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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. Jeremiah 27:7וְעָבְד֤וּ · will serve him; וְעָ֤בְדוּ · will enslave
    All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
  2. Jeremiah 27:8יַעַבְד֤וּ · serve
    As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
  3. Jeremiah 27:9תַעַבְד֖וּ · serve
    But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
  4. Jeremiah 27:11וַֽעֲבָד֑וֹ · and serve him; וַֽעֲבָדָ֖הּ · to cultivate it
    But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
  5. Jeremiah 27:12וְעִבְד֥וּ · serve
    And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
  6. Jeremiah 27:13יַעֲבֹ֖ד · serve
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
  7. Jeremiah 27:14תַעַבְד֖וּ · serve
    Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
  8. Jeremiah 27:17עִבְד֥וּ · Serve
    Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
  9. Jeremiah 28:14לַעֲבֹ֛ד · to make them serve; וַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּ · and they will serve him
    For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
  10. Jeremiah 30:8יַעַבְדוּ־ · enslave
    On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
  11. Jeremiah 30:9וְעָ֣בְד֔וּ · Instead, they will serve
    Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
  12. Jeremiah 34:9עֲבָד־ · should hold
    …that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
  13. Jeremiah 34:10עֲבָד־ · hold them in bondage
    So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
  14. Jeremiah 34:14וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙ · He may serve
    Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
  15. Jeremiah 35:15לְעָבְדָ֔ם · to serve them
    Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
  16. Jeremiah 40:9מֵעֲב֣וֹד · to serve; וְעִבְד֛וּ · and serve
    Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
  17. Jeremiah 44:3לַעֲבֹ֖ד · [and] to serve
    …because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
  18. Ezekiel 20:39עֲבֹ֔דוּ · and serve
    And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
  19. Ezekiel 20:40יַעַבְדֻ֜נִי · will serve Me
    For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
  20. Ezekiel 29:18הֶעֱבִ֨יד · to labor; עָבַ֥ד · they expended
    “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.
  21. Ezekiel 29:20עָ֣בַד · for his labor
    I have given him the land of Egypt as the reward for his labor, because it was done for Me, declares the Lord GOD.
  22. Ezekiel 34:27הָעֹבְדִ֥ים · that enslaved
    The trees of the field will give their fruit, and the land will yield its produce; My flock will be secure in their land. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I have broken the bars of their yoke and delivered them from the hands that enslaved them.
  23. Ezekiel 36:9וְנֶעֱבַדְתֶּ֖ם · and you will be tilled
    For behold, I am on your side; I will turn toward you, and you will be tilled and sown.
  24. Ezekiel 36:34תֵּֽעָבֵ֑ד · will be cultivated
    The desolate land will be cultivated instead of lying desolate in the sight of all who pass through.
  25. Ezekiel 48:18לְעֹבְדֵ֖י · for the workers
    The remainder of the length bordering the holy portion and running adjacent to it will be 10,000 cubits on the east side and 10,000 cubits on the west side. Its produce will supply food for the workers of the city.
  26. Ezekiel 48:19וְהָעֹבֵ֖ד · The workers; יַעַבְד֕וּהוּ · who cultivate it
    The workers of the city who cultivate it will come from all the tribes of Israel.
  27. Hosea 12:12וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד · worked
    Jacob fled to the land of Aram and Israel worked for a wife—for a wife he tended sheep.
  28. Zephaniah 3:9לְעָבְד֖וֹ · and serve Him
    For then I will restore pure lips to the peoples, that all may call upon the name of the LORD and serve Him shoulder to shoulder.
  29. Zechariah 13:5עֹבֵ֤ד · work
    He will say, ‘I am not a prophet; I work the land, for I was purchased as a servant in my youth.’
  30. Malachi 3:14עֲבֹ֣ד · to serve
    You have said, ‘It is futile to serve God. What have we gained by keeping His requirements and walking mournfully before the LORD of Hosts?
  31. Malachi 3:17הָעֹבֵ֥ד · who serves
    “They will be Mine,” says the LORD of Hosts, “on the day when I prepare My treasured possession. And I will spare them as a man spares his own son who serves him.
  32. Malachi 3:18עֹבֵ֣ד · those who serve; עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ס
    So you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”