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'Servants' in the Bible

And he said, Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

slavery

And he divided himself against them by night, he and his servants, and smote them, and pursued them unto Hobah, which is on the left hand of Damascus.

defeatDuring One Night

And Abimelech rose early in the morning, and called all his servants, and told all these things in their ear. And the men were sore afraid.

MorningSuffering, Emotional Aspects OfGiving InformationThose Who Rose EarlyFearing Other People

And Abraham reproved Abimelech because of the well of water, which Abimelech's servants had violently taken away.

Servants, BadWellsDishonesty, Examples Of

Now all the wells which his father's servants had digged in the days of Abraham his father, the Philistines had stopped, and filled with earth.

ExcavationStopping WellsTimes Of People

And Isaac's servants digged in the valley, and found there a well of springing water.

Excavation

And he builded an altar there, and called upon the name of Jehovah, and pitched his tent there. And there Isaac's servants digged a well.

AltarsCalling upon GodNomadsTentsAltars, Built ByBuilding AltarsExcavation

And it came to pass the same day, that Isaac's servants came, and told him concerning the well which they had digged, and said unto him, We have found water.

Finding ThingsTelling What People Did

And Isaac answered and said unto Esau, Behold, I have made him thy lord, and all his brethren have I given to him for servants. And with grain and new wine have I sustained him. And what then shall I do for thee, my son?

Serving PeopleProviding Wine

And he delivered them into the hand of his servants, every drove by itself, and said unto his servants, Pass over before me, and put a space betwixt drove and drove.

Gathering CreaturesGapsIn Front

And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

Banquets, ReasonsBanquets, Events CelebratedGuestsMealsBirthdaysBirthdays CelebratedLifting Headscelebrating

Pharaoh was wroth with his servants, and put me in ward in the house of the captain of the guard, me and the chief baker:

BakingCaptainsNamed People Angry With Others

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

Good Words

And Pharaoh said unto his servants, Can we find such a one as this, a man in whom the spirit of God is?

FindingThe Spirit Of GodUnique IndividualsExcellence

And they said unto him, Nay, my lord, but to buy food are thy servants come.

Buying Foodvulnerability

We are all one man's sons; we are true men, thy servants are no spies.

Spyingvulnerability

And they said, We thy servants are twelve brethren, the sons of one man in the land of Canaan; and, behold, the youngest is this day with our father, and one is not.

The Youngest ChildIndividuals Passing AwayTwelve BeingsPassing Awayvulnerability

And they said unto him, Wherefore speaketh my lord such words as these? Far be it from thy servants that they should do such a thing.

Far Be It!

With whomsoever of thy servants it be found, let him die, and we also will be my lord's bondmen.

Approval To Kill

And Judah said, What shall we say unto my lord? what shall we speak? or how shall we clear ourselves? God hath found out the iniquity of thy servants: behold, we are my lord's bondmen, both we, and he also in whose hand the cup is found.

Being Found OutAcquitting The Just

My lord asked his servants, saying, Have ye a father, or a brother?

Asking Particular Questions

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Bring him down unto me, that I may set mine eyes upon him.

Seeing People

And thou saidst unto thy servants, Except your youngest brother come down with you, ye shall see my face no more.

Not With People

it will come to pass, when he seeth that the lad is not with us , that he will die: and thy servants will bring down the gray hairs of thy servant our father with sorrow to Sheol.

Afflicted To DeathGreyNowhere To Be Found

And the report thereof was heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, Joseph's brethren are come: and it pleased Pharaoh well, and his servants.

FameNews

that ye shall say, Thy servants have been keepers of cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

AbominationsWork From YouthThose Who Kept StockHating PeoplesStock Keeping

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and our fathers.

OccupationsThose Who Kept Stock

And they said unto Pharaoh, To sojourn in the land are we come; for there is no pasture for thy servants flocks; for the famine is sore in the land of Canaan: now therefore, we pray thee, let thy servants dwell in the land of Goshen.

