Word Study · Strong's H5647 · Hebrew
עָבַד
abad
aw-bad'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻâbad
“to work (in any sense)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Rendered in the KJV as
[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
- 288occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 25 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 221inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 288 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 221
- לַעֲבֹ֖ד8
- וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ6
- וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃5
- וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ4
- וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙4
- וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃3
- לַעֲבֹ֕ד3
- לַעֲבֹ֣ד3
- לְעָבְדָ֖ם3
- עֹבֵ֣ד3
- עִבְד֣וּ3
- עֹבְדֵ֥י3
and 209 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 135
- to serve24
- and you will serve17
- and they served16
- serve10
- you will serve10
- and he served8
- and serve7
- and they will serve7
- so they may serve me6
- to serve them6
- you will labor6
- [those who] serve5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 89
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)28
- Hc/Vqw3mp17
- Hc/Vqq2mp13
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular12
- Hc/Vqw3ms10
- verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural10
- Hc/Vqq3cp8
- conjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural7
- verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular7
- verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural7
- verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)7
- Hc/Vqq2ms6
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HR/Vqcc · 28
- Hc/Vqw3mp · 17
- Hc/Vqq2mp · 13
- HVqi2ms · 12
- Hc/Vqw3ms · 10
- HVqv2mp · 10
- Hc/Vqq3cp · 8
- HC/Vqv2mp · 7
- HVqi3ms · 7
- HVqp3cp · 7
- HVqrmpc · 7
- Hc/Vqq2ms · 6
All 288, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- Deuteronomy35 of 288 · 12%
- Jeremiah35 of 288 · 12%
- Exodus31 of 288 · 11%
- Genesis23 of 288 · 8%
- Numbers21 of 288 · 7%
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Genesis23 occurrences
- Genesis 2:5לַֽעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted; for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.here: to till
- Genesis 2:15לְעָבְדָ֖הּleavedahpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person feminine singularThen the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.here: to till it
- Genesis 3:23לַֽעֲבֹד֙laavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.here: to till
- Genesis 4:2עֹבֵ֥דʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.here: a tiller of
- Genesis 4:12תַֽעֲבֹד֙taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularWhen you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”here: you will till
- Genesis 14:4עָבְד֖וּʾaveduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.here: they had served
- Genesis 15:13וַעֲבָד֖וּםvaavadumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mpThen the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.here: and they will serve them
- Genesis 15:14יַעֲבֹ֖דוּyaavoduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralBut I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.here: they will serve
- Genesis 25:23יַעֲבֹ֥דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularand He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”here: it will serve
- Genesis 27:29יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָyaavdukhaverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularMay peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”here: may they serve you
- Genesis 27:40תַּעֲבֹ֑דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”here: you will serve
- Genesis 29:15וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִיvaavadtaniHc/Vqq2ms/Sp1bsLaban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”here: and you will serve me
- Genesis 29:18אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ʾeevadekhaverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularSince Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”here: I will serve you
- Genesis 29:20וַיַּעֲבֹ֧דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msSo Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.here: and he served
- Genesis 29:25עָבַ֣דְתִּיʾavadtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularWhen morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”here: have I served
- Genesis 29:27תַּעֲבֹ֣דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularFinish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”here: you will serve
- Genesis 29:30וַיַּעֲבֹ֣דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msJacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.here: and he served
- Genesis 30:26עָבַ֧דְתִּיʾavadtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularGive me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”here: I have served
- Genesis 30:26עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ʾavadtikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularGive me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”here: I have served you
- Genesis 30:29עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָʾavadtikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThen Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.here: I have served you
- Genesis 31:6עָבַ֖דְתִּיʾavadtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularYou know that I have served your father with all my strength.here: I have served
- Genesis 31:41עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָʾavadtikhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularThus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!here: I served you
- Genesis 49:15עֹבֵֽד׃ סʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularHe saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.here: laboring
Exodus31 occurrences
- Exodus 1:13וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּvaiyaaviduHc/Vhw3mpThey worked the Israelites ruthlesslyhere: and they compelled to labor
- Exodus 1:14עָבְד֥וּʾaveduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluraland made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.here: they labored
- Exodus 3:12תַּֽעַבְדוּן֙taavdunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nun“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.”here: you will serve !
