<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> <P> The New Testament also describes Moses in this way in Revelation 15: 3 (τοῦ δούλου τοῦ Θεοῦ, tou doulou tou Theou). Paul calls himself "a servant of God" in Titus 1: 1 (δοῦλος Θεοῦ, doulos Theou), while James calls himself "a servant of God and the Lord Jesus Christ" (θεοῦ καὶ κυρίου Ἰησοῦ χριστοῦ δοῦλος, Theou kai Kyriou Iēsou Christou doulos) in James 1: 1 . 2 Peter 2: 16 describes "servants of God" (Θεοῦ δοῦλοι, Theou douloi) being free to act within the bounds of God's will . Following grammatical conventions established in the King James Bible, the word "servant" is never capitalized or used as a title of nobility . ("The servant is not greater than his lord .") </P>

Meaning of the word servant in the bible