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We see the word bondservant in the Bible in Leviticus 25:39  "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:"<Ref>{{05650}}</Ref> This word  ‘ebed AyinBeitDalet is only translated bondservant this one time although it appears in the biblical text 800 times. It is from the verb..‘abad meaning ''to work, serve''.<Ref>{{05647}}</Ref> It can relate to almost any type of bondservice as we see in [[1 Kings 9]]:21  "'Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice unto this day."

It is also related to the [[bondage of Egypt]] as a "bondman" as we see in [[Genesis 44]]:33  "Now therefore, I pray thee, let thy servant abide instead of the lad a bondman to my lord; and let the lad go up with his brethren."

In [[Ephesians 6]]:20 Paul says "For which I am an [[Apostle|ambassador]] in bonds: that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak." The [[Apostles]] were [[servants]] of Christ. Paul begins the first Epistle to the Romans with "Paul, a [[Servants|servant]] of Jesus Christ, called [to be] an [[apostle]], separated unto the gospel of God," [[Romans 1]]:1

The word here for servant is doulos<Ref>{{1401}}</Ref> from the word deo ''to bind tie''.<Ref>{{1210}}</Ref> The [[Levites]] were in bondage to God in the Old Testament and could be considered the bondservants of  God.
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