SojourningNo FoodLiving In The Land

wherefore should we die before thine eyes, both we and our land? buy us and our land for bread, and we and our land will be servants unto Pharaoh: and give us seed, that we may live, and not die, and that the land be not desolate.

Kept Alive By MenPossibility Of DeathLiteral PlantingGroups Of Slaves

And they said, Thou hast saved our lives: let us find favor in the sight of my lord, and we will be Pharaoh's servants.

SubjectionKept Alive By MenGroups Of SlavesIndividuals Saving Others

And Joseph commanded his servants the physicians to embalm his father: and the physicians embalmed Israel.

The DeaddoctorsArts And Crafts, Types ofPreparation For BurialDrugs

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

CeremoniesOld Age, Attitudes To

So shall ye say unto Joseph, Forgive, I pray thee now, the transgression of thy brethren, and their sin, for that they did unto thee evil. And now, we pray thee, forgive the transgression of the servants of the God of thy father. And Joseph wept when they spake unto him.

Asking for forgivenessAskingForgive One AnotherWronging Other PeopleGod's ForgivenessLove And Forgivenessforgivingdisobedience

And his brethren also went and fell down before his face; and they said, Behold, we are thy servants.

Bowing Before Joseph

Then the officers of the children of Israel came and cried unto Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore dealest thou thus with thy servants?

AskingWhy Do You Do This?

There is no straw given unto thy servants, and they say to us, Make brick: and, behold, thy servants are beaten; but the fault it in thine own people.

Wronging Other People

and they said unto them, Jehovah look upon you, and judge: because ye have made our savor to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.

NosesSmellsApproval To Kill

And Moses and Aaron went in unto Pharaoh, and they did so, as Jehovah had commanded: and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.

Aaron, PrivilegesMiracles Of Moses And AaronThings Changedmagic

And Moses and Aaron did so, as Jehovah commanded; and he lifted up the rod, and smote the waters that were in the river, in the sight of Pharaoh, and in the sight of his servants; and all the waters that were in the river were turned to blood.

Aaron, PrivilegesBlood, Miracles Connected WithAnger Of God, Examples OfMiracles Of Moses And AaronPollutionsRodsSpectatorsRiver NileRivers

and the river shall swarm with frogs, which shall go up and come into thy house, and into thy bedchamber, and upon thy bed, and into the house of thy servants, and upon thy people, and into thine ovens, and into thy kneading-troughs:

BedroomsBakingPalacesBedsMany CreaturesHouses Under AttackPots For Cooking And EatingPrivate Rooms

and the frogs shall come up both upon thee, and upon thy people, and upon all thy servants.

And Moses said unto Pharaoh, Have thou this glory over me: against what time shall I entreat for thee, and for thy servants, and for thy people, that the frogs be destroyed from thee and thy houses, and remain in the river only?

When?

And the frogs shall depart from thee, and from thy houses, and from thy servants, and from thy people; they shall remain in the river only.

LeavingHouses Under Attack

Else, if thou wilt not let my people go, behold, I will send swarms of flies upon thee, and upon they servants, and upon thy people, and into thy houses: and the houses of the Egyptians shall be full of swarms of flies, and also the ground whereon they are.

Fliesbugs

And Jehovah did so; and there came grievous swarms of flies into the house of Pharaoh, and into his servants houses: and in all the land of Egypt the land was corrupted by reason of the swarms of flies.

InsectsFliesHouses Under Attackbugs

And Moses said, Behold, I go out from thee, and I will entreat Jehovah that the swarms of flies may depart from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people, to-morrow: only let not Pharaoh deal deceitfully any more in not letting the people go to sacrifice to Jehovah.

Examples Of DeceitGod's Action TomorrowThose Who Deceived

And Jehovah did according to the word of Moses; and he removed the swarms of flies from Pharaoh, from his servants, and from his people; there remained not one.

Miracles Of Moses And AaronFliesResidueTaking AnimalsGod Answered Prayerbugs

For I will this time send all my plagues upon thy heart, and upon thy servants, and upon thy people; that thou mayest know that there is none like me in all the earth.

