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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

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

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 JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Genesis 14:4

    Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

    עָבְד֖וּ 'a.ve.Du “they had served”

  2. Genesis 15:13

    And He said unto Abram: 'Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

    וַעֲבָד֖וּם (עֲבָד֖וּ) 'a.va.Du “they will serve”

  3. Genesis 15:14

    and also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge; and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

    יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ ya.'a.Vo.du “they will serve”

  4. Genesis 25:23

    And the LORD said unto her: Two nations are in thy womb, and two peoples shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

    יַעֲבֹ֥ד ya.'a.Vod “it will serve”

  5. Genesis 27:29

    Let peoples serve thee, and nations bow down to thee. Be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee. Cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be every one that blesseth thee.

    יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ (יַֽעַבְד֣וּ) ya.'av.Du. “may they serve”

  6. Genesis 27:40

    And by thy sword shalt thou live, and thou shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt break loose, that thou shalt shake his yoke from off thy neck.

    תַּעֲבֹ֑ד ta.'a.Vod “you will serve”

  7. Genesis 29:15

    And Laban said unto Jacob: 'Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?'

    וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי (עֲבַדְתַּ֖) 'a.vad.Ta. “you will serve”

  8. Genesis 29:18

    And Jacob loved Rachel; and he said: 'I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.'

    אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ (אֶֽעֱבָדְ) 'e.'e.va.de. “I will serve”

  9. Genesis 29:20

    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

    וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד (יַּעֲבֹ֧ד) i.ya.'a.Vod “he served”

  10. Genesis 29:25

    And it came to pass in the morning that, behold, it was Leah; and he said to Laban: 'What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?'

    עָבַ֣דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “have I served”

  11. Genesis 29:27

    Fulfil the week of this one, and we will give thee the other also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.'

    תַּעֲבֹ֣ד ta.'a.Vod “you will serve”

  12. Genesis 29:30

    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

    וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד (יַּעֲבֹ֣ד) i.ya.'a.Vod “he served”

  13. Genesis 30:26

    Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served thee, and let me go; for thou knowest my service wherewith I have served thee.'

    עָבַ֧דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “I have served”עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ (עֲבַדְתִּֽי) 'a.vad.Ti. “I have served”

  14. Genesis 30:29

    And he said unto him: 'Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle have fared with me.

    עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ (עֲבַדְתִּ֑י) 'a.vad.Ti. “I have served”

  15. Genesis 31:6

    And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

    עָבַ֖דְתִּי 'a.Vad.ti “I have served”

  16. Genesis 31:41

    These twenty years have I been in thy house: I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy flock; and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

    עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ (עֲבַדְתִּ֜י) 'a.vad.Ti. “I served”

  17. Genesis 49:15

    For he saw a resting-place that it was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and he bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant under task-work

    עֹבֵֽד׃ 'o.Ved “laboring”

  18. Exodus 1:13

    And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour.

    וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ (יַּעֲבִ֧דוּ) i.ya.'a.Vi.du “they compelled to labor”

  19. Exodus 1:14

    And they made their lives bitter with hard service, in mortar and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field; in all their service, wherein they made them serve with rigour.

    עָבְד֥וּ 'a.ve.Du “they labored”

  20. Exodus 5:18

    Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.'

    עִבְד֔וּ 'iv.Du “work”

  21. Exodus 6:5

    And moreover I have heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered My covenant.

    מַעֲבִדִ֣ים ma.'a.vi.Dim “[are] compelling to labor”

  22. Exodus 14:5

    And it was told the king of Egypt that the people were fled; and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned towards the people, and they said: 'What is this we have done, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

    מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃ (עָבְדֵֽ) 'a.ve.De. “serving”

  23. Exodus 14:12

    Is not this the word that we spoke unto thee in Egypt, saying: Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it were better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.'

    וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה (נַֽעַבְדָ֣ה) na.'av.Dah “let us serve”עֲבֹ֣ד 'a.Vod “serving”

  24. Exodus 21:2

    If thou buy a Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve; and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.

    יַעֲבֹ֑ד ya.'a.Vod “he will serve”

  25. Exodus 21:6

    then his master shall bring him unto God, and shall bring him to the door, or unto the door-post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an awl; and he shall serve him for ever.

    וַעֲבָד֖וֹ (עֲבָד֖) 'a.va.D “he will serve”