Topic
Bondservant
5 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Leviticus 25:39ISBE
¶ And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:
- John 8:34ISBE
Jesus answered them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin.
- John 8:35ISBE
And the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the Son abideth ever.
- 1 Corinthians 7:21ISBE
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
- Galatians 4:7ISBE
Wherefore thou art no more a servant, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Christ.
In the reference works
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · 5 references
bond'-sur-vant: Appears only once in the King James Version (Le 25:39) where it translates `ebhedh, "a slave": "Thou shalt not cause him to render the service of a bondservant" or slave. the Revised Version (British and American) frequently uses bondservant (doulos) instead of the word "servant" of the King James Version (Joh 8:34,35; 1Co 7:21; Ga 4:7).
See SLAVERY.
Texts: International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.