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Lexicon :: Strong's H5659 - ʿaḇḏûṯ

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עַבְדוּת
Transliteration
ʿaḇḏûṯ
Pronunciation
ab-dooth'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1553e

Variant Spellings

The following spelling is supported by Strongs and Gesenius: עבדות.

Strong’s Definitions

עַבְדוּת ʻabdûwth, ab-dooth'; from H5647; servitude:—bondage.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's H5659 in the following manner: bondage (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's H5659 in the following manner: bondage (3x).
  1. servitude, bondage

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עַבְדוּת ʻabdûwth, ab-dooth'; from H5647; servitude:—bondage.
STRONGS H5659: Abbreviations
† [עַבְדוֺת] noun feminine servitude, bondage; — suffix עַבְדֻתֵנוּ Ezekiel 9:8, 9; עַבְדֻתָם Nehemiah 9:17 (compare Syriac bdb071501).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Nehemiah

9:17

Ezekiel

9:8; 9:9

H5659

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5659 matches the Hebrew עַבְדוּת (ʿaḇḏûṯ),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:8 - But now for a brief moment favor has been shown by the LORD our God, to leave us a remnant and to give us a secure hold[fn] within his holy place, that our God may brighten our eyes and grant us a little reviving in our slavery.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:9 - For we are slaves. Yet our God has not forsaken us in our slavery, but has extended to us his steadfast love before the kings of Persia, to grant us some reviving to set up the house of our God, to repair its ruins, and to give us protection[fn] in Judea and Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:17 - They refused to obey and were not mindful of the wonders that you performed among them, but they stiffened their neck and appointed a leader to return to their slavery in Egypt.[fn] But you are a God ready to forgive, gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and did not forsake them.
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