עבד

עֶבֶדm. (b. h.; preced. wds.) slave, servant. Kidd.20a הקונה ע׳ עבריוכ׳ he who buys a Hebrew slave, has, so to say, bought a master over himself. Sabb.89a כלום יש ע׳ שנותןוכ׳ dare a servant salute his master (first)? Snh.58b (ref. to Prov. 12:11) אם … כע׳ לאדמהוכ׳ if a man makes himself a slave to the soil, he will be satisfied with bread Kidd.I, 3 ע׳ כנעני נקנהוכ׳ a Canaanite (gentile) slave is acquired by money, by deed Ib. III, 13 ממזר … הולד ע׳ if a bastard marries a slave, the child is a slave; הרי זה ע׳ ממזר the child is a bastard slave (subject to the disabilities of both). Shebu.47b ע׳ מלך כמלך a kings officer is like a king (the inferior person is raised by association with a superior); a. v. fr.Pl. עֲבָדִים. Kidd.22b (ref. to Lev. 25:55) כי לי … ולא ע׳ לע׳ ‘the children of Israel are my servants, but they must not make themselves servants of servants (of human beings). Ab. I, 3 אל תהיו כע׳וכ׳ be not like the servants that wait upon their master for the sake of getting their fare (reward), v. פְּרָס; a. fr.