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title: עֶבֶד — Ebed · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עֶבֶד (5651), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 6 times: Ebed. BDB 1906: n.pr.m. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עֶבֶד

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«עֶבֶד» in the Tanakh dictionary: **Ebed** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 6 times · **Key:** 5651 · **BDB:** עֶ֫בֶד²

### Glosses

of.Ebed (5); Ebed (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

Ebed [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5651/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.pr.m. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5651/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. (servant of God = עַבְדְּאֵל);— father of Gaal Ju 9:26, 28, 30, 31, 35 (GFM, after HollenbThLz 1891, 371 \[cf. BuIb. 1892, 63\] עֹבֵד, as 𝔊L; v. also GrayProp. N. 184, 272); 𝔊 Ιωβηλ, A 𝔊L Αβεδ. a companion of Ezra Ezr 8:6; 𝔊 Ωβηθ, 𝔊L Αμιναδαβ.—For list of Arabic names beginning with عبد v. NöZMG xli (1887), 724 ff., cf. also id.ib. xlii (1888), 486 WeHeid. 2, 2 ff.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 6 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (6 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (6 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עֶבֶד» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/5651/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 8:6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.8.6/)

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וּמִבְּנֵ֣י עָדִ֔ין עֶ֖בֶד בֶּן־יוֹנָתָ֑ן וְעִמּ֖וֹ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים הַזְּכָרִֽים׃ס

*Word for word:* and of the.descendants of.Adin Ebed the.son of.Jonathan and with him \[were\].fifty the males

*JPS 1917:* And of the sons of Adin, Ebed the son of Jonathan; and with him fifty males.

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[Judges 9:30](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/JDG.9.30/)

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וַיִּשְׁמַ֗ע זְבֻל֙ שַׂר־הָעִ֔יר אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֖י גַּ֣עַל בֶּן־עָ֑בֶד וַיִּ֖חַר אַפּֽוֹ׃

*Word for word:* and he.heard Zebul the.official of the.city (et) the.words of.Gaal the.son of.Ebed and it.burned anger his

*JPS 1917:* And when Zebul the ruler of the city heard the words of Gaal the son of Ebed, his anger was kindled.

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