Strong H5659עַבְדוּת
slavery
- Transliteration
- ‛abdûth
- Pronunciation
- ab-dooth'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From H5647; servitude: - bondage.
Detailed definition
STEP sense: slavery
Exact lexical definition: servitude
Part of speech: noun
BDB context: [ עַבְדוּת ] n.f . servitude , bondage ;—sf. Ezr 9:8 , 9 ; Ne 9:17
In the Bible
Strong H5659 appears in 3 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- bondage3
First verses
- Ezra 9:8And now for a little space grace hath been shewed from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant to escape, and to give us a nail in his holy place, that our God may lighten our eyes, and give us a little reviving in our bondage.
- Ezra 9:9For we were bondmen; yet our God hath not forsaken us in our bondage, but hath extended mercy unto us in the sight of the kings of Persia, to give us a reviving, to set up the house of our God, and to repair the desolations thereof, and to give us a wall in Judah and in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 9:17And refused to obey, neither were mindful of thy wonders that thou didst among them; but hardened their necks, and in their rebellion appointed a captain to return to their bondage: but thou art a God ready to pardon, gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and forsookest them not.