Etymology?:
from ʿāvad עָבַד ‘to serve’
Roots:
עבד
ʿeved n, m
1) slave, servant
1a) slave, servant, man-servant
1b) subjects
1c) servants, worshippers (of God)
1d) servant (in special sense as prophets, Levites etc)
1e) servant (of Israel)
1f) servant (as form of address between equals)
Mentioned in Genesis 26:15, 26:24, 42:13, 43:28, 44:17, 44:19, 44:24, 44:27, 44:30, 44:31, 44:32, 46:34, 47:3, 50:2, 50:7, 50:17, 24:5, 20:8, 20:14, 21:25, 24:2, 24:9, 24:34, 24:52, 24:59, 12:16, 18:3, 19:2, 24:10, 24:14, 24:35, 24:65, 32:5, 32:6, 32:19, 33:14, 39:19, 42:10, 44:7, 44:9, 44:16, 44:18, 44:33, 47:25, 47:19, 9:27, 26:25, 26:32, 32:21, 9:25, 24:53, 27:37, 44:23, 45:16, 50:18, 42:11, 18:5, 24:61, 47:4, 30:43, 41:38, 43:18, 32:17, 39:17, 44:21, 33:5, 9:26, 24:17, 44:10, 32:11, 41:12, 19:19, 40:20, 41:10, 14:15, 24:66, 26:19, 41:37 Exodus 10:6, 10:7, 32:13, 21:5, 21:32, 8:17, 4:10, 7:10, 7:20, 21:20, 21:26, 21:27, 10:1, 12:44, 8:27, 11:8, 5:16, 9:14, 12:30, 11:3, 21:7, 13:3, 8:25, 5:15, 5:21, 9:20, 9:21, 13:14, 14:5, 9:30, 20:2, 20:10, 20:17, 14:31, 8:5, 8:20, 7:28, 8:7, 9:34, 21:2, 7:29 Codex Leviticus 25:39, 25:6, 25:55, 26:13, 25:44, 25:42 Numbers 32:25, 32:27, 22:18, 32:5, 14:24, 31:49, 11:11, 12:8, 32:31, 12:7, 32:4 Deuteronomy 7:8, 13:11, 9:27, 23:16, 32:43, 3:24, 13:6, 5:21, 34:11, 32:36, 15:17, 28:68, 12:12, 12:18, 29:1, 16:12, 5:6, 5:14, 5:15, 8:14, 15:15, 16:11, 24:18, 16:14, 6:21, 24:22, 6:12, 34:5 Joshua 24:17, 8:31, 5:14, 22:5, 22:4, 8:33, 1:15, 1:1, 24:29, 18:7, 9:8, 10:6, 1:7, 1:2, 9:9, 9:11, 22:2, 11:12, 1:13, 9:23, 9:24, 14:7, 11:15, 13:8, 12:6 Judges 6:27, 19:19, 6:8, 3:24, 15:18, 2:8 1 Samuel 17:34, 19:4, 20:8, 22:15, 22:17, 25:39, 25:40, 21:8, 16:16, 25:10, 25:41, 26:18, 26:19, 29:8, 29:10, 30:13, 17:32, 22:9, 18:22, 29:3, 28:7, 18:23, 22:8, 17:36, 27:5, 22:14, 16:17, 17:8, 21:15, 21:12, 27:12, 28:2, 28:23, 28:25, 12:19, 3:9, 16:15, 17:58, 19:1, 23:10, 18:24, 18:26, 23:11, 22:7, 17:9, 20:7, 3:10, 18:5, 22:6, 25:8, 8:14, 8:16, 8:17, 18:30, 8:15 2 Samuel 10:2, 10:3, 15:34, 19:29, 19:38, 11:21, 16:11, 20:6, 13:24, 14:30, 14:31, 15:2, 15:14, 17:20, 18:9, 18:29, 19:7, 16:6, 2:12, 2:17, 2:30, 2:31, 3:22, 9:10, 9:11, 11:9, 11:11, 11:13, 14:19, 14:20, 14:22, 15:15, 15:21, 19:20, 19:21, 19:27, 19:28, 19:36, 24:21, 7:19, 8:14, 7:20, 7:28, 7:29, 11:17, 11:24, 7:27, 6:20, 19:15, 7:8, 24:10, 3:18, 12:18, 19:8, 15:18, 19:18, 2:15, 12:21, 3:38, 7:5, 8:7, 9:2, 9:6, 9:8, 12:19, 13:35, 19:6, 2:13, 21:22, 7:25, 7:26, 18:7, 15:8, 24:20, 8:6, 10:19, 8:2, 13:31, 7:21, 10:4, 11:1, 19:37, 21:15, 13:36, 9:12 1 Kings 3:6, 3:7, 5:15, 