Word Study · Strong's H5647
עָבַד
ʻâbad
“to work (in any sense)”
- 288occurrencescanonical count
- 288tagged so farloaded book by book
- 25books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. KJV usage: [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,
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The ledger of occurrences
Genesis23 occurrences
And no plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for Jehovah God had not caused it to rain upon the earth: and there was not a man to till the ground;The first tagged occurrence in Genesis.
Exodus31 occurrences
And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigor:The first tagged occurrence in Exodus.
Leviticus3 occurrences
And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bondservant.The first tagged occurrence in Leviticus.
Numbers21 occurrences
And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.The first tagged occurrence in Numbers.
Deuteronomy35 occurrences
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.The first tagged occurrence in Deuteronomy.
Joshua21 occurrences
And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.The first tagged occurrence in Joshua.
Judges17 occurrences
And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.The first tagged occurrence in Judges.
1 Samuel13 occurrences
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you: quit yourselves like men, and fight.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel6 occurrences
And thou shalt till the land for him, thou, and thy sons, and thy servants; and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master’s son may have bread to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master’s son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
1 Kings8 occurrences
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Kings18 occurrences
And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served Baal a little; but Jehu will serve him much.The first tagged occurrence in 2 Kings.
1 Chronicles2 occurrences
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.The first tagged occurrence in 1 Chronicles.