- Exodus 4:23וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִיveyaavdeniHC/Vqu3ms/Sp1bsand I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”here: so he may serve me
- Exodus 5:18עִבְד֔וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”here: work
- Exodus 6:5מַעֲבִדִ֣יםmaavidimverb · causative (hiphil), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralFurthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.here: [are] compelling to labor
- Exodus 7:16וְיַֽעַבְדֻ֖נִיveyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsThen say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But you have not listened until now.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 8:1וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃veyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 8:20וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃veyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsThen the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 9:1וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃veyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsThen the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 9:13וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃veyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsThen the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 10:3וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃veyaavduniHC/Vqu3mp/Sp1bsSo Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.here: so they may serve me
- Exodus 10:7וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּveyaavduHC/Vqu3mpPharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt is in ruins?”here: so they may serve
- Exodus 10:8עִבְד֖וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralSo Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”here: serve
- Exodus 10:11וְעִבְד֣וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNo, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.here: and serve
- Exodus 10:24עִבְד֣וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”here: serve
- Exodus 10:26לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”here: to serve
- Exodus 10:26נַּעֲבֹד֙naavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralEven our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”here: will we serve
- Exodus 12:31עִבְד֥וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.here: serve
- Exodus 13:5וְעָבַדְתָּ֛veavadtaHc/Vqq2msAnd when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.here: and you will serve
- Exodus 14:5מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃meavedenupreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluralWhen the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”here: from serving us
- Exodus 14:12וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣הvenaavdahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralDid we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”here: so let us serve
- Exodus 14:12עֲבֹ֣דʾavodverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”here: serving
- Exodus 20:5תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒taavedemverb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,here: you must be enticed to serve them
- Exodus 20:9תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularSix days you shall labor and do all your work,here: you will labor
- Exodus 21:2יַעֲבֹ֑דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularIf you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.here: he will serve
- Exodus 21:6וַעֲבָד֖וֹvaavadoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msthen his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.here: and he will serve him
- Exodus 23:24תָֽעָבְדֵ֔םtaavedemverb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou must not bow down to their gods or serve them or follow their practices. Instead, you are to demolish them and smash their sacred stones to pieces.here: you must be enticed to serve them
- Exodus 23:25וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpSo you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.here: and you will serve
- Exodus 23:33תַעֲבֹד֙taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularThey must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”here: you will serve
- Exodus 34:21תַּעֲבֹ֔דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularSix days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.here: you will labor
Leviticus3 occurrences
- Leviticus 25:39תַעֲבֹ֥דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularIf a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.here: you will labor
- Leviticus 25:40יַעֲבֹ֥דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularLet him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.here: he will serve
- Leviticus 25:46תַּעֲבֹ֑דוּtaavoduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.here: you will labor
Numbers21 occurrences
- Numbers 3:7לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.here: by serving
- Numbers 3:8לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.here: by serving
- Numbers 4:23לַעֲבֹ֥דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.here: to serve
- Numbers 4:24לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:here: to serve
- Numbers 4:26וְעָבָֽדוּ׃veavaduHc/Vqq3cpthe curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.here: and they will serve
- Numbers 4:30לַעֲבֹ֕דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.here: to serve
- Numbers 4:37הָעֹבֵ֖דhaovedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThese were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.here: the [one who] serves
- Numbers 4:41הָעֹבֵ֖דhaovedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThese were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.here: the [one who] serves
- Numbers 4:47לַעֲבֹ֨דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.here: to serve
- Numbers 7:5לַעֲבֹ֕דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)“Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”here: to serve
- Numbers 8:11לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.here: to serve
- Numbers 8:15לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.here: to serve
- Numbers 8:19לַעֲבֹ֞דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”here: to serve
- Numbers 8:22לַעֲבֹ֤דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.here: to serve
- Numbers 8:25יַעֲבֹ֖דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularBut at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.here: he will serve
- Numbers 8:26יַעֲבֹ֑דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularAfter that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”here: he will serve
- Numbers 16:9לַעֲבֹ֗דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?here: to serve
- Numbers 18:6לַעֲבֹ֕דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.here: to serve
- Numbers 18:7וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpBut only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”here: and you will serve
- Numbers 18:21עֹֽבְדִ֔יםʾoedimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralBehold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.here: [are] serving
- Numbers 18:23וְעָבַ֨דveavadHc/Vqq3msThe Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.here: and he will serve
Deuteronomy35 occurrences
- Deuteronomy 4:19וַעֲבַדְתָּ֑םvaavadtamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mpWhen you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.here: and you will serve them
