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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. Deuteronomy 20:11וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃ · to serve
    If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
  2. Deuteronomy 21:3עֻבַּד֙ · or used for work
    Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
  3. Deuteronomy 21:4יֵעָבֵ֥ד · been plowed
    …bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
  4. Deuteronomy 28:14לְעָבְדָֽם׃ס · to serve them
    Do 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.
  5. Deuteronomy 28:36וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ · you will worship
    The 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.
  6. Deuteronomy 28:39וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ · and cultivate
    You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
  7. Deuteronomy 28:47עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ · serve
    Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
  8. Deuteronomy 28:48וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ · you will serve
    …you 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.
  9. Deuteronomy 28:64וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ · you will worship
    Then 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.
  10. Deuteronomy 29:18לַעֲבֹ֔ד · and worship
    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,
  11. Deuteronomy 29:26וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙ · and served
    They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.
  12. Deuteronomy 30:17וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃ · and worship them
    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
  13. Deuteronomy 31:20וַעֲבָד֔וּם · and worship them
    When 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.
  14. Joshua 16:10עֹבֵֽד׃פ · laborers
    But 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.
  15. Joshua 22:5וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ · and to serve Him
    But 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.”
  16. Joshua 22:27לַעֲבֹ֞ד · that we will worship
    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!’
  17. Joshua 23:7תַעַבְד֔וּם · serve them
    So 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.
  18. Joshua 23:16וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ · and serve
    If 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.”
  19. Joshua 24:2וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and worshiped
    And 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.
  20. Joshua 24:14וְעִבְד֥וּ · and serve; עָבְד֨וּ · served; וְעִבְד֖וּ · and serve
    Now, 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.
  21. Joshua 24:15לַעֲבֹ֣ד · to serve; תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ · you will serve; עָבְד֣וּ · served; נַעֲבֹ֖ד · we will serve
    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!”
  22. Joshua 24:16לַעֲבֹ֖ד · to serve
    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!
  23. Joshua 24:18נַעֲבֹ֣ד · will serve
    And 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!”
  24. Joshua 24:19לַעֲבֹ֣ד · to serve
    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.
  25. Joshua 24:20וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם · and serve
    If 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.”
  26. Joshua 24:21נַעֲבֹֽד׃ · We will serve
    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  27. Joshua 24:22לַעֲבֹ֣ד · to serve
    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.
  28. Joshua 24:24נַעֲבֹ֔ד · We will serve
    So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
  29. Joshua 24:31וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד · had served
    Israel 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.
  30. Judges 2:7וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ · served
    And 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.
  31. Judges 2:11וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and served
    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.
  32. Judges 2:13וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ · and served
    …for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.
  33. Judges 2:19לְעָבְדָ֖ם · to serve them
    But 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.
  34. Judges 3:6וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and served
    And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
  35. Judges 3:7וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ · and served
    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.
  36. Judges 3:8וַיַּעַבְד֧וּ · served
    Then 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.
  37. Judges 3:14וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ · served
    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.
  38. Judges 9:28נַעַבְדֶ֔נּוּ · we should serve him; עִבְד֗וּ · You are to serve; נַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּ · serve Abimelech
    Then 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?
  39. Judges 9:38נַעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ · we should serve him
    “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!”
  40. Judges 10:6וַיַּעַבְד֣וּ · They served; עֲבָדֽוּהוּ׃ · serve Him
    And 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.
  41. Judges 10:10וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ד · and served
    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”
  42. Judges 10:13וַתַּעַבְד֖וּ · and served
    But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.