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Servant
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- Distinguish a bondservant (Greek: doulos), who was a slave, from a hired servant (Greek: diakonos), who was not a slave
- BOND
- Laws of Moses concerning
Exodus 21:1-11,20,21,26,27,32; Leviticus 19:20-22; 25:6,10,35-55; Deuteronomy 15:12,14,18; 24:7 - Kidnapping forbidden
Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 24:7; 1 Timothy 1:10; Revelation 18:13 - Fugitive, not to be returned to his master
Deuteronomy 23:15,16 - David erroneously supposed to be a fugitive slave
1 Samuel 25:10 - Instances of fugitive
- Hagar, commanded by an angel to return to Sarah (Sarai), her owner
Genesis 16:9
- Hagar, commanded by an angel to return to Sarah (Sarai), her owner
- Sought by Shimei
1 Kings 2:39-41 - Onesimus interceded for, by Paul
Philippians 1:21 - Rights of those born to a master
Genesis 14:14; 17:13,27; Exodus 21:4; Proverbs 29:21; Ecclesiastes 2:7; Jeremiah 2:14 - Bought and sold
Genesis 17:13,27; 37:28,36; 39:17; Deuteronomy 28:68; Esther 7:4; Ezekiel 27:13; Joel 3:6; Amos 8:6; Revelation 18:13 - Captives of war became slaves
Deuteronomy 20:14; 21:10-14; 2 Kings 5:2; 2 Chronicles 28:8,10; Lamentations 5:13 - Captive bondservants shared by priests and Levites
Numbers 31:28-47 - Thieves punished by being made
Genesis 43:18; Exodus 22:3 - Defaulting debtors made
Leviticus 25:39; Matthew 18:25 - Children of defaulting debtors sold as
2 Kings 4:1-7 - Voluntary servitude of
Leviticus 25:47; Deuteronomy 15:16,17; Joshua 9:11-21 - Given as dowry
Genesis 29:24,29 - Owned by priests
Leviticus 22:11; Mark 14:66 - Slaves owned slaves
2 Samuel 9:10 - The master could marry, or give in marriage
Exodus 21:7-10; Deuteronomy 21:10-14; 1 Chronicles 2:34,35 - Taken in concubinage
Genesis 16:1,2,6; 30:3,9 - Used as soldiers by Abraham
Genesis 14:14 - Must be circumcised
Genesis 17:13,27; Exodus 12:44 - Must enjoy religious privileges with the master's household
Deuteronomy 12:12,18; 16:11,14; 29:10,11 - Must have rest on the sabbath
Exodus 20:10; 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14 - Equal status of, with other disciples of Jesus
1 Corinthians 7:21,22; 12:13; Galatians 3:28; Ephesians 6:8 - Kindness to, commanded
Leviticus 25:43; Ephesians 6:9 - Bond service threatened, as a national punishment, for the Disobedience of Israel
Deuteronomy 28:68; Joel 3:7,8 - Degrading influences of bondage exemplified by cowardice
Exodus 14:11,12; 16:3; Judges 5:16-18,23 - Emancipation of
Ezra 1:1-4; Jeremiah 34:8-22; 1 Corinthians 7:21 - Freedmen called "Libertines,"
Acts 6:9 - Cruelty to
- The Israelites
Exodus 1:8-22; 2:1-4; Acts 7:19,34
- The Israelites
- An abandoned sick man
1 Samuel 30:13 - Kindness to
- By the Roman centurion
Matthew 8:8-13; Luke 7:2-10 - By Paul
Philippians 1:21
- By the Roman centurion
- Laws of Moses concerning
- INSTANCES OF
- Joseph
