עֲבַד
a.vad
“servant/slave”
Definition
a servant
(Aramaic) from H5648 (עֲבַד);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
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Occurrences
עֲבַד appears 6 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Then the astrologers answered the king in Aramaic, “O king, may you live forever! Tell your servants the dream, and we will give the interpretation.”
They answered a second time, “Let the king tell the dream to his servants, and we will give the interpretation.”
Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!”So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came out of the fire,
Nebuchadnezzar declared, “Blessed be the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, who has sent His angel and delivered His servants who trusted in Him. They violated the king’s command and risked their lives rather than serve or worship any god except their own God.
(This is the text of the letter they sent to him.)To King Artaxerxes,From your servants, the men west of the Euphrates:
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