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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H5656

עֲבֹדָה

abodahab-o-daw'

service

145 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ʻăbôdâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5656is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 15 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 79
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H5656

work of any kind

The King James renders it: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

abodah is rendered "service". It stands 145 times in the Hebrew text, across fifteen books.

  • Fifty of the uses stand in Numbers, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 29:27Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
  • The Greek text spells it seventy-nine different ways.

The first use

Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

Genesis 29:27בַּעֲבֹדָה֙

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Fifty of the word's 145 uses are in Numbers.

The other 24 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • service of34
  • servitude13
  • service their12
  • the service10
  • for service6
  • for service of6
  • service its6
  • the labor6
  • service4
  • service his4
  • and service3
  • for service their3

and 31 more, 145 uses in all

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

עֲבֹתabothcordUses24

The words it stands beside

All 145, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

79 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • עֲבֹדָ֖ה14
  • עֲבֹדַ֥ת7
  • עֲבֹדַ֖ת6
  • לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת5
  • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃5
  • הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה4
  • הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה4
  • עֲבֹדַת֙4
  • עֲבוֹדַ֥ת4
  • לַעֲבֹדָ֖ה3
  • עֲבֹדַ֣ת3
  • עֲבֹדַ֤ת3

and 67 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)38HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine singular21HNcfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)16HR/Ncfsc
  • the definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singular16HTd/Ncfsa
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural13HNcfsc/Sp3mp
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular12HNcfsc/Sp3ms
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular8HR/Ncfsa
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural5HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular4HC/Ncfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HC/Ncfsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular2HNcfsc/Sp1bs
  • conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular1HC/R/Ncfsa

Genesis

two uses
  • Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”

    Genesis 29:27

    • בַּעֲבֹדָה֙baavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
  • Give 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.”

    Genesis 30:26

    • עֲבֹדָתִ֖יʾavodatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: service my

Exodus

twenty-three uses
  • and 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.

    Exodus 1:14

    • בַּעֲבֹדָ֣הbaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: with labor
    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: labor
    • עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: labor their
  • After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.

    Exodus 2:23

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֖הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor
    • הָעֲבֹדָֽה׃haavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor
  • Make the work harder on the men so they will be occupied and pay no attention to these lies.”

    Exodus 5:9

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֛הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor
  • Go and get your own straw wherever you can find it; but your workload will in no way be reduced.’”

    Exodus 5:11

    • מֵעֲבֹדַתְכֶ֖םmeavodatkhempreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: from labor your
  • Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with mighty acts of judgment.

    Exodus 6:6

    • מֵעֲבֹדָתָ֑םmeavodatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: from labor their
  • Moses relayed this message to the Israelites, but on account of their broken spirit and cruel bondage, they did not listen to him.

    Exodus 6:9

    • וּמֵעֲבֹדָ֖הumeavodahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: and from labor
  • When you enter the land that the LORD will give you as He promised, you are to keep this service.

    Exodus 12:25

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֥הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • When your children ask you, ‘What does this service mean to you?’

    Exodus 12:26

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֥הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • And 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.

    Exodus 13:5

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֥הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

    Exodus 27:19

    • עֲבֹדָת֑וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its
  • Take the atonement money from the Israelites and use it for the service of the Tent of Meeting. It will serve as a memorial for the Israelites before the LORD to make atonement for your lives.”

    Exodus 30:16

    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • And everyone whose heart stirred him and whose spirit prompted him came and brought an offering to the LORD for the work on the Tent of Meeting, for all its services, and for the holy garments.

    Exodus 35:21

    • עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its
  • And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.

    Exodus 35:24

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֖הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • “So Bezalel, Oholiab, and every skilled person are to carry out everything commanded by the LORD, who has given them skill and ability to know how to perform all the work of constructing the sanctuary.”

    Exodus 36:1

    • עֲבֹדַ֣תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • They received from Moses all the contributions that the Israelites had brought to carry out the service of constructing the sanctuary. Meanwhile, the people continued to bring freewill offerings morning after morning,

    Exodus 36:3

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • and said to Moses, “The people are bringing more than enough for doing the work the LORD has commanded us to do.”

    Exodus 36:5

    • הָֽעֲבֹדָה֙haavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • This is the inventory for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the Testimony, as recorded at Moses’ command by the Levites under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    Exodus 38:21

    • עֲבֹדַת֙ʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • So all the work for the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, was completed. The Israelites did everything just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:32

    • עֲבֹדַ֕תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;

    Exodus 39:40

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • The Israelites had done all the work just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Exodus 39:42

    • הָעֲבֹדָֽה׃haavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor

Leviticus

seven uses
  • On the first day you are to hold a sacred assembly; you are not to do any regular work.

    Leviticus 23:7

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the seventh day there shall be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.’”

    Leviticus 23:8

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On that same day you are to proclaim a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This is to be a permanent statute wherever you live for the generations to come.

    Leviticus 23:21

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • You must not do any regular work, but you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD.’”

    Leviticus 23:25

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On the first day there shall be a sacred assembly. You must not do any regular work.

