Bondage (Slavery) under Men vs under Yahuah

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What is slavery exactly as defined by the Scripture. And what is the difference between slavery to a man vs being a servant to Yahuah.

Curse on Canaan to be "servant of servants"

Gen9:25 And he said, Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.

Here we find Noah cursing Canaan and declaring him a "servant", but what exactly does that mean? The word used in this verse is H5650 עבד which means a servant and originates from H5647 which is a root word meaning to work and by implication to serve, till, enslave. This root word is used in

Gen49:14-15 Issachar is a strong ass couching down between two burdens. And he saw that rest was good and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear and became a servant(H5647) unto tribute.


Exo12:44-45 But every man's servant(H5650) that is bought for money, when thou hast circumcised him, then shall he eat thereof. A foreigner and a hired servant(H7916) shall not eat thereof.

Lev22:10 There shall no stranger eat of the holy thing: a sojourner of the priest, or a hired servant (H7916) shall not eat of the holy thing.


Interesting how we have the differentiation between the two types of servants right next to each other. So what is the difference between the H5650 servant and the H7916 servant?


H7916 - שׂכיר - From H7936 - man at wages by the day or year.

H7936 - a primitive root to H3739 through the idea of a temporary purchase. Compare H7937; to hire

H3739 - שׂכר - ; From H7986; payment of contract; concretely salary, fare, maintenance; by implication compensation, benefit.

H7937 - שׂכר - to become tipsy; in a qualified sense, to satiate with a stimulating drink or (figuratively) influence.


Exo33:11 And yahuah spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant (H8334) Joshua the son of Nun, a young man (H5288) departed not out of the tabernacle.


H8334 - שׁרת - a primitive root; to attend as a menial or worshipper; figuratively to contribute to.

H5288 - נער - From H5287 - a boy, from the sage of infancy to adolescence; by implication a servant, could also be a girl.


Spirits that are also servants

Heb1:14 - Are they not all ministering (G3010) spirits, sent forth to minister for them who shall be heirs of salvation?


G3010 - λειτουργικα - functional publicly, that is beneficient. Same as G3008.

G3008 - - to be a public servant, that is (by analogy) to perform religious or charitable functions (worship, obey, relieve). From G3011

G3011 - - a public servant, tha is a functionary in the Temple or Gospel


Blacks Law Disctionary:

Minister - Ecclesiastical law. A person ordained according to the usages of some church or associated body of Christians for the preaching of the gospel and fulfilling the pastoral office