No One Is Like GodKnowing God's Character

He that feared the word of Jehovah among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses.

Fear Of God, Examples OfPeoples Who Fled

And he that regarded not the word of Jehovah left his servants and his cattle in the field.

People Abandoning People

But as for thee and thy servants, I know that ye will not yet fear Jehovah God.

Afflictions Of The WickedKnowing FactsNo Fear Of God

And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunders were ceased, he sinned yet more, and hardened his heart, he and his servants.

CessationObstinate IndividualsThings Stopping

And Jehovah said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh: for I have hardened his heart, and the heart of his servants, that I may show these my signs in the midst of them,

Miraculous SignsGod Hardening People

and thy houses shall be filled, and the houses of all thy servants, and the houses of all the Egyptians; as neither thy fathers nor thy fathers fathers have seen, since the day that they were upon the earth unto this day. And he turned, and went out from Pharaoh.

Filling PlacesFilling HousesUnique Creatures

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve Jehovah their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Man TrappingBefore People ActWorshipping God

And Jehovah gave the people favor in the sight of the Egyptians. Moreover the man Moses was very great in the land of Egypt, in the sight of Pharaoh's servants, and in the sight of the people.

Human Favour

And all these thy servants shall come down unto me, and bow down themselves unto me, saying, Get thee out, and all the people that follow thee: and after that I will go out. And he went out from Pharaoh in hot anger.

BowingAnger, HumanHeatAnger, Justified ExamplesAnger Of Man, CauseLeaving EgyptNamed People Angry With Others

And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt, for there was not a house where there was not one dead.

Suffering, Emotional Aspects OfDeath Is UniversalPeople Getting Up

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was changed towards the people, and they said, What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

People Changing Their MindsIsrael FleeingTelling Of Movements

Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed as the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken of will I give unto your seed, and they shall inherit it for ever.

God Of The FathersHeirsLand, As A Divine ResponsibilityServants Of The LordGolden CalvesEternal PossessionGod Swearing Blessings

For they are my servants, whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: they shall not be sold as bondmen.

Servants Of The LordGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

For unto me the children of Israel are servants; they are my servants whom I brought forth out of the land of Egypt: I am Jehovah your God.

Freedom, Acts Of In OtClaimsServants Of The LordThe Lord Is GodGod Bringing Israel Out Of Egypt

And Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak, If Balak would give me his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of Jehovah my God, to do less or more.

Balaams DonkeyGoldPalacesSilverSupplied With Money

And God's anger was kindled because he went; and the angel of Jehovah placed himself in the way for an adversary against him. Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with him.

Balaams DonkeyConfrontationOpposition, To Sin And EvilGod As EnemyTwo Other Men

and they said unto Moses, Thy servants have taken the sum of the men of war that are under our charge, and there lacketh not one man of us.

Counting SoldiersAll PeopleMissing SomeoneBattleBeing Lost

the land which Jehovah smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle; and thy servants have cattle.

Livestock

And they said, If we have found favor in thy sight, let this land be given unto thy servants for a possession; bring us not over the Jordan.

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben spake unto Moses, saying, Thy servants will do as my lord commandeth.

Reuben Gad And Half Manasseh

but thy servants will pass over, every man that is armed for war, before Jehovah to battle, as my lord saith.

River Crossings

And the children of Gad and the children of Reuben answered, saying, As Jehovah hath said unto thy servants, so will we do.

Remember thy servants, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; look not unto the stubbornness of this people, nor to their wickedness, nor to their sin,

God Of The FathersServanthood, In Life Of BelieversSelf Will

And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Looking At God's Works

For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is none remaining , shut up or left at large.

God, As JudgeGod, Repentance OfPeople Of God, In OtGod VindicatesGod Will Show Mercyvindication

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

Gentiles, In OtAvenger of bloodJoy, Of IsraelRevenge, And RetaliationForeigners Included Among The PeopleGod Atoning

in all the signs and the wonders, which Jehovah sent him to do in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh, and to all his servants, and to all his land,

Other Miracles

And they said unto Joshua, We are thy servants. And Joshua said unto them, Who are ye? and from whence come ye?

