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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Servant

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

493exact KJV occurrences 409Old Testament 84New Testament 44books containing the word 14mapped Strong's IDs 489occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 9:25

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

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Revelation 15:3

And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where servant appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 4240 verses Exodus 99 verses Leviticus 65 verses Numbers 55 verses Deuteronomy 77 verses Joshua 2019 verses Judges 88 verses Ruth 22 verses 1 Samuel 3532 verses 2 Samuel 5441 verses 1 Kings 4139 verses 2 Kings 3026 verses 1 Chronicles 1513 verses 2 Chronicles 1413 verses Nehemiah 1211 verses Job 108 verses Psalms 4039 verses Proverbs 1010 verses Ecclesiastes 11 verses Isaiah 2321 verses Jeremiah 1111 verses Ezekiel 65 verses Daniel 44 verses Haggai 11 verses Zechariah 11 verses Malachi 22 verses Matthew 2222 verses Mark 55 verses Luke 2524 verses John 77 verses Acts 11 verses Romans 44 verses 1 Corinthians 43 verses Galatians 33 verses Philippians 11 verses Colossians 11 verses 2 Timothy 11 verses Titus 11 verses Philemon 32 verses Hebrews 11 verses James 11 verses 2 Peter 11 verses Jude 11 verses Revelation 22 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH5288
נַעַר

naʻar · nah'-ar

32 times translated as this KJV form238 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

(concretely) a boy (as active), from the age of infancy to adolescence; by implication, a servant; also (by interch. of sex), a girl (of similar latitude in age)

Strong's KJV usage: babe, boy, child, damsel (from the margin), lad, servant, young (man).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Judges 7:10Strong's last: Nehemiah 6:5

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GreekG3816
παῖς

paîs · paheece

8 times translated as this KJV form27 total Strong's occurrences

a boy (as often beaten with impunity), or (by analogy), a girl, and (genitive case) a child; specially, a slave or servant (especially a minister to a king; and by eminence to God)

Strong's KJV usage: :--child, maid(-en), (man) servant, son, young man.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Matthew 8:6Strong's last: Acts 4:25

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GreekG2324
θεράπων

therápōn · ther-ap'-ohn

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

a menial attendant (as if cherishing)

Strong's KJV usage: :--servant.

Strong's first: Hebrews 3:5Strong's last: Hebrews 3:5

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HebrewH5647
עָבַד

ʻâbad · aw-bad'

1 times translated as this KJV form291 total Strong's occurrences

v

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

Strong's KJV usage: × be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 49:15Strong's last: Genesis 49:15

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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22 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Matthew 8:6
G3816

And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented.

Matthew 8:8
G3816

The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

Matthew 8:9
G1401

For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

Matthew 8:13
G3816

And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour.

Matthew 10:24
G1401

The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

Matthew 10:25
G1401

It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

Matthew 12:18
G3816

Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles.

Matthew 18:26
G1401

The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

Matthew 18:27
G1401

Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.

Matthew 18:28
G1401

But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest.

Matthew 18:32
G1401

Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me:

Matthew 20:27
G1401

And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:

Matthew 24:45
G1401

Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

Matthew 24:46
G1401

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

Matthew 24:48
G1401

But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

Matthew 24:50
G1401

The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

Matthew 25:21
G1401

His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:23
G1401

His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

Matthew 25:26
G1401

His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed:

Matthew 25:30
G1401

And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Matthew 26:51
G1401

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote off his ear.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

servant

SERV'ANT, [L. servans, from servo, to keep or hold; properly one that waits, that is, stops, holds, attends, or one that is bound.]

1. A person, male or female, that attends another for the purpose of performing menial offices for him, or who is employed by another for such offices or for other labor, and is subject to his command. The word is correlative to master. Servant differs from slave, as the servant's subjection to a master is voluntary, the slave's is not. Every slave is a servant but every servant is not a slave.

Servants are of various kinds; as household or domestic servants, menial servants; laborers, who are hired by the day, week or other term, and do not reside with their employers, or if they board in the same house, are employed abroad and not in the domestic services; apprentices, who are bound for a term of years to serve a master, for the purpose of learning his trade or occupation.

In a legal sense, stewards, factors, bailifs and other agents, are servants for the time they are employed in such character, as they act in subordination to others.

2. One in a state of subjection.

3.In Scripture, a slave; a bondman; one purchased for money, and who was compelled to serve till the year of jubilee; also, one purchased for a term of years.

4. The subject of a king; as the servants of David or of Saul.

The Syrians became servants to David. 2 Samuel 8:2.

5. A person who voluntarily serves another or acts as his minister; as joshua was the servant of Moses, and the apostles the apostles the servants of Christ. So Christ himself is called a servant, Isaiah 42:1. Moses is called the servant of the Lord, Duet. 34.

6. A person employed or used as an instrument in accomplishing God's purposes of mercy or wrath. So Nebuchadnezzar is called the servant of God. Jeremiah 25:9.

7. One who yields obedience to another. The saints are called servants of God, or of righteousness; and the wicked are called the servants of sin.

8. That which yields obedience, or acts on subordination as an instrument.

9. One that makes painful sacrifices in compliance with the weakness or wants of others.

10. A person of base condition or ignoble spirit.

11. A word of civility. I am, sir, your humble or obedient servant.

Our betters tell us they are our humble servants, but understand us to be their slaves. Swift.

Servant of servants, one debased to the lowest condition of servitude.

SERV'ANT, verb transitive To subject. [Not in use.]

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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