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HebrewH5647Verb

עָבַד

a.vad

244Occurrences
H5647Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

a primitive root;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
serve[someone] 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

H:V

Full Description

Hebrew Verb

Occurrences

עָבַד appears 244 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Jeremiah
30
Deuteronomy
29
Exodus
27
Genesis
22
Numbers
21
Joshua
16
2 Kings
14
Judges
14

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 19:19BSB

When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.

Deuteronomy 10:12BSB

And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,

Exodus 3:12BSB

“I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”

Judges 10:6BSB

And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

Joshua 22:5BSB

But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.