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1 Kings 3:8

“And thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen, a great people, that cannot be numbered nor counted for multitude.” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עֶבֶדʻebed · eh'-bed
H5650 · Hebrew
Definition
a servant
Derivation
from H5647 (עָבַד);
KJV renderings
[idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
Grammar
  • וְ — conjunction
  • עַ֨בְדְּ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
  • ךָ֔ — suffix (pronominal), 2nd person, masculine, singular
Code HC/Ncmsc/Sp2ms
Usage
Occurs 803 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 9:25Genesis 9:25Genesis 9:26Genesis 9:27Genesis 12:16

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עֶבֶד here.

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Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.