8:24, 8:25, 8:26, 8:53, 11:17, 22:50, 1:19, 1:9, 18:36, 1:2, 1:27, 1:33, 1:47, 2:38, 20:9, 3:15, 1:51, 8:66, 20:39, 20:31, 20:23, 15:18, 20:32, 18:9, 18:12, 8:56, 11:13, 11:32, 11:36, 14:18, 15:29, 14:8, 5:20, 8:23, 20:40, 9:22, 10:8, 2:39, 2:40, 5:23, 8:28, 8:29, 8:30, 8:52, 8:59, 12:7, 20:6, 20:12, 22:3, 11:26, 11:38, 11:11, 9:27, 1:26, 8:36, 10:13, 16:9, 3:8, 10:5, 11:34, 3:9, 8:32 2 Kings 5:13, 9:28, 12:22, 14:5, 17:13, 21:8, 23:30, 24:2, 8:19, 2:16, 5:18, 5:25, 6:12, 9:7, 9:11, 18:24, 5:17, 17:23, 18:26, 10:10, 3:11, 4:1, 6:3, 7:13, 16:7, 22:12, 9:36, 5:15, 1:13, 5:26, 10:5, 25:24, 5:6, 6:8, 6:11, 7:12, 19:5, 19:34, 22:9, 14:25, 18:12, 8:13, 24:12, 10:23, 21:23, 21:10, 17:3, 20:6, 12:21, 24:1, 24:10, 24:11, 25:8 Isaiah 41:8, 24:2, 36:9, 14:2, 37:24, 65:13, 65:15, 56:6, 49:6, 20:3, 36:11, 43:10, 66:14, 50:10, 44:2, 65:8, 37:5, 49:5, 44:21, 22:20, 42:19, 49:7, 41:9, 44:26, 48:20, 49:3, 54:17, 65:14, 42:1, 45:4, 65:9, 44:1, 52:13, 37:35, 53:11, 63:17 Jeremiah 7:25, 34:13, 35:15, 43:10, 33:26, 25:4, 34:9, 21:7, 34:11, 46:26, 30:10, 46:27, 34:10, 34:16, 36:31, 44:4, 46:28, 25:9, 26:5, 29:19, 37:2, 37:18, 22:2, 27:6, 36:24, 2:14, 22:4, 33:22, 25:19, 33:21 Ezekiel 37:25, 28:25, 38:17, 34:23, 37:24, 46:17, 34:24 Joel 3:2 Amos 3:7 Micah 6:4 Haggai 2:23 Zechariah 1:6, 3:8, 2:13 Malachi 1:6, 3:22 Psalms 119:176, 143:12, 102:15, 105:6, 105:42, 123:2, 86:4, 89:51, 69:37, 119:140, 105:26, 31:17, 119:135, 135:9, 19:14, 18:1, 79:10, 105:17, 27:9, 69:18, 119:122, 132:10, 143:2, 86:2, 86:16, 90:16, 116:16, 35:27, 119:38, 119:76, 119:125, 79:2, 89:40, 34:23, 119:49, 113:1, 134:1, 135:1, 144:10, 109:28, 89:4, 78:70, 102:29, 19:12, 119:23, 119:17, 119:65, 36:1, 89:21, 135:14, 105:25, 119:124, 136:22, 90:13, 119:84, 119:91 Proverbs 30:10, 11:29, 17:2, 29:21, 29:19, 22:7, 19:10, 14:35, 12:9, 30:22 Job 3:19, 42:7, 1:8, 2:3, 42:8, 31:13, 4:18, 19:16, 40:28, 7:2 Lamentations 5:8 Ecclesiastes 7:21, 10:7, 2:7 Esther 7:4, 4:11, 3:3, 2:18, 3:2, 5:11, 1:3 Daniel 9:6, 10:17, 9:17, 1:12, 1:13, 9:11, 9:10 Ezra 9:11, 2:65, 9:9, 2:55, 2:58 Nehemiah 1:6, 2:5, 9:36, 10:30, 2:10, 1:11, 9:10, 5:5, 11:3, 2:20, 7:67, 1:8, 2:19, 1:7, 1:10, 9:14, 7:57, 7:60 1 Chronicles 19:2, 19:3, 19:19, 21:3, 17:17, 18:13, 6:34, 17:25, 17:7, 20:8, 17:4, 17:18, 21:8, 17:24, 17:26, 2:34, 17:23, 18:6, 2:35, 18:7, 17:19, 17:27, 18:2, 19:4, 16:13 2 Chronicles 6:15, 6:16, 25:3, 35:24, 9:10, 2:14, 13:6, 1:3, 24:6, 8:18, 9:21, 34:20, 32:9, 6:14, 9:7, 6:42, 6:19, 6:20, 6:21, 6:27, 9:12, 10:7, 34:16, 36:20, 2:7, 6:17, 24:9, 28:10, 32:16, 2:9, 35:23, 8:9, 12:8, 9:4, 6:23, 24:25, 33:24