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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Servants

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.

480exact KJV occurrences 411Old Testament 69New Testament 45books containing the word 16mapped Strong's IDs 478occurrence-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 22:6

And he said unto me, These sayings are faithful and true: and the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where servants appears.

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

Genesis 4036 verses Exodus 2826 verses Leviticus 32 verses Numbers 88 verses Deuteronomy 55 verses Joshua 55 verses Judges 33 verses 1 Samuel 4238 verses 2 Samuel 5852 verses 1 Kings 3427 verses 2 Kings 3635 verses 1 Chronicles 1110 verses 2 Chronicles 2924 verses Ezra 66 verses Nehemiah 1716 verses Esther 99 verses Job 44 verses Psalms 1717 verses Proverbs 11 verses Ecclesiastes 42 verses Isaiah 1715 verses Jeremiah 1817 verses Lamentations 11 verses Ezekiel 22 verses Daniel 88 verses Joel 11 verses Amos 11 verses Micah 11 verses Zechariah 22 verses Matthew 1616 verses Mark 44 verses Luke 99 verses John 77 verses Acts 44 verses Romans 86 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses 2 Corinthians 11 verses Ephesians 22 verses Philippians 11 verses Colossians 22 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses Titus 11 verses 1 Peter 22 verses 2 Peter 11 verses Revelation 99 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

22 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: Numbers 22:22Strong's last: Isaiah 37:6

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HebrewH5647
עָבַד

ʻâbad · aw-bad'

4 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: 1 Samuel 4:9Strong's last: Zechariah 2:9

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GreekG3610
οἰκέτης

oikétēs · oy-ket'-ace

2 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences

a fellow resident, i.e. menial domestic

Strong's KJV usage: :--(household) servant.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Acts 10:7Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:18

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GreekG3816
παῖς

paîs · paheece

2 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 14:2Strong's last: Luke 15:26

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HebrewH582
אֱנוֹשׁ

ʼĕnôwsh · en-oshe'

1 times translated as this KJV form559 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

properly, a mortal (and thus differing from the more dignified 120); hence, a man in general (singly or collectively)

Strong's KJV usage: another, × (blood-) thirsty, certain, chap(-man); divers, fellow, × in the flower of their age, husband, (certain, mortal) man, people, person, servant, some (× of them), stranger, those, their trade. It is often unexpressed in the English versions, especially when used in apposition with another word. Compare 376.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 1 Samuel 24:7Strong's last: 1 Samuel 24:7

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HebrewH5657
עֲבֻדָּה

ʻăbuddâh · ab-ood-daw'

1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

something wrought, i.e. (concretely) service

Strong's KJV usage: household, store of servants.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Genesis 26:14Strong's last: Genesis 26:14

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HebrewH6440
פָּנִים

pânîym · paw-neem'

1 times translated as this KJV form2,083 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)

Strong's KJV usage: accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, × as (long as), at, battle, because (of), beseech, countenance, edge, employ, endure, enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, × him(-self), honourable, impudent, in, it, look(-eth) (-s), × me, meet, × more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), × on, open, out of, over against, the partial, person, please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, regard, right forth, serve, × shewbread, sight, state, straight, street, × thee, × them(-selves), through ( -out), till, time(-s) past, (un-) to(-ward), upon, upside ( down), with(-in, -stand), × ye, × you.

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 18:9Strong's last: 2 Samuel 18:9

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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58 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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2 Samuel 2:12
H5650

And Abner the son of Ner, and the servants of Ishbosheth the son of Saul, went out from Mahanaim to Gibeon.

2 Samuel 2:13
H5650

And Joab the son of Zeruiah, and the servants of David, went out, and met together by the pool of Gibeon: and they sat down, the one on the one side of the pool, and the other on the other side of the pool.

2 Samuel 2:15
H5650

Then there arose and went over by number twelve of Benjamin, which pertained to Ishbosheth the son of Saul, and twelve of the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:17
H5650

And there was a very sore battle that day; and Abner was beaten, and the men of Israel, before the servants of David.

2 Samuel 2:30
H5650

And Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.

2 Samuel 2:31
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But the servants of David had smitten of Benjamin, and of Abner's men, so that three hundred and threescore men died.

2 Samuel 3:22
H5650

And, behold, the servants of David and Joab came from pursuing a troop, and brought in a great spoil with them: but Abner was not with David in Hebron; for he had sent him away, and he was gone in peace.

2 Samuel 3:38
H5650

And the king said unto his servants, Know ye not that there is a prince and a great man fallen this day in Israel?

2 Samuel 6:20
H5650

Then David returned to bless his household. And Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel to day, who uncovered himself to day in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovereth himself!

2 Samuel 8:2
H5650

And he smote Moab, and measured them with a line, casting them down to the ground; even with two lines measured he to put to death, and with one full line to keep alive. And so the Moabites became David's servants, and brought gifts.

2 Samuel 8:6
H5650

Then David put garrisons in Syria of Damascus: and the Syrians became servants to David, and brought gifts. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

2 Samuel 8:7
H5650

And David took the shields of gold that were on the servants of Hadadezer, and brought them to Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 8:14
H5650

And he put garrisons in Edom; throughout all Edom put he garrisons, and all they of Edom became David's servants. And the LORD preserved David whithersoever he went.

2 Samuel 9:10
H5650

Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 9:10
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Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 9:12
H5650

And Mephibosheth had a young son, whose name was Micha. And all that dwelt in the house of Ziba were servants unto Mephibosheth.

2 Samuel 10:2
H5650

Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 10:2
H5650

Then said David, I will shew kindness unto Hanun the son of Nahash, as his father shewed kindness unto me. And David sent to comfort him by the hand of his servants for his father. And David's servants came into the land of the children of Ammon.

2 Samuel 10:3
H5650

And the princes of the children of Ammon said unto Hanun their lord, Thinkest thou that David doth honour thy father, that he hath sent comforters unto thee? hath not David rather sent his servants unto thee, to search the city, and to spy it out, and to overthrow it?

2 Samuel 10:4
H5650

Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.

2 Samuel 10:19
H5650

And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Samuel 11:1
H5650

And it came to pass, after the year was expired, at the time when kings go forth to battle, that David sent Joab, and his servants with him, and all Israel; and they destroyed the children of Ammon, and besieged Rabbah. But David tarried still at Jerusalem.

2 Samuel 11:9
H5650

But Uriah slept at the door of the king's house with all the servants of his lord, and went not down to his house.

2 Samuel 11:11
H5650

And Uriah said unto David, The ark, and Israel, and Judah, abide in tents; and my lord Joab, and the servants of my lord, are encamped in the open fields; shall I then go into mine house, to eat and to drink, and to lie with my wife? as thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing.

2 Samuel 11:13
H5650

And when David had called him, he did eat and drink before him; and he made him drunk: and at even he went out to lie on his bed with the servants of his lord, but went not down to his house.

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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