- Deuteronomy 4:28וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־vaavadtem-Hc/Vqq2mpAnd there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.here: and you will serve
- Deuteronomy 5:9תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒taavedemverb · causative passive (hophal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralYou shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,here: you must be enticed to serve them
- Deuteronomy 5:13תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularSix days you shall labor and do all your work,here: you will labor
- Deuteronomy 6:13תַעֲבֹ֑דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularFear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.here: you will serve
- Deuteronomy 7:4וְעָבְד֖וּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpbecause they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.here: and they will serve
- Deuteronomy 7:16תַעֲבֹד֙taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.here: you will serve
- Deuteronomy 8:19וַעֲבַדְתָּ֖םvaavadtamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mpIf you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.here: and you will serve them
- Deuteronomy 10:12וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙velaavodconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)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,here: and to serve
- Deuteronomy 10:20תַעֲבֹ֑דtaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.here: you will serve
- Deuteronomy 11:13וּלְעָבְד֔וֹuleavedoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,here: and to serve him
- Deuteronomy 11:16וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙vaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpBut be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,here: and you will serve
- Deuteronomy 12:2עָֽבְדוּ־ʾavedu-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralDestroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.here: they have served
- Deuteronomy 12:30יַעַבְד֜וּyaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralbe careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”here: do they serve
- Deuteronomy 13:2וְנָֽעָבְדֵֽם׃venaavedemHC/VHu1cp/Sp3mpand if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”here: and let us be enticed to serve them
- Deuteronomy 13:4תַעֲבֹ֖דוּtaavoduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.here: you will serve
- Deuteronomy 13:6וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙venaavdahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralIf your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,here: and let us serve
- Deuteronomy 13:13וְנַעַבְדָ֛הvenaavdahconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) · 1st person common pluralthat wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),here: and let us serve
- Deuteronomy 15:12וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖vaavadekhaHc/Vqq3ms/Sp2msIf a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.here: and he will serve you
- Deuteronomy 15:18עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ʾavadekhaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularDo not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.here: he has served you
- Deuteronomy 15:19תַעֲבֹד֙taavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine singularYou must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.here: you will labor
- Deuteronomy 17:3וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙vaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msand going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—here: and he has served
- Deuteronomy 20:11וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃vaavadukhaHc/Vqq3cp/Sp2msIf they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.here: and they will serve you
- Deuteronomy 21:3עֻבַּד֙ʾubadverb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,here: it has been worked
- Deuteronomy 21:4יֵעָבֵ֥דyeavedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularbring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.here: it is tilled
- Deuteronomy 28:14לְעָבְדָֽם׃ סleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralDo not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.here: to serve them
- Deuteronomy 28:36וְעָבַ֥דְתָּveavadtaHc/Vqq2msThe LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.here: and you will serve
- Deuteronomy 28:39וְעָבָ֑דְתָּveavadetaHc/Vqq2msYou will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.here: and you will labor
- Deuteronomy 28:47עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ʾavadtaverb · simple (qal), completed action · 2nd person masculine singularBecause you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,here: you have served
- Deuteronomy 28:48וְעָבַדְתָּ֣veavadtaHc/Vqq2msyou will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.here: and you will serve
- Deuteronomy 28:64וְעָבַ֨דְתָּveavadtaHc/Vqq2msThen the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.here: and you will serve
- Deuteronomy 29:18לַעֲבֹ֔דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,here: to serve
- Deuteronomy 29:26וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙vaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThey went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.here: and they served
- Deuteronomy 30:17וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃vaavadtamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mpBut if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,here: and you will serve them
- Deuteronomy 31:20וַעֲבָד֔וּםvaavadumHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3mpWhen I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.here: and they will serve them
Joshua21 occurrences
- Joshua 16:10עֹבֵֽד׃ פʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularBut they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.here: laboring
- Joshua 22:5וּלְעָבְד֕וֹuleavedoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularBut 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.”here: and to serve him
- Joshua 22:27לַעֲבֹ֞דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Rather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’here: to serve
- Joshua 23:7תַעַבְד֔וּםtaavdumverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralSo you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.here: you must serve them
- Joshua 23:16וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙vaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpIf you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”here: and you will serve
- Joshua 24:2וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpAnd Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.here: and they served
- Joshua 24:14וְעִבְד֥וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.here: and serve
- Joshua 24:14עָבְד֨וּʾaveduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralNow, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.here: they served
- Joshua 24:14וְעִבְד֖וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.here: and serve
- Joshua 24:15לַעֲבֹ֣דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”here: to serve
- Joshua 24:15תַעֲבֹדוּן֒taavodunverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + paragogic nunBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”here: will you serve !
