Bible Dictionary

Servant.

SER'VANT. Phile 16. The word so rendered is generally to be interpreted "bondman" or "slave." But there were also servants in our sense of the term: thus, Joshua was servant to Moses, Elisha to Elija…

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898)

SER'VANT. Phile 16. " But there were also servants in our sense of the term: thus, Joshua was servant to Moses, Elisha to Elijah, and Elisha himself had a servant, Gehazi. There are other instances. See Slave.

Build a Study Print Back to Bible Dictionary