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עָבַד

a.vadto serveHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb289 occurrences25 books262 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Traditional renderings: × be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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,

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָבַד:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

289 total
  1. Exodus 23:24תָֽעָבְדֵ֔ם · or serve them
    You 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.
  2. Exodus 23:25וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֗ם · So you shall serve
    So 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.
  3. Exodus 23:33תַעֲבֹד֙ · if you serve
    They 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.”
  4. Exodus 34:21תַּעֲבֹ֔ד · you shall labor
    Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
  5. Leviticus 25:39תַעֲבֹ֥ד · force him
    If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
  6. Leviticus 25:40יַעֲבֹ֥ד · he is to work
    Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
  7. Leviticus 25:46תַּעֲבֹ֑דוּ · you can make them slaves
    You 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.
  8. Numbers 3:7לַעֲבֹ֖ד · attending
    They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
  9. Numbers 3:8לַעֲבֹ֖ד · by attending
    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.
  10. Numbers 4:23לַעֲבֹ֥ד
    …from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
  11. Numbers 4:24לַעֲבֹ֖ד · regarding work
    This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:
  12. Numbers 4:26וְעָבָֽדוּ׃ · [The Gershonites] will do
    …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.
  13. Numbers 4:30לַעֲבֹ֕ד
    …from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
  14. Numbers 4:37הָעֹבֵ֖ד · who could serve
    These 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.
  15. Numbers 4:41הָעֹבֵ֖ד · who served
    These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
  16. Numbers 4:47לַעֲבֹ֨ד · to do
    …from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.
  17. Numbers 7:5לַעֲבֹ֕ד · used
    “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.”
  18. Numbers 8:11לַעֲבֹ֖ד · so that they may perform
    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.
  19. Numbers 8:15לַעֲבֹ֖ד · to serve
    After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
  20. Numbers 8:19לַעֲבֹ֞ד · to perform
    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.”
  21. Numbers 8:22לַעֲבֹ֤ד · to perform
    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.
  22. Numbers 8:25יַעֲבֹ֖ד · serve
    But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
  23. Numbers 8:26יַעֲבֹ֑ד · to do
    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.”
  24. Numbers 16:9לַעֲבֹ֗ד · to perform
    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?
  25. Numbers 18:6לַעֲבֹ֕ד · to perform
    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.
  26. Numbers 18:7וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֑ם · and you are to perform that service
    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.”
  27. Numbers 18:21עֹֽבְדִ֔ים · do
    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.
  28. Numbers 18:23וְעָבַ֨ד · are to perform
    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.
  29. Deuteronomy 4:19וַעֲבַדְתָּ֑ם · and worship
    When 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.
  30. Deuteronomy 4:28וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־ · you will serve
    And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
  31. Deuteronomy 5:9תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ · or worship them
    You 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,
  32. Deuteronomy 5:13תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ · you shall labor
    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
  33. Deuteronomy 6:13תַעֲבֹ֑ד · serve Him [only]
    Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
  34. Deuteronomy 7:4וְעָבְד֖וּ · to serve
    …because 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.
  35. Deuteronomy 7:16תַעֲבֹד֙ · worship
    You 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.
  36. Deuteronomy 8:19וַעֲבַדְתָּ֖ם · to worship
    If 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.
  37. Deuteronomy 10:12וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ · to serve
    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,
  38. Deuteronomy 10:20תַעֲבֹ֑ד · and serve
    You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
  39. Deuteronomy 11:13וּלְעָבְד֔וֹ · and to serve Him
    So 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,
  40. Deuteronomy 11:16וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ · to worship
    But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
  41. Deuteronomy 12:2עָֽבְדוּ־ · have served
    Destroy 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.
  42. Deuteronomy 12:30יַעַבְד֜וּ · serve
    …be 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.”
  43. Deuteronomy 13:2וְנָֽעָבְדֵֽם׃ · and let us worship them
    …and 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,”
  44. Deuteronomy 13:4תַעֲבֹ֖דוּ · serve Him
    You 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.
  45. Deuteronomy 13:6וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙ · and worship
    If 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,
  46. Deuteronomy 13:13וְנַעַבְדָ֛ה · and serve
    …that 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),
  47. Deuteronomy 15:12וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ · and serves you
    If 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.
  48. Deuteronomy 15:18עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ · of service
    Do 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.
  49. Deuteronomy 15:19תַעֲבֹד֙ · to work
    You 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.
  50. Deuteronomy 17:3וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙ · to worship
    …and 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—