Words the Bible translates as be a slave
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 2 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- douleuōδουλεύωto serve as a slave: to belong to a master and give the obedience and labor a slave owes him
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