<P> "Servant of God" is a term used for individuals by various religions for people believed to be pious in the faith's tradition . In the Catholic Church, it designates an individual who is being investigated by the Church for possible canonization as a saint . In the Eastern Orthodox Church, this term is used to refer to any Eastern Orthodox Christian . The Arabic name Abdullah (عبد الله,' Abd Allah "servant of god"); the Hebrew name Obadiah (עובדיה); the German name Gottschalk and the Sanskrit name Devdas mean "servant of God". </P> <P> The expression "servant of God" appears eight times in the Bible, the first four in the Old Testament, the last four in the New . The Hebrew Bible refers to "Moses the servant of Elohim" (עֶֽבֶד הָאֱלֹהִ֛ים' eḇeḏ - hā'ĕlōhîm; 1 Chronicles 6: 49, 2 Chronicles 24: 9, Nehemiah 10: 29, and Daniel 9: 11). Judges 2: 8 refers to Joshua as' eḇeḏ Yahweh (עֶ֣בֶד יְהוָ֑ה). </P>

What it means to be a servant of god