25 occurrences

'Servants' in the Bible

His servants advised him, "A young virgin must be found for our master, the king, to take care of the king's needs and serve as his nurse. She can also sleep with you and keep our master, the king, warm."

Verse ConceptsLying Down To RestWarmingThose Looking For Peopleteenager

Adonijah sacrificed sheep, cattle, and fattened steers at the Stone of Zoheleth near En Rogel. He invited all his brothers, the king's sons, as well as all the men of Judah, the king's servants.

Verse ConceptsSheep

Has my master the king authorized this without informing your servants who should succeed my master the king on his throne?"

Verse ConceptsThose Who Did Not Tell

and he told them, "Take your master's servants with you, put my son Solomon on my mule, and lead him down to Gihon.

Verse ConceptsMulesBackRiding Mules

The king's servants have even come to congratulate our master King David, saying, 'May your God make Solomon more famous than you and make him an even greater king than you!' Then the king leaned on the bed

Verse ConceptsBowingBowing Before GodThe Kingdom Of Solomon

Three years later two of Shimei's servants ran away to King Achish son of Maacah of Gath. Shimei was told, "Look, your servants are in Gath."

Verse ConceptsFugitivesServants, BadThree YearsOthers Who FledTwo Other MenExamples Of Bad Servants

So Shimei got up, saddled his donkey, and went to Achish at Gath to find his servants; Shimei went and brought back his servants from Gath.

Verse ConceptsPreparing To TravelSaddling DonkeysThose Looking For People

Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

Verse ConceptsFeastingBanquets, Examples OfLeisure, And PastimesThe Ark In The TempleArk Of The Covenant

So now order some cedars of Lebanon to be cut for me. My servants will work with your servants. I will pay your servants whatever you say is appropriate, for you know that we have no one among us who knows how to cut down trees like the Sidonians."

Verse ConceptsNegotiationServants, Working Conditions OfSkillWagesCommerceFelling TreesCedar Wood

My servants will bring the timber down from Lebanon to the sea. I will send it by sea in raft-like bundles to the place you designate. There I will separate the logs and you can carry them away. In exchange you will supply the food I need for my royal court."

Verse ConceptsRafts

He prayed: "O Lord, God of Israel, there is no god like you in heaven above or on earth below! You maintain covenantal loyalty to your servants who obey you with sincerity.

Verse ConceptsGod, Uniqueness OfGod's WaysLoyaltyMonotheismNo One Is Like GodGod Keeps Covenant

Listen from heaven and make a just decision about your servants' claims. Condemn the guilty party, declare the other innocent, and give both of them what they deserve.

Verse ConceptsHeadsInnocence, Teaching OnLet Evil ReboundAcquitting The Just

then listen from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Certainly you will then teach them the right way to live and send rain on your land that you have given your people to possess.

Verse ConceptsGod Sending RainGod TeachingGod Acts From HeavenGod Forgive!Forgiving Yourself

the food in his banquet hall, his servants and attendants, their robes, his cupbearers, and his burnt offerings which he presented in the Lord's temple, she was amazed.

Verse ConceptsStepsorganizationoverwhelmed

Hadad, who was only a small boy at the time, escaped with some of his father's Edomite servants and headed for Egypt.

Jeroboam son of Nebat, one of Solomon's servants, rebelled against the king. He was an Ephraimite from Zeredah whose mother was a widow named Zeruah.

Verse ConceptsActual Widows

They said to him, "Today if you show a willingness to help these people and grant their request, they will be your servants from this time forward."

Verse ConceptsWise CouncelServants Of People

Asa took all the silver and gold that was left in the treasuries of the Lord's temple and of the royal palace and handed it to his servants. He then told them to deliver it to Ben Hadad son of Tabrimmon, the son of Hezion, king of Syria, ruler in Damascus, along with this message:

Verse ConceptsMoney For The TempleTaking Mixed Metals

But now at this time tomorrow I will send my servants to you and they will search through your palace and your servants' houses. They will carry away all your valuables."

Verse ConceptsMan's Action TomorrowTaking Possessions

When Ben Hadad received this reply, he and the other kings were drinking in their quarters. He ordered his servants, "Get ready to attack!" So they got ready to attack the city.

Verse ConceptsReadinessDrunk Individuals

Ahab asked, "By whom will this be accomplished?" He answered, "This is what the Lord says, 'By the servants of the district governors.'" Ahab asked, "Who will launch the attack?" He answered, "You will."

Verse ConceptsCommanderOfficersWho Is The Doer?First To Fight

So Ahab assembled the 232 servants of the district governors. After that he assembled all the Israelite army, numbering 7,000.

Verse ConceptsSeven ThousandTwo Hundred And Some

The servants of the district governors led the march. When Ben Hadad sent messengers, they reported back to him, "Men are marching out of Samaria."

Verse ConceptsFirst To Fight

They marched out of the city with the servants of the district governors in the lead and the army behind them.

The king of Israel said to his servants, "Surely you recognize that Ramoth Gilead belongs to us, though we are hesitant to reclaim it from the king of Syria."

Bible Theasaurus

Handmaiden (3 instances)
Servant (845 instances)

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Strong's
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

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