Genesis 37:26-28,36 - Israelites
Exodus 1:10-22; 5:7-14; Deuteronomy 6:12,21 - Gibeonites
Joshua 9:22-27 - Canaanites
1 Kings 9:21 - The Jews in Babylon
2 Chronicles 36:20; Esther 1; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10 - Emancipation of
2 Chronicles 36:23; Ezra 1:1-4
- Joseph
- FIGURATIVE
Leviticus 25:42,55; Psalm 116:16; Matthew 24:45-51; Luke 12:35-48; 17:7-9; John 8:32-35; Romans 6:16-22; 1 Corinthians 4:1; 7:21-23; Galatians 5:13; 1 Peter 2:16; 2 Peter 2:19; Revelation 7:3 - INSTANCES OF GOOD
- Joseph
Genesis 39:2-20; 41:9-57; Acts 7:10 - Elisha
2 Kings 2:1-6 - Servants
- Of Abraham
Genesis 24 - Of Boaz
Ruth 2:4 - Of Jonathan
1 Samuel 14:7 - Of Abigail
1 Samuel 25:14-17 - Of David
2 Samuel 12:18; 15:15,21 - Of Ziba
2 Samuel 9 - Of Naaman
2 Kings 5:2,3,13 - Of Nehemiah
Nehemiah 4:16,23 - Of the Roman centurion
Matthew 8:9 - Of Cornelius
Acts 10:7 - Onesimus
Philippians 1:11
- Of Abraham
- Servants in the parable of the pounds and the parable of the talents
Matthew 25:14-23; Luke 19:12-19
- Joseph
- WICKED AND UNFAITHFUL
- Jeroboam
1 Kings 11:26 - Gehazi
2 Kings 5:20-27 - Zimri
1 Kings 16:9,10; 2 Kings 9:31 - Onesimus
Philippians 1:11 - Of Abraham and Lot
Genesis 13:7 - Of Abimelech
Genesis 21:25 - Of Ziba
2 Samuel 16:1-4; 19:26,27 - Of Absalom
2 Samuel 13:28,29; 14:30 - Of Shimei
1 Kings 2:39 - Of Joash
2 Kings 12:19-21 - Of Amon
2 Kings 21:23 - Of Job
Job 19:15,16 - In the parable of the talents and the parable of the pounds
Matthew 25:24-30; Luke 19:20-26 - In the parable of the vineyard
Matthew 21:33-41; Mark 12:1-9 - Conspiracy by
- See CONSPIRACY
- Jeroboam
- UNCLASSIFIED SCRIPTURES RELATING TO
Genesis 16:6-9; Exodus 20:10; Deuteronomy 5:14; Nehemiah 5:8; Job 19:15,16; 31:13,14; Psalm 123:2; Proverbs 12:9; 13:17; 17:2; 19:10; 25:13; 26:6; 27:18,27; 29:19,21; 30:10,21-23; Ecclesiastes 7:21; Isaiah 52:3; Jeremiah 22:13; 34:8-17; Lamentations 5:8; Zephaniah 1:9; Malachi 1:6; Matthew 8:9; 10:24,25; 24:45-51; Luke 12:35-48; 16:1-13; 17:7-9; 22:27; John 13:16; 1 Corinthians 4:2; 7:21-24; Ephesians 6:5-9; Colossians 3:22-25; 1 Timothy 6:1,2; Titus 2:9,10; 1 Peter 2:18-20 - HIRED
- Jacob
Genesis 29:15; 30:26 - Re-employed
Genesis 30:27-34; 31:6,7,41 - Parable of
- The laborers of a vineyard
Matthew 20:1-15 - The father of the prodigal son
Luke 15:17,19
- The laborers of a vineyard
- The rebellious son
Luke 15:15-19 - Treatment of, more considerate than that of slaves
Leviticus 25:53 - Await employment in the marketplace
Matthew 20:1-3 - Wages paid
- In kind
Genesis 30:31,32; 2 Chronicles 2:10 - In money
Matthew 20:2
- In kind
- Jacob
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Bibliography Information
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Servant'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​s/servant.html. 1896.
Nave, Orville J. Entry for 'Servant'. Nave's Topical Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ntb/​s/servant.html. 1896.