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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. Genesis 2:5לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד · to cultivate
    Now no shrub of the field had yet appeared on the earth, nor had any plant of the field sprouted, for the LORD God had not yet sent rain upon the earth, and there was no man to cultivate the ground.
  2. Genesis 2:15לְעָבְדָ֖הּ · to cultivate
    Then the LORD God took the man and placed him in the Garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.
  3. Genesis 3:23לַֽעֲבֹד֙ · to work
    Therefore the LORD God banished him from the Garden of Eden to work the ground from which he had been taken.
  4. Genesis 4:2עֹבֵ֥ד · was a tiller
    Later she gave birth to Cain’s brother Abel. Now Abel was a keeper of sheep, while Cain was a tiller of the soil.
  5. Genesis 4:12תַֽעֲבֹד֙ · you till
    When you till the ground, it will no longer yield its produce to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer on the earth.”
  6. Genesis 14:4עָבְד֖וּ · they had been subject
    For twelve years they had been subject to Chedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
  7. Genesis 15:13וַעֲבָד֖וּם · and they will be enslaved
    Then the LORD said to Abram, “Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a land that is not their own, and they will be enslaved and mistreated four hundred years.
  8. Genesis 15:14יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ · they serve as slaves
    But I will judge the nation they serve as slaves, and afterward they will depart with many possessions.
  9. Genesis 25:23יַעֲבֹ֥ד · will serve
    …and He declared to her: “Two nations are in your womb, and two peoples from within you will be separated; one people will be stronger than the other, and the older will serve the younger.”
  10. Genesis 27:29יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ · serve you
    May peoples serve you and nations bow down to you. May you be the master of your brothers, and may the sons of your mother bow down to you. May those who curse you be cursed, and those who bless you be blessed.”
  11. Genesis 27:40תַּעֲבֹ֑ד · and serve
    You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”
  12. Genesis 29:15וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי · should you work
    Laban said to him, “Just because you are my relative, should you work for nothing? Tell me what your wages should be.”
  13. Genesis 29:18אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙ · I will serve
    Since Jacob loved Rachel, he answered, “I will serve you seven years for your younger daughter Rachel.”
  14. Genesis 29:20וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד · served
    So Jacob served seven years for Rachel, yet it seemed but a few days because of his love for her.
  15. Genesis 29:25עָבַ֣דְתִּי · that I served
    When morning came, there was Leah! “What have you done to me?” Jacob said to Laban. “Wasn’t it for Rachel that I served you? Why have you deceived me?”
  16. Genesis 29:27תַּעֲבֹ֣ד · in return for
    Finish this week’s celebration, and we will give you the younger one in return for another seven years of work.”
  17. Genesis 29:30וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד · So he worked
    Jacob slept with Rachel as well, and indeed, he loved Rachel more than Leah. So he worked for Laban another seven years.
  18. Genesis 30:26עָבַ֧דְתִּי · I have served you; עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ׃ · for you
    Give me my wives and children for whom I have served you, that I may go on my way. You know how hard I have worked for you.”
  19. Genesis 30:29עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ · I have served you
    Then Jacob answered, “You know how I have served you and how your livestock have thrived under my care.
  20. Genesis 31:6עָבַ֖דְתִּי · I have served
    You know that I have served your father with all my strength.
  21. Genesis 31:41עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ · I have served
    Thus for twenty years I have served in your household—fourteen years for your two daughters and six years for your flocks—and you have changed my wages ten times!
  22. Genesis 49:15עֹבֵֽד׃ס · as a servant
    He saw that his resting place was good and that his land was pleasant, so he bent his shoulder to the burden and submitted to labor as a servant.
  23. Exodus 1:13וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ · They worked
    They worked the Israelites ruthlessly
  24. Exodus 1:14עָבְד֥וּ · they imposed
    …and made their lives bitter with hard labor in brick and mortar, and with all kinds of work in the fields. Every service they imposed was harsh.
