Original Language Studio
Job 19:16
“I called my servant, and he gave me no answer; I intreated him with my mouth.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עֶבֶדʻebed · eh'-bed
H5650 · Hebrew
H5650 · Hebrew
- Definition
- a servant
- Derivation
- from H5647 (עָבַד);
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] bondage, bondman, (bond-) servant, (man-) servant.
- Grammar
- לְ — preposition
- עַבְדִּ֣ — common noun, masculine, singular, construct
- י — suffix (pronominal), 1st person, common, singular
- 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.
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.