between herds}.

Verse ConceptsGathering CreaturesGapsIn Front

That night he arose and took his two wives, his two female servants, and his eleven children and crossed the ford of the Jabbok.

Verse ConceptsRivers And StreamsDuring One NightTwo WomenElevenFords

And Jacob lifted up his eyes and looked. And behold, Esau [was] coming and four hundred men [were] with him. And he divided the children among Leah and among Rachel, and among the two of his female servants.

Verse ConceptsFour To Five HundredFour And Five HundredSeeing PeopleFamily Conflict

Then the female servants drew near, they and their children, and they bowed down.

And it happened [that] on the third day, [which was] Pharaoh's birthday, he made a feast for all his servants. And he lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

Verse ConceptsBanquets, ReasonsBanquets, Events CelebratedGuestsMealsBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedLifting Headscelebrating

Pharaoh was angry with his servants, and he put me and the chief baker in the custody of the house of the chief of the guard.

Verse ConceptsBakingCaptainsNamed People Angry With Others

And the plan was good in the eyes of Pharaoh and in the eyes of all his servants.

Verse ConceptsGood Words

Then Pharaoh said to his servants, "Can we find a man like this in whom is the spirit of God?"

Verse ConceptsFindingThe Spirit Of GodUnique IndividualsExcellence

And they said to him, "No, my lord, but your servants have come to buy food.

Verse ConceptsBuying Foodvulnerability

We all are sons of one man. We [are] honest [men]. We, your servants, are not spies."

Verse ConceptsSpyingvulnerability

Then they said, "We, your servants, [are] twelve brothers, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan, but behold, the youngest [is] with our father today, and one is no more."

Verse ConceptsThe Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

And they said to him, "Why has my lord spoken according to these words? Far be it from your servants to do such a thing!

Verse ConceptsFar Be It!

Whoever is found with it from among your servants shall die. And moreover, we will become slaves to my lord."

Verse ConceptsApproval To Kill

And Judah said, "What can we say to my lord? What can we speak? Now how can we show ourselves innocent? God has found the guilt of your servants! Behold, we [are] slaves to my lord, both we and also he in whose hand the cup was found."

Verse ConceptsBeing Found OutAcquitting The Just

My lord had asked his servants, saying, 'Do you have a father or a brother?'

Verse ConceptsAsking Particular Questions

Then you said to your servants, 'Bring him down to me that I may set my eyes upon him.'

Verse ConceptsSeeing People

Then you said to your servants, 'Unless your youngest brother comes down with you, you shall not again see my face.'

Verse ConceptsNot With People

it shall happen [that] when he sees that the boy is gone, he will die. And your servants will bring down the gray head of your servant, our father, to Sheol with sorrow.

Verse ConceptsAfflicted To DeathGreyNowhere To Be Found

Then the report was heard [in] the house of Pharaoh, saying, "Joseph's brothers have come." And it pleased Pharaoh and his servants.

Verse ConceptsFameNews

Then you must say, 'You servants [are] men of livestock from our childhood until now, both we and also our ancestors,' so that you may dwell in the land of Goshen, for every shepherd [is] a detestable thing to Egyptians."

Verse ConceptsAbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

And Pharaoh said to his brothers, "What [is] your occupation?" And they said to Pharaoh, "Your servants [are] keepers of sheep, both we and also our ancestors."

Verse ConceptsOccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

And they said to Pharaoh, "We have come to sojourn in the land, for there is no pasture for your servant's flocks, for the famine [is] severe in the land of Canaan. So now, please let your servants dwell in the land of Goshen."

Verse ConceptsSojourningNo FoodLiving In The Land

Why should we die in front of you, both we and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food, then we and our land will be servants to Pharaoh. Then give us seed and we shall live and not die, and the land will not become desolate."

Verse ConceptsKept Alive By MenPossibility Of DeathLiteral PlantingGroups Of Slaves

And they said, "You have saved our lives. [If] we have found favor in the eyes of my lord, we will be servants to Pharaoh."

Verse ConceptsSubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

And Joseph instructed his servants the physicians to embalm his father. So the physicians embalmed Israel.

Verse ConceptsThe DeaddoctorsArts And Crafts, Types ofPreparation For BurialDrugs

So Joseph went up to bury his father. And all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his household, and all the elders of the land of Egypt, went up with him,

Verse ConceptsCeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

"Thus you must say to Joseph, 'O, please now forgive the transgression of your brothers and their sin, for they did evil to you.' So now, please forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of your father." And Joseph wept when they spoke to him.

Verse ConceptsAsking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

Then his brothers went also and fell before him and said, "Behold, we [are] your servants."

Verse ConceptsBowing Before Joseph

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Root Form
Definition
Usage
δουλόω 
Douloo 
Usage: 8

οἰκέτης 
Oiketes 
Usage: 3

נער 
Na`ar 
Usage: 239

עבד 
`abad 
Usage: 288

עבד 
`abad (Aramaic) 
Usage: 7

עבד 
`ebed 
Usage: 800

עבדּה 
`abuddah 
Usage: 2

שׂכיר 
Sakiyr 
Usage: 17

שׁפחה 
Shiphchah 
Usage: 63

שׁרת 
Sharath 
Usage: 99

διάκονος 
Diakonos 
Usage: 24

δοῦλος 
Doulos 
Usage: 65

θεράπων 
therapon 
Usage: 1

μίσθιος 
Misthios 
Usage: 0

μισθωτός 
Misthotos 
Usage: 1

παῖς 
Pais 
Usage: 21

ὑπηρέτης 
Huperetes 
Usage: 17