    Leviticus 23:35

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • For seven days you are to present an offering made by fire to the LORD. On the eighth day you are to hold a sacred assembly and present an offering made by fire to the LORD. It is a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

    Leviticus 23:36

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.

    Leviticus 25:39

    • עֲבֹ֥דַתʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: labor of

Numbers

fifty uses
  • They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.

    Numbers 3:7

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • 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.

    Numbers 3:8

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • the curtains of the courtyard, the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, and the cords—all the service for these items.

    Numbers 3:26

    • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃avodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its
  • Their duties were the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used with them, and the curtain—all the service for these items.

    Numbers 3:31

    • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃avodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its
  • The duties assigned to the sons of Merari were the tabernacle’s frames, crossbars, posts, bases, and all its equipment—all the service for these items,

    Numbers 3:36

    • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃avodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its
  • This service of the Kohathites at the Tent of Meeting regards the most holy things.

    Numbers 4:4

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

    Numbers 4:19

    • עֲבֹדָת֖וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service his
  • from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:23

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: service
  • This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:

    Numbers 4:24

    • עֲבֹדַ֔תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • the 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.

    Numbers 4:26

    • עֲבֹדָתָ֑םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • All the service of the Gershonites—all their transport duties and other work—is to be done at the direction of Aaron and his sons; you are to assign to them all that they are responsible to carry.

    Numbers 4:27

    • עֲבֹדַת֙ʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
    • עֲבֹדָתָ֑םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • This is the service of the Gershonite clans at the Tent of Meeting, and their duties shall be under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    Numbers 4:28

    • עֲבֹדַ֗תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:30

    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • This is the duty for all their service at the Tent of Meeting: to carry the frames of the tabernacle with its crossbars, posts, and bases,

    Numbers 4:31

    • עֲבֹדָתָ֖םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • and the posts of the surrounding courtyard with their bases, tent pegs, and ropes, including all their equipment and everything related to their use. You shall assign by name the items that they are responsible to carry.

    Numbers 4:32

    • עֲבֹדָתָ֑םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • This is the service of the Merarite clans according to all their work at the Tent of Meeting, under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.”

    Numbers 4:33

    • עֲבֹדַ֗תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
    • עֲבֹדָתָ֖םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:35

    • לַעֲבֹדָ֖הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
  • everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:39

    • לַעֲבֹדָ֖הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
  • everyone from thirty to fifty years old who came to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:43

    • לַעֲבֹדָ֖הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
  • from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 4:47

    • עֲבֹדַ֧תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a service of
    • עֲבֹדָ֛הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: a service
    • וַעֲבֹדַ֥תvaavodatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and a service of
  • At the LORD’s command they were numbered through Moses and each one was assigned his work and burden, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    Numbers 4:49

    • עֲבֹדָת֖וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service his
  • “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.”

    Numbers 7:5

    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
    • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃avodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service his
  • He gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,

    Numbers 7:7

    • עֲבֹדָתָֽם׃ʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • and he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.

    Numbers 7:8

    • עֲבֹ֣דָתָ֔םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

    Numbers 7:9

    • עֲבֹדַ֤תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • 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.

    Numbers 8:11

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • 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.”

    Numbers 8:19

    • עֲבֹדַ֤תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • 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.

    Numbers 8:22

    • עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • “This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 8:24

    • בַּעֲבֹדַ֖תbaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in service of
  • But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.

    Numbers 8:25

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֑הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • After 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.”

    Numbers 8:26

    • וַעֲבֹדָ֖הvaavodahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and service
  • 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?

    Numbers 16:9

    • עֲבֹדַת֙ʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • They are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.

    Numbers 18:4

    • עֲבֹדַ֣תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • 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.

    Numbers 18:6

    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • But 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.”

    Numbers 18:7

    • עֲבֹדַ֣תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: a service of
  • Behold, 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.

    Numbers 18:21

    • עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • The 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.

    Numbers 18:23

    • עֲבֹדַת֙ʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • And you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.

    Numbers 18:31

    • עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖םʾavodatkhemnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: service your
  • On the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

    Numbers 28:18

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

    Numbers 28:25

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.

    Numbers 28:26

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • “On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.

    Numbers 29:1

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.

    Numbers 29:12

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude
  • On the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.

    Numbers 29:35

    • עֲבֹדָ֖הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude

Deuteronomy

one use
  • But the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.

    Deuteronomy 26:6

    • עֲבֹדָ֥הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: labor

Joshua

one use
  • 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!’

    Joshua 22:27

    • עֲבֹדַ֤תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of

1 Kings

one use
  • “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.”

    1 Kings 12:4

    • מֵעֲבֹדַ֨תmeavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of service of

1 Chronicles

thirty uses
  • The sons of Shelah son of Judah:

    1 Chronicles 4:21

    • עֲבֹדַ֥תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: Work of
  • They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.

    1 Chronicles 6:32

    • עֲבוֹדָתָֽם׃avodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.

    1 Chronicles 6:48

    • עֲבוֹדַ֔תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.

