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Servant/slave

עֲבַדStrong’s H5649

avad (a-vad)

Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament

In short

Avad is the Aramaic word usually translated “servants his”, “servant your” and “servant of”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.

“Then spake the Chaldeans to the king in Syriack, O king, live for ever: tell thy servants the dream, and we will shew the interpretation.”
Daniel 2:4 KJV
Meaning
  1. Servant, slave
How it's translated
  • servants his 3
  • servant your 1
  • to servant your 1
  • to servants his 1
  • servant of 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Daniel 5
  • Ezra 2

2 books in all.

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Aramaic dictionary

עֲבַד avad · servant/slave

servant, slave Aramaic of e.ved (עֶ֫בֶד "servant/slave" H5650)

From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.