  25. Exodus 3:12תַּֽעַבְדוּן֙ · all of you will worship
    “I will surely be with you,” God said, “and this will be the sign to you that I have sent you: When you have brought the people out of Egypt, all of you will worship God on this mountain.”
  26. Exodus 4:23וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי · so that he may worship Me
    …and I told you to let My son go so that he may worship Me. But since you have refused to let him go, behold, I will kill your firstborn son!’”
  27. Exodus 5:18עִבְד֔וּ · work
    Now get to work. You will be given no straw, yet you must deliver the full quota of bricks.”
  28. Exodus 6:5מַעֲבִדִ֣ים · are enslaving
    Furthermore, I have heard the groaning of the Israelites, whom the Egyptians are enslaving, and I have remembered My covenant.
  29. Exodus 7:16וְיַֽעַבְדֻ֖נִי · so that they may worship Me
    Then say to him, ‘The LORD, the God of the Hebrews, has sent me to tell you: Let My people go, so that they may worship Me in the wilderness. But until now you have not listened.
  30. Exodus 8:1וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · so that they may worship Me
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  31. Exodus 8:20וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · so that they may worship Me
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, and when Pharaoh goes out to the water, stand before him and tell him that this is what the LORD says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  32. Exodus 9:1וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · so that they may worship Me
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go to Pharaoh and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  33. Exodus 9:13וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · so that they may worship Me
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Get up early in the morning, stand before Pharaoh, and tell him that this is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  34. Exodus 10:3וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי׃ · so that they may worship Me
    So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and told him, “This is what the LORD, the God of the Hebrews, says: ‘How long will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Let My people go, so that they may worship Me.
  35. Exodus 10:7וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּ · so that they may worship
    Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long will this man be a snare to us? Let the people go, so that they may worship the LORD their God. Do you not yet realize that Egypt lies in ruins?”
  36. Exodus 10:8עִבְד֖וּ · worship
    So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
  37. Exodus 10:11וְעִבְד֣וּ · and worship
    No, only the men may go and worship the LORD, since that is what you have been requesting.” And Moses and Aaron were driven from Pharaoh’s presence.
  38. Exodus 10:24עִבְד֣וּ · worship
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and said, “Go, worship the LORD. Even your little ones may go with you; only your flocks and herds must stay behind.”
  39. Exodus 10:26לַעֲבֹ֖ד · to worship; נַּעֲבֹד֙ · we are to worship
    Even our livestock must go with us; not a hoof will be left behind, for we will need some of them to worship the LORD our God, and we will not know how we are to worship the LORD until we arrive.”
  40. Exodus 12:31עִבְד֥וּ · worship
    Then Pharaoh summoned Moses and Aaron by night and said, “Get up, leave my people, both you and the Israelites! Go, worship the LORD as you have requested.
  41. Exodus 13:5וְעָבַדְתָּ֛ · you shall keep
    And when the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites—the land He swore to your fathers that He would give you, a land flowing with milk and honey—you shall keep this service in this month.
  42. Exodus 14:5מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ׃ · from serving us
    When the king of Egypt was told that the people had fled, Pharaoh and his officials changed their minds about them and said, “What have we done? We have released Israel from serving us.”
  43. Exodus 14:12וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה · so that we may serve; עֲבֹ֣ד · to serve
    Did we not say to you in Egypt, ‘Leave us alone so that we may serve the Egyptians’? For it would have been better for us to serve the Egyptians than to die in the wilderness.”
  44. Exodus 20:5תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ · worship them
    You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
  45. Exodus 20:9תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ · you shall labor
    Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
  46. Exodus 21:2יַעֲבֹ֑ד · he is to serve you
    If you buy a Hebrew servant, he is to serve you for six years. But in the seventh year, he shall go free without paying anything.
  47. Exodus 21:6וַעֲבָד֖וֹ · Then he shall serve his master
    …then his master is to bring him before the judges. And he shall take him to the door or doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl. Then he shall serve his master for life.