Hebrew noun (Aramaic, feminine) · H5673
עֲבִידָה
abidahab-ee-daw'
service
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻăbîydâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H5673is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 2 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H5673
labor or business
The King James renders it: affairs, service, work.
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
abidah is rendered "service". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across two books.
- Four of the uses stand in Ezra, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Ezra 4:24Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
Ezra 4:24עֲבִידַ֣ת
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- administration of1
- administration the1
- and work the1
- obj. work of1
- service of1
- work of1
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עֲבִי | abi | thickness | Uses5 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּא1
- לַעֲבִידַ֖ת1
- עֲבִידַת֙1
- עֲבִידַ֣ת1
- עֲבִידַ֥ת1
- עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙1
The grammar of each form
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3ANcfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/Ncfsd/Ta
- noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1ANcfsd/Ta
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1AR/Ncfsc
Ezra
four uses
Thus the construction of the house of God in Jerusalem ceased, and it remained at a standstill until the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.
- עֲבִידַ֣תʾavidatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: work of
Let it be known to the king that we went into the province of Judah, to the house of the great God. The people are rebuilding it with large stones, and placing timbers in the walls. This work is being carried out diligently and is prospering in their hands.
- וַעֲבִ֥ידְתָּאvaavidta'conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and work the
Leave this work on the house of God alone. Let the governor and elders of the Jews rebuild this house of God on its original site.
- לַעֲבִידַ֖תlaavidatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: obj. work of
They also appointed the priests by their divisions and the Levites by their groups to the service of God in Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.
- עֲבִידַ֥תʾavidatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: service of
Daniel
two uses
And at Daniel’s request, the king appointed Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to manage the province of Babylon, while Daniel remained in the king’s court.
- עֲבִֽידְתָּא֙ʾavideta'noun · feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: administration the
But there are some Jews you have appointed to manage the province of Babylon—Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego—who have ignored you, O king, and have refused to serve your gods or worship the golden statue you have set up.”
- עֲבִידַת֙ʾavidatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: administration of
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.