עַבְדוּת
avdut · servitude, bondage
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5659 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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avdut (עַבְדוּת) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “servitude, bondage”.
Servitude: the condition of one who is subject to another and serves him. Ezra says it of the people under the kings of Persia.
How to say it
av·dut
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Living subject to others as slaves.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Ezra 9:8
And now, for a brief moment there has been favor from YHWH our Elohim, to leave us escapees, and to give us a peg in his holy place, that our Elohim may brighten our eyes and give us a little life in our servitude.
- Ezra 9:9
For we are slaves, yet in our servitude our Elohim has not forsaken us, but he extended to us loyal love before the kings of Persia, to give us life, to raise up the house of our Elohim and to set up its ruins, and to give us a fence in Judah and in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 9:17
They refused to listen, and did not remember your wonders that you had done with them; and they hardened their neck and appointed a head to return to their servitude in their rebellion. But you are an Eloah of pardons, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in loyal love, and you did not abandon them.