Who Is This?Where From?

And they said unto him, From a very far country thy servants are come because of the name of Jehovah thy God: for we have heard the fame of him, and all that he did in Egypt,

FamePeople From Far Away

And our elders and all the inhabitants of our country spake to us, saying, Take provision in your hand for the journey, and go to meet them, and say unto them, We are your servants: and now make ye a covenant with us.

And they answered Joshua, and said, Because it was certainly told thy servants, how that Jehovah thy God commanded his servant Moses to give you all the land, and to destroy all the inhabitants of the land from before you; therefore we were sore afraid for our lives because of you, and have done this thing.

Anxiety, Examples Of

And the men of Gibeon sent unto Joshua to the camp to Gilgal, saying, Slack not thy hand from thy servants; come up to us quickly, and save us, and help us: for all the kings of the Amorites that dwell in the hill-country are gathered together against us.

Groups Helping

And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.

Slavery, In OtNot Driving Them OutThose Subjected To PeopleForced LabourWhere People Live To This Day

Now when he was gone out, his servants came; and they saw, and, behold, the doors of the upper room were locked; and they said, Surely he is covering his feet in the upper chamber.

Defecation

Then Gideon took ten men of his servants, and did as Jehovah had spoken unto him: and it came to pass, because he feared his father's household and the men of the city, so that he could not do it by day, that he did it by night.

Ten PeopleDuring One NightFearing Other Peoplegideon

Yet there is both straw and provender for our asses; and there is bread and wine also for me, and for thy handmaid, and for the young man that is with thy servants: there is no want of anything.

Bread, As FoodMangersWineFeeding Animals

Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.

Strength Of PeopleBe Courageous!Be Strong!

And he will take your fields, and your vineyards, and your oliveyards, even the best of them, and give them to his servants.

Taking Possessions

And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.

Tithing For People

He will take the tenth of your flocks: and ye shall be his servants.

Groups Of SlavesTithing For People

And the asses of Kish, Saul's father, were lost. And Kish said to Saul his son, Take now one of the servants with thee, and arise, go seek the asses.

Seeking For Concrete ThingsLoss Of DonkeysMissing SomeoneLosing A FriendBeing Lostsaul

And all the people said unto Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto Jehovah thy God, that we die not; for we have added unto all our sins this evil, to ask us a king.

Calling upon GodConfession, Examples OfAskingNot DyingAdding EvilDeath PreventedPray For Us

And Saul's servants said unto him, Behold now, an evil spirit from God troubleth thee.

Nervousness

Let our lord now command thy servants, that are before thee, to seek out a man who is a skilful player on the harp: and it shall come to pass, when the evil spirit from God is upon thee, that he shall play with his hand, and thou shalt be well.

HarpsInstrumentalists

And Saul said unto his servants, Provide me now a man that can play well, and bring him to me.

Instrumentalists

And he stood and cried unto the armies of Israel, and said unto them, Why are ye come out to set your battle in array? am not I a Philistine, and ye servants to Saul? choose you a man for you, and let him come down to me.

VoicesChoosing People

If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall ye be our servants, and serve us.

SubstitutionThose Subjected To People

And David went out whithersoever Saul sent him, and behaved himself wisely: and Saul set him over the men of war, and it was good in the sight of all the people, and also in the sight of Saul's servants.

RankThe Righteous Prosper

And Saul commanded his servants,'saying , Commune with David secretly, and say, Behold, the king hath delight in thee, and all his servants love thee: now therefore be the king's son-in-law.

PrivacySons In LawThose Who Loved

And Saul's servants spake those words in the ears of David. And David said, Seemeth it to you a light thing to be the king's son-in-law, seeing that I am a poor man, and lightly esteemed?

InferioritySmallnessUnimportant Things

And the servants of Saul told him, saying, On this manner spake David.

Telling What People Saidsaul

And when his servants told David these words, it pleased David well to be the king's son-in-law. And the days were not expired;

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Handmaiden (3 instances)
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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

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