servant Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
servant in Smith's Bible Dictionary
[SLAVE]
servant in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
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 Elijah, and Elisha himself had a servant, Gehazi. There are other instances. See Slave.
servant in Fausset's Bible Dictionary
na'ar, meshareth. In our sense, "a free, voluntary attendant", as Joshua of Moses (Exodus 33:11; so 2 Kings 4:12; 2 Kings 4:43; 2 Kings 5:20; 2 Kings 6:15 margin "minister"; 2 Samuel 13:17-18; 1 Kings 20:14-15). 'Ebed on the other hand is "a bondservant or slave".