עַבְדוּת (ʿabdût) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning servitude. It appears
3 times
in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5659).
Also rendered
slavery
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1553e)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1553e)servitude, bondage
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עַבְדוּתnoun, feminine: servitude, bondage
Strong's H5659עַבְדוּת: servitude KJV:bondage.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1553: עָבַדʿābad — work, serve; labour, do work, work for another, serve as subjects, with Levitical service; be tilled, cultivated; compel to labour, make to serve as subjects, cause to serve; be led, enticed to serve; enslave; keep in bondage…