    1 Chronicles 9:13

    • עֲבוֹדַ֥תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • Shallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 9:19

    • הָעֲבוֹדָ֔הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • Some of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.

    1 Chronicles 9:28

    • הָעֲבוֹדָ֑הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • These were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 23:24

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: of service of
  • So now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”

    1 Chronicles 23:26

    • לַעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃laavodatopreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: for service its
  • but their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,

    1 Chronicles 23:28

    • לַעֲבֹדַת֙laavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of
    • עֲבֹדַ֖תʾavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • So the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.

    1 Chronicles 23:32

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of
  • With the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.

    1 Chronicles 24:3

    • בַּעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃baavodatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: by service their
  • This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.

    1 Chronicles 24:19

    • לַעֲבֹדָתָ֗םlaavodatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: for service their
  • Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:

    1 Chronicles 25:1

    • לַעֲבֹדָ֗הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
    • לַעֲבֹדָתָֽם׃laavodatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: for service their
  • All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.

    1 Chronicles 25:6

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of
  • All these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.

    1 Chronicles 26:8

    • לַעֲבֹדָ֑הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for service
  • From the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.

    1 Chronicles 26:30

    • וְלַעֲבֹדַ֖תvelaavodatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to service of
  • Ezri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.

    1 Chronicles 27:26

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for labor of
  • for the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:

    1 Chronicles 28:13

    • עֲבוֹדַ֣תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
    • עֲבוֹדַ֥תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • the weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;

    1 Chronicles 28:14

    • עֲבוֹדָ֣הavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: service
    • וַעֲבוֹדָ֑הvaavodahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and service
    • עֲבוֹדָ֥הavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: service
    • וַעֲבוֹדָֽה׃vaavodahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and service
  • the weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;

    1 Chronicles 28:15

    • כַּעֲבוֹדַ֖תkaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: according to service of
  • David also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.

    1 Chronicles 28:20

    • עֲבוֹדַ֥תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • The divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”

    1 Chronicles 28:21

    • עֲבוֹדַ֖תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
    • עֲבוֹדָ֔הavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: service
  • Toward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.

    1 Chronicles 29:7

    • לַעֲבוֹדַ֣תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of

2 Chronicles

fifteen uses
  • In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.

    2 Chronicles 8:14

    • עֲבֹדָתָ֗םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • “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.”

    2 Chronicles 10:4

    • מֵעֲבֹדַ֨תmeavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: some of labor of
  • Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

    2 Chronicles 12:8

    • עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔יavodatinoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: service my
    • וַעֲבוֹדַ֖תvaavodatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and service of
  • Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 24:12

    • עֲבוֹדַ֣תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.

    2 Chronicles 29:35

    • עֲבוֹדַ֥תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
  • Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

    2 Chronicles 31:2

    • עֲבֹדָת֗וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service his
  • In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—

    2 Chronicles 31:16

    • לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔םlaavodatampreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: for service their
  • He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

    2 Chronicles 31:21

    • בַּעֲבוֹדַ֣תbaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in service of
  • were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

    2 Chronicles 34:13

    • לַעֲבוֹדָ֖הlaavodahpreposition + noun · feminine singulartagged: for labor
    • וַעֲבוֹדָ֑הvaavodahconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: and labor
  • He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

    2 Chronicles 35:2

    • לַעֲבוֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of
  • So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

    2 Chronicles 35:10

    • הָעֲבוֹדָ֑הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

    2 Chronicles 35:15

    • עֲבֹֽדָתָ֔םʾavodatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: service their
  • So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

    2 Chronicles 35:16

    • עֲבוֹדַ֨תavodatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of

Ezra

one use
  • They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

    Ezra 8:20

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֣תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for work of

Nehemiah

four uses
  • Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

    Nehemiah 3:5

    • בַּעֲבֹדַ֖תbaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: in work of
  • Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

    Nehemiah 5:18

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֖הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the service
  • We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

    Nehemiah 10:32

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֖תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for service of
  • Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

    Nehemiah 10:37

    • עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃ʾavodatenunoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: labor our

Psalms

two uses
  • He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

    Psalms 104:14

    • לַעֲבֹדַ֣תlaavodatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: for labor of
  • Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

    Psalms 104:23

    • וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹvelaavodatoconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and to labor his

Isaiah

four uses
  • On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,

    Isaiah 14:3

    • הָעֲבֹדָ֥הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor
  • 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.

    Isaiah 28:21

    • עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: work his
    • עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃avodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: work his
  • The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

    Isaiah 32:17

    • וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙vaavodatconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and labor of

Lamentations

one use
  • Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

    Lamentations 1:3

    • עֲבֹדָ֔הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: servitude

Ezekiel

three uses
  • “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.

    Ezekiel 29:18

    • עֲבֹדָ֤הʾavodahnoun · feminine singulartagged: labor
    • הָעֲבֹדָ֖הhaavodahthe definite article (“the”) + noun · feminine singulartagged: the labor
  • Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

    Ezekiel 44:14

    • עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹavodatonoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: service its

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