- Joshua 24:15עָבְד֣וּʾaveduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”here: they served
- Joshua 24:15נַעֲבֹ֖דnaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralBut if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”here: we will serve
- Joshua 24:16לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!here: to serve
- Joshua 24:18נַעֲבֹ֣דnaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralAnd the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”here: we will serve
- Joshua 24:19לַעֲבֹ֣דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.here: to serve
- Joshua 24:20וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpIf you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”here: and you will serve
- Joshua 24:21נַעֲבֹֽד׃naavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”here: we will serve
- Joshua 24:22לַעֲבֹ֣דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.here: to serve
- Joshua 24:24נַעֲבֹ֔דnaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common pluralSo the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”here: we will serve
- Joshua 24:31וַיַּעֲבֹ֤דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msIsrael had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.here: and it served
Judges17 occurrences
- Judges 2:7וַיַּעַבְד֤וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpAnd the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.here: and they served
- Judges 2:11וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpAnd the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.here: and they served
- Judges 2:13וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpfor they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.here: and they served
- Judges 2:19לְעָבְדָ֖םleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralBut when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.here: to serve them
- Judges 3:6וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpAnd they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.here: and they served
- Judges 3:7וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpSo the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.here: and they served
- Judges 3:8וַיַּעַבְד֧וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThen the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.here: and they served
- Judges 3:14וַיַּעַבְד֤וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThe Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.here: and they served
- Judges 9:28נַעַבְדֶ֔נּוּnaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?here: we will serve him
- Judges 9:28עִבְד֗וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?here: serve
- Judges 9:28נַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּnaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?here: will we serve him
- Judges 9:38נַעַבְדֶ֑נּוּnaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular“Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”here: we will serve him
- Judges 10:6וַיַּעַבְד֣וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpAnd 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.here: and they served
- Judges 10:6עֲבָדֽוּהוּ׃ʾavaduhuverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd 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.here: they served him
- Judges 10:10וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖דvanaavodHc/Vqw1cpThen the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”here: and we have served
- Judges 10:13וַתַּעַבְד֖וּvataavduHc/Vqw2mpBut you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.here: and you have served
- Judges 10:16וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpSo they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.here: and they served
1 Samuel13 occurrences
- 1 Samuel 4:9תַּעַבְד֣וּtaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralTake courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”here: you should serve
- 1 Samuel 4:9עָבְד֖וּʾaveduverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralTake courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”here: they have served
- 1 Samuel 7:3וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּveivduhuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”here: and serve him
- 1 Samuel 7:4וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpSo the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.here: and they served
- 1 Samuel 8:8וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpJust as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.here: and they have served
- 1 Samuel 11:1וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃venaavdekaHC/Vqu1cp/Sp2msSoon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”here: and we will serve you
- 1 Samuel 12:10וַנַּעֲבֹ֥דvanaavodHc/Vqw1cpThen they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’here: and we have served
- 1 Samuel 12:10וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃venaavdekaHC/Vqu1cp/Sp2msThen they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’here: so we may serve you
- 1 Samuel 12:14וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֤םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpIf you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.here: and you will serve
- 1 Samuel 12:20וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mp“Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.here: and you will serve
- 1 Samuel 12:24וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpAbove all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.here: and you will serve
- 1 Samuel 17:9וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖םvaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpIf he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”here: and you will serve
- 1 Samuel 26:19עֲבֹ֖דʾavodverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singularNow please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’here: serve
2 Samuel6 occurrences
- 2 Samuel 9:10וְעָבַ֣דְתָּveavadtaHc/Vqq2msYou and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.here: and you will work
- 2 Samuel 10:19וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּםvaiyaavdumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mpWhen all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.here: and they served them
