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H5647Gעָבַדa.vad

to servePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 18
  2. 9
  3. 3
  4. 1
  5. 8
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 6
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 13
  10. 1
  11. 3
  12. 2
  13. 1
  14. 3
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 1
  19. Psalms: 0
  20. Proverbs: 0
  21. Ecclesiastes: 0
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 2
  24. 22
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 2
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 1
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. 1

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Other meanings of H5647

  • H5647Hעָבַדa.vadto serve: ministerH:VOccurrences: 157
  • H5647Iעָבַדa.vadto serve: labourH:VOccurrences: 32
  • H5647Jעָבַדa.vadto serve: burdenH:VOccurrences: 2

97 occurrences in 88 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. 1 Samuel 17:9

    If he be able to fight with me, and kill me, then will we be your servants; but if I prevail against him, and kill him, then shall you be our servants, and serve us.

    וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם (עֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם) 'a.vad.Tem “you will serve”

  2. 1 Samuel 26:19

    Now therefore, please let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If it be Yahweh that has stirred you up against me, let him accept an offering: but if it be the children of men, cursed be they before Yahweh: for they have driven me out this day that I shouldn't cling to Yahweh's inheritance, saying, Go, serve other gods.

    עֲבֹ֖ד 'a.Vod “serve”

  3. 2 Samuel 10:19

    When all the kings who were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

    וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם (יַּֽעַבְד֑וּ) i.ya.'av.Du “they served”

  4. 1 Kings 4:21

    Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River to the land of the Philistines, and to the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.

    וְעֹבְדִ֥ים (עֹבְדִ֥ים) 'oe.Dim “[were] serving”

  5. 1 Kings 12:4

    Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.

    וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (נַעַבְדֶֽ) na.'av.De. “we will serve”

  6. 1 Kings 12:7

    They spoke to him, saying, If you will be a servant to this people this day, and will serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be your servants forever.

    וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם (עֲבַדְתָּ֔) 'a.vad.Ta “you will serve”

  7. 2 Kings 18:7

    Yahweh was with him; wherever he went forth he prospered: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and didn't serve him.

    עֲבָדֽוֹ׃ (עֲבָדֽ) a.va.D “he served”

  8. 2 Kings 25:24

    Gedaliah swore to them and to their men, and said to them, Don't be afraid because of the servants of the Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and serve the king of Babylon, and it shall be well with you.

    וְעִבְד֛וּ (עִבְד֛וּ) 'iv.Du “serve”

  9. 1 Chronicles 19:19

    When the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and served him: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

    וַיַּֽעַבְדֻ֑הוּ (יַּֽעַבְדֻ֑) i.ya.'av.Du. “they served”

  10. 2 Chronicles 2:18

    He set seventy thousand of them to bear burdens, and eighty thousand who were stone cutters in the mountains, and three thousand six hundred overseers to set the people at work.

    לְהַעֲבִ֥יד (הַעֲבִ֥יד) ha.'a.Vid “compel to labor”

  11. 2 Chronicles 10:4

    Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make you the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.

    וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ (נַֽעַבְדֶֽ) Na.'av.De. “we will serve”

  12. 2 Chronicles 24:18

    They forsook the house of Yahweh, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came on Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.

    וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ (יַּֽעַבְד֥וּ) i.ya.'av.Du “they served”

  13. Job 39:9

    "Will the wild ox be content to serve you? Or will he stay by your feeding trough?

    עָבְדֶ֑ךָ (עָבְדֶ֑) 'a.ve.De. “to serve”

  14. Isaiah 14:3

    It shall happen in the day that Yahweh shall give you rest from your sorrow, and from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,

    עֻבַּד־ 'u.bad- “it was labored”

  15. Isaiah 60:12

    For that nation and kingdom that will not serve you shall perish; yes, those nations shall be utterly wasted.

    יַעַבְד֖וּךְ (יַעַבְד֖וּ) ya.'av.Du “they will serve”

  16. Jeremiah 17:4

    You, even of yourself, shall discontinue from your heritage that I gave you; and I will cause you to serve your enemies in the land which you don't know: for you have kindled a fire in my anger which shall burn forever.

    וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ (הַעֲבַדְתִּ֙י) ha.'a.vad.Ti. “I will make serve”

  17. Jeremiah 22:13

    Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;

    יַעֲבֹ֣ד ya.'a.Vod “he works”

  18. Jeremiah 25:11

    This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

    וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ (עָ֨בְד֜וּ) 'A.ve.Du “they will serve”

  19. Jeremiah 25:14

    For many nations and great kings shall make bondservants of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

    עָֽבְדוּ־ 'a.ve.du- “they will work”

  20. Jeremiah 27:6

    Now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the animals of the field also have I given him to serve him.

    לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃ (עָבְדֽ) 'a.ve.D “serve”

  21. Jeremiah 27:7

    All the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondservant.

    וְעָבְד֤וּ (עָבְד֤וּ) 'a.ve.Du “they will serve”וְעָ֤בְדוּ (עָ֤בְדוּ) 'A.ve.du “they will work”

  22. Jeremiah 27:8

    It shall happen, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, says Yahweh, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

    יַעַבְד֤וּ ya.'av.Du “they will serve”

  23. Jeremiah 27:9

    But as for you, don't you listen to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, who speak to you, saying, You shall not serve the king of Babylon:

    תַעַבְד֖וּ ta.'av.Du “you will serve”

  24. Jeremiah 27:11

    But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that [supplied: nation] will I let remain in their own land, says Yahweh; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

    וַֽעֲבָד֑וֹ (עֲבָד֑) 'a.va.D “it will serve”

  25. Jeremiah 27:12

    I spoke to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.

    וְעִבְד֥וּ (עִבְד֥וּ) 'iv.Du “serve”