Word Study · Strong's H5659 · Hebrew

עַבְדוּת

abduth

ab-dooth'

Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻabdûwth

“servitude”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

servitude

Rendered in the KJV as

bondage.

3
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
3
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 3 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 3

בְּעַבְדֻתֵֽנוּ׃1
וּבְעַבְדֻ֔תֵנוּ1
לְעַבְדֻתָ֖ם1

How it is rendered · 3

and in servitude our1
in servitude our1
to servitude their1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 3

conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1
preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1

Show the grammar codes as tagged

HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp1bp · 1
HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bp · 1
HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp · 1

All 3, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Ezra2 of 3 · 67%
Nehemiah1 of 3 · 33%

Ezra carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.

Ezra2 occurrences

Nehemiah1 occurrence

Nehemiah 9:17לְעַבְדֻתָ֖םleavdutampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.here: to servitude their

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