What Does “Manservant, maidservant” Mean in the Bible?
A person who worked and lived in someone else’s house, at his service.
A detail
- Careful: in Spanish Bibles the word is “criado,” which has nothing to do with “criar,” to raise a child.
Where it appears in the Bible
Genesis 24:2
What the Bible says
Genesis 24:2
And he said to the elder servant of his house, who was ruler over all he had: Put thy hand under my thigh,
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “criado”