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servant

  1. g.yog

    Biblical: 1) menservants: g.yog po/  male servant (Mt. 8:9), slob dpon las slob ma mi che/,,dpon po las g.yog po mi che/  a student is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master (Mt. 10:24), ma shi ka ya hu da pa rnams kyi g.yog por gyur/  Christ has become a servant of the Jews (Rom. 15:8); 2) maidservants: g.yog mo zhig a servant girl (Mt. 26:69), nga ni gtso bo'i g.yog mo yin/  I am the Lord's servant (Lk. 1:38); 3) fellow servant: g.yog grogs shig yin/  I am a fellow servant (Rev. 22:9).

    Buddhist: g.yog po/  is a helper, paid servant, or even employee (AMD) as distinct from a bran/  or g.yog bran/  a slave: mtshams g.yog a "recluse-helper" or servant attending to the needs of a monk in solitary meditation (TRC 51), nad g.yog a nurse (TRC 76), 'khor g.yog attendants (TRC 259), dpon g.yog master and servants (DPD), g.yog po'i tha mar 'gyur ba/  become the least of servants (TRC 259). The Bst. scriptures encourage offering of oneself to the Buddhas as a servant (MTB 48).

    Proverbs: kha bde po mi yi dpon po yin/,,lag pa bde po mi yi g.yog po yi/  the eloquent speaker is peoples' master and the skilled craftsman is peoples' servant (TQP 41).

  2. zhabs phyi/ 

    [hon. of g.yog po/ ]

    Biblical: servant: nga'i zhabs phyi drang po/  my righteous servant (Is. 53:11), khyed tsho'i dbus su che shos de khyed kyi zhabs phyir 'gyur dgos/  the greatest among you will be your servant (Mt. 23:11), nyid kyi zhabs phyi ye shu/  his servant Jesus (Acts 3:13), bla na med pa'i dkon mchog gi zhabs phyi/  servants of the Most High God (Acts 16:17), ye shu ma shi ka'i zhabs phyi pa'u lu/  Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus (Rom. 1:1).

  3. 'bangs/ 

    Biblical: servant: dkon mchog gi 'bangs byos shig live as servants of God (1 Pet. 2:16), khong gi 'bangs rnams kyis bsnyen bkur byed pa/  his servants will serve him (Rev. 22:3).

    Buddhist: 1) servant, serf: lha 'bangs/  a temple servant; 2) a subject; one under the authority of a king: rje 'bangs/  king and subjects (TRC 136), dpon 'bangs/  nobility and subjects (KPU 10), mnga' 'bangs/  or chab 'bangs/  citizens.