- 2 Samuel 15:8וְעָבַדְתִּ֖יveavadtiHc/Vqq1csFor your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”here: and I will serve
- 2 Samuel 16:19אֶֽעֱבֹ֔דʾeevodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common singularFurthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”here: will I serve
- 2 Samuel 16:19עָבַ֙דְתִּי֙ʾavadtiverb · simple (qal), completed action · 1st person common singularFurthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”here: I served
- 2 Samuel 22:44יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃yaavduniverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.here: they served me
1 Kings8 occurrences
- 1 Kings 4:21וְעֹבְדִ֥יםveoedimconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralAnd Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.here: and [were] serving
- 1 Kings 9:6וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙vaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpBut if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,here: and you will serve
- 1 Kings 9:9וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑םvaiyaavdumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mpAnd others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”here: and they served them
- 1 Kings 9:21עֹבֵ֔דʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singulartheir descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.here: laboring
- 1 Kings 12:4וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃venaavdekaHC/Vqu1cp/Sp2ms“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”here: and we will serve you
- 1 Kings 12:7וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔םvaavadtamHc/Vqq2ms/Sp3mpThey replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”here: and you will serve them
- 1 Kings 16:31וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msAnd as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.here: and he served
- 1 Kings 22:53וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙vaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msAhaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.here: and he served
2 Kings18 occurrences
- 2 Kings 10:18עָבַ֥דʾavadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.here: he served
- 2 Kings 10:18יַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּyaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThen Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.here: he will serve him
- 2 Kings 10:19עֹבְדָ֣יוʾoedavverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularNow, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.here: [those who] serve him
- 2 Kings 10:19עֹבְדֵ֥יʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.here: [those who] serve
- 2 Kings 10:21עֹבְדֵ֣יʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.here: [those who] serve
- 2 Kings 10:22עֹבְדֵ֣יʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.here: [those who] serve
- 2 Kings 10:23לְעֹבְדֵ֣יleoedeipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”here: to [those who] serve
- 2 Kings 10:23עֹבְדֵ֥יʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”here: [those who] serve
- 2 Kings 17:12וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThey served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”here: and they served
- 2 Kings 17:16וַיַּעַבְד֖וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThey abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.here: and they served
- 2 Kings 17:33עֹֽבְדִ֔יםʾoedimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThey worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.here: serving
- 2 Kings 17:35תַעַבְד֔וּםtaavdumverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralFor the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.here: you must serve them
- 2 Kings 17:41עֹֽבְדִ֑יםʾoedimverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralSo these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.here: serving
- 2 Kings 18:7עֲבָדֽוֹ׃avadoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAnd the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.here: he served him
- 2 Kings 21:3וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.here: and he served
- 2 Kings 21:21וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msHe walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.here: and he served
- 2 Kings 21:21עָבַ֣דʾavadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularHe walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.here: he had served
- 2 Kings 25:24וְעִבְד֛וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”here: and serve
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 19:19וַיַּֽעַבְדֻ֑הוּvaiyaavduhuHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3msWhen 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.here: and they served him
- 1 Chronicles 28:9וְעָבְדֵ֗הוּveavedehuconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularAs for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.here: and serve him
2 Chronicles12 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 2:18לְהַעֲבִ֥ידlehaavidpreposition + verb · causative (hiphil), infinitive (“to…”)Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.here: to compel to labor
- 2 Chronicles 7:19וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙vaavadtemHc/Vqq2mpBut if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,here: and you will serve
- 2 Chronicles 7:22וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּםvaiyaavdumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mpAnd others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”here: and they served them
- 2 Chronicles 10:4וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃venaavdekaHC/Vqu1cp/Sp2ms“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”here: and we will serve you
- 2 Chronicles 24:18וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThey abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.here: and they served
- 2 Chronicles 30:8וְעִבְדוּ֙veivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralNow do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.here: and serve
- 2 Chronicles 33:3וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖דvaiyaavodHc/Vqw3msFor he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.here: and he served
