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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. Judges 10:16וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and served
    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.
  2. 1 Samuel 4:9תַּעַבְד֣וּ · you will serve; עָבְד֖וּ · they served
    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”
  3. 1 Samuel 7:3וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּ · and serve Him
    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then put away the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”
  4. 1 Samuel 7:4וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ · and served
    So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.
  5. 1 Samuel 8:8וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and serving
    Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.
  6. 1 Samuel 11:1וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ · and we will serve you
    Then Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”
  7. 1 Samuel 12:10וַנַּעֲבֹ֥ד · and served; וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ · that we may serve You
    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’
  8. 1 Samuel 12:14וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֤ם · and serve
    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who rules over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.
  9. 1 Samuel 12:20וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם · but serve
    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.
  10. 1 Samuel 12:24וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם · and serve
    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.
  11. 1 Samuel 17:9וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם · and work for
    If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and work for us.”
  12. 1 Samuel 26:19עֲבֹ֖ד · serve
    Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
  13. 2 Samuel 9:10וְעָבַ֣דְתָּ · are to work
    You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
  14. 2 Samuel 10:19וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם · and became subject to them
    When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
  15. 2 Samuel 15:8וְעָבַדְתִּ֖י · I will worship
    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
  16. 2 Samuel 16:19אֶֽעֱבֹ֔ד · serve; עָבַ֙דְתִּי֙ · I served
    Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
  17. 2 Samuel 22:44יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · shall serve me
    You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
  18. 1 Kings 4:21וְעֹבְדִ֥ים · and served
    And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
  19. 1 Kings 9:6וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ · to serve
    But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
  20. 1 Kings 9:9וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם · and serving them
    And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
  21. 1 Kings 9:21עֹבֵ֔ד · laborers
    …their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
  22. 1 Kings 12:4וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ · and we will serve you
    “Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
  23. 1 Kings 12:7וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם · and serve them
    They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
  24. 1 Kings 16:31וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד · to serve
    And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
  25. 1 Kings 22:53וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙ · [Ahaziah] served
    Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
  26. 2 Kings 10:18עָבַ֥ד · served; יַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּ · will serve him
    Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
  27. 2 Kings 10:19עֹבְדָ֣יו · his servants; עֹבְדֵ֥י · the servants
    Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
  28. 2 Kings 10:21עֹבְדֵ֣י · the servants
    Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
  29. 2 Kings 10:22עֹבְדֵ֣י · the servants
    And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
  30. 2 Kings 10:23לְעֹבְדֵ֣י · to the servants; עֹבְדֵ֥י · servants
    Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
  31. 2 Kings 17:12וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ · They served
    They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
  32. 2 Kings 17:16וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ · and served
    They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
  33. 2 Kings 17:33עֹֽבְדִ֔ים · but they also served
    They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
  34. 2 Kings 17:35תַעַבְד֔וּם · serve them
    For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
  35. 2 Kings 17:41עֹֽבְדִ֑ים · but also served
    So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
  36. 2 Kings 18:7עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ · to serve him
    And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
  37. 2 Kings 21:3וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד · and served
    For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
  38. 2 Kings 21:21וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗ד · and he served; עָבַ֣ד · had served
    He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
  39. 2 Kings 25:24וְעִבְד֛וּ · and serve
    And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
  40. 1 Chronicles 19:19וַיַּֽעַבְדֻ֑הוּ · and became subject to him
    When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
  41. 1 Chronicles 28:9וְעָבְדֵ֗הוּ · and serve Him
    As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
  42. 2 Chronicles 2:18לְהַעֲבִ֥יד
    Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
  43. 2 Chronicles 7:19וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ · to serve
    But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,