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"Slavery" is referenced, permitted and regulated in the Bible.  The Hebrew word ''ebed'' is translated as "slave" or "servant", but the concept is not fully the same as the modern understanding of "slave", the institution of which was not a monolithic institution. ''Slave'' included various types of "persons in subordinate positions"<ref name="ctt">[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/qnoslave.html Does God condone slavery in the Bible?] (Christian ThinkTank)</ref>  Therefore, "all the subjects of Israel and Judah are called '''slaves''' of their '''kings'''",<ref name="ctt" /> while loss of freedom and degree of subjugation more distinctly defines subjects of institutionalized slavery.  

"Slavery" is referenced, permitted and regulated in the Bible.  The Hebrew word ''ebed'' is translated as "slave" or "servant", but the concept is not fully the same as the modern understanding of "slave", the institution of which was not a monolithic institution. ''Slave'' included various types of "persons in subordinate positions"<ref name="ctt">[http://www.christian-thinktank.com/qnoslave.html Does God condone slavery in the Bible?] (Christian ThinkTank)</ref>  Therefore, "all the subjects of Israel and Judah are called '''slaves''' of their '''kings'''",<ref name="ctt" /> while loss of freedom and degree of subjugation more distinctly defines subjects of institutionalized slavery.