- 2 Chronicles 33:16לַעֲב֕וֹדlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.here: to serve
- 2 Chronicles 33:22וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃vaiyaavdemHc/Vqw3ms/Sp3mpAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,here: and he served them
- 2 Chronicles 34:33וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֗דvaiyaavedHc/Vhw3msAnd Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.here: and he made to serve
- 2 Chronicles 34:33לַעֲב֖וֹדlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.here: to serve
- 2 Chronicles 35:3עִבְדוּ֙ʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralTo the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.here: serve
Job3 occurrences
- Job 21:15נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּnaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 1st person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularWho is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’here: we will serve him
- Job 36:11וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּveyaavoduHC/Vqu3mpIf they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.here: and they may serve [him]
- Job 39:9עָבְדֶ֑ךָʾavedekhaverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularWill the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?here: to serve you
Psalms8 occurrences
- Psalms 2:11עִבְד֣וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralServe the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.here: serve
- Psalms 18:43יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃yaavduniverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.here: they serve me
- Psalms 22:30יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּyaavdenuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularPosterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.here: it will serve him
- Psalms 72:11יַֽעַבְדֽוּהוּ׃yaavduhuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularMay all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.here: they will serve him
- Psalms 97:7עֹ֬בְדֵיoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!here: [those who] serve
- Psalms 100:2עִבְד֣וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralServe the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.here: serve
- Psalms 102:22לַעֲבֹ֥דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.here: to serve
- Psalms 106:36וַיַּעַבְד֥וּvaiyaavduHc/Vqw3mpThey worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.here: and they served
Proverbs2 occurrences
- Proverbs 12:11עֹבֵ֣דʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.here: [one who] works
- Proverbs 28:19עֹבֵ֣דʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.here: [one who] tills
Ecclesiastes2 occurrences
- Ecclesiastes 5:9נֶעֱבָֽד׃neevadverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularThe produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.here: he has been served
- Ecclesiastes 5:12הָעֹבֵ֔דhaovedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.here: the laborer
Isaiah9 occurrences
- Isaiah 14:3עֻבַּד־ʾubad-verb · intensive passive (pual), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularOn the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,here: it was labored
- Isaiah 19:9עֹבְדֵ֥יʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.here: workers of
- Isaiah 19:21וְעָֽבְדוּ֙veaveduHc/Vqq3cpThe LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.here: and they will serve
- Isaiah 19:23וְעָבְד֥וּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpIn that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.here: and they will serve
- Isaiah 28:21וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙velaavodconjunction (“and”) + preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.here: and to work
- Isaiah 30:24עֹֽבְדֵי֙ʾoedeiverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.here: [which] work
- Isaiah 43:23הֶעֱבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙heevadtikhaverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 1st person common singular + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine singularYou have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.here: I have burdened you
- Isaiah 43:24הֶעֱבַדְתַּ֙נִי֙heevadtaniverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 2nd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularYou have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.here: you have burdened me
- Isaiah 60:12יַעַבְד֖וּךְyaavdukhverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singularFor the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.here: they will serve you
Jeremiah35 occurrences
- Jeremiah 5:19וַתַּעַבְד֞וּvataavduHc/Vqw2mpAnd when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”here: and you served
- Jeremiah 5:19תַּעַבְד֣וּtaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”here: you will serve
- Jeremiah 8:2עֲבָדוּם֙ʾavadumverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.here: they served them
- Jeremiah 11:10לְעָבְדָ֑םleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThey have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.here: to serve them
- Jeremiah 13:10לְעָבְדָ֖םleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralThese evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.here: to serve them
- Jeremiah 16:11וַיַּעַבְד֖וּםvaiyaavdumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mpThen you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.here: and they served them
- Jeremiah 16:13וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־vaavadtem-Hc/Vqq2mpSo I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’here: and you will serve
- Jeremiah 17:4וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙vehaavadtikhaHc/Vhq1cs/Sp2msAnd you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”here: and I will make serve you
- Jeremiah 22:9וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ סvaiyaavdumHc/Vqw3mp/Sp3mpThen people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”here: and they served them
- Jeremiah 22:13יַעֲבֹ֣דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singular“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,here: he works
- Jeremiah 25:6לְעָבְדָ֖םleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralDo not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’here: to serve them
- Jeremiah 25:11וְעָ֨בְד֜וּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpAnd this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.here: and they will serve
- Jeremiah 25:14עָֽבְדוּ־ʾavedu-verb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person common pluralFor many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”here: they will work
- Jeremiah 27:6לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃leavedopreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.here: to serve him
- Jeremiah 27:7וְעָבְד֤וּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpAll nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.here: and they will serve
- Jeremiah 27:7וְעָ֤בְדוּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpAll nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.here: and they will work
- Jeremiah 27:8יַעַבְד֤וּyaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralAs for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.here: they will serve
- Jeremiah 27:9תַעַבְד֖וּtaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralBut as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’here: you will serve
- Jeremiah 27:11וַֽעֲבָד֑וֹvaavadoHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3msBut the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”here: and it will serve him
- Jeremiah 27:11וַֽעֲבָדָ֖הּvaavadahHc/Vqq3ms/Sp3fsBut the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”here: and it will work it
- Jeremiah 27:12וְעִבְד֥וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!here: and serve
- Jeremiah 27:13יַעֲבֹ֖דyaavodverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine singularWhy should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?here: it will serve
- Jeremiah 27:14תַעַבְד֖וּtaavduverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 2nd person masculine pluralDo not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.here: you will serve
- Jeremiah 27:17עִבְד֥וּʾivduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralDo not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?here: serve
- Jeremiah 28:14לַעֲבֹ֛דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”here: to serve
- Jeremiah 28:14וַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּvaavaduhuHc/Vqq3cp/Sp3msFor this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”here: and they will serve him
- Jeremiah 30:8יַעַבְדוּ־yaavdu-verb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine pluralOn that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.here: they will work
- Jeremiah 30:9וְעָ֣בְד֔וּveaveduHc/Vqq3cpInstead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.here: and they will serve
- Jeremiah 34:9עֲבָד־ʾavod-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.here: to work
- Jeremiah 34:10עֲבָד־ʾavod-verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,here: to work
- Jeremiah 34:14וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙vaavadekhaHc/Vqq3ms/Sp2msEvery seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.here: and he will serve you
- Jeremiah 35:15לְעָבְדָ֔םleavedampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluralAgain and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.here: to serve them
- Jeremiah 40:9מֵעֲב֣וֹדmeavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.here: from serving
- Jeremiah 40:9וְעִבְד֛וּveivduconjunction (“and”) + verb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralGedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.here: and serve
- Jeremiah 44:3לַעֲבֹ֖דlaavodpreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.here: to serve
Ezekiel11 occurrences
- Ezekiel 20:39עֲבֹ֔דוּʾavoduverb · simple (qal), command · 2nd person masculine pluralAnd as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.here: serve
- Ezekiel 20:40יַעַבְדֻ֜נִיyaavduniverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singularFor on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.here: they will serve me
- Ezekiel 29:18הֶעֱבִ֨ידheevidverb · causative (hiphil), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.here: he made to labor
- Ezekiel 29:18עָבַ֥דʾavadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.here: he had labored
- Ezekiel 29:20עָ֣בַדʾavadverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singularI have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.here: he served
- Ezekiel 34:27הָעֹבְדִ֥יםhaoedimthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine pluralThe trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.here: those [who] labored
- Ezekiel 36:9וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖םveneevadtemHc/VNq2mpFor behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.here: and you will be tilled
- Ezekiel 36:34תֵּֽעָבֵ֑דteavedverb · passive or reflexive (niphal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person feminine singularThe desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.here: it will be tilled
- Ezekiel 48:18לְעֹבְדֵ֖יleoedeipreposition + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.here: for [the] workers of
- Ezekiel 48:19וְהָעֹבֵ֖דvehaovedconjunction (“and”) + the definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singularThe workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.here: and the worker
- Ezekiel 48:19יַעַבְד֕וּהוּyaavduhuverb · simple (qal), ongoing or future action · 3rd person masculine plural + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularThe workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.here: they will serve it
Hosea1 occurrence
Malachi4 occurrences
- Malachi 3:14עֲבֹ֣דʾavodverb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”)You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?here: to serve
- Malachi 3:17הָעֹבֵ֥דhaovedthe definite article (“the”) + verb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular“They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.here: who serves
- Malachi 3:18עֹבֵ֣דʾovedverb · simple (qal), participle (“the one who…”) · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”here: [one who] serves
- Malachi 3:18עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ סavadoverb · simple (qal), completed action · 3rd person masculine singular + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singularSo you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”here: he serves him