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Strong's #5656 - עֲבוֹדָה
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- labour, service
- labour, work
- labour (of servant or slave)
- labour, service (of captives or subjects)
- service (of God)
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2518) dbo (אהבד AhBD) AC: Serve CO: Servant AB: Service: A work performed or made for another out of obligation, requirement or gratitude. (eng: obey)
V) dbo (אהבד AhBD) - I. Serve:To provide a service to another or to work at a profession. [Hebrew and Aramaic] II. Do:[Aramaic only] KJV (318): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Hophal, Pual) serve, do, till, servant, work, worshipper, service, dress, labour, ear, make, go, keep, move, wrought - Strongs: H5647 (עָבַד), H5648 (עֲבַד)
Nm) dbo (אהבד AhBD) - Servant: KJV (808): servant, manservant, bondman, bondage, bondservant, sides - Strongs: H5649 (עֲבַד), H5650 (עֶבֶד), H5652 (עֲבָד)
Nf3) tfdbo (אהבדות AhBDWT) - Servitude: A forced service. KJV (3): bondage - Strongs: H5659 (עַבְדוּת)
am) dbom (מאהבד MAhBD) - Service: [Hebrew and Aramaic] KJV (2): work - Strongs: H4566 (מַעֲבָד), H4567 (מַעֲבָד)
bf1) edibo (אהבידה AhBYDH) - Service: [Aramaic only] KJV (6): work, affair, service - Strongs: H5673 (עֲבִידָה)
cf1) edfbo (אהבודה AhBWDH) - Service: KJV (141): service, servile, work, bondage, act, serve, servitude, tillage, effect, labour - Strongs: H5656 (עֲבוֹדָה)
df1) edfbo (אהבודה AhBWDH) - Servant: KJV (2): servant, household - Strongs: H5657 (עֲבֻדָּה)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
noun feminine labour, service (on formation see Lag BN 179 Ba NB 61); — ׳י Exodus 1:14 41t.; construct עֲבֹדַת Exodus 30:16 43t.; suffix עֲבֹדָתִי Genesis 30:26 33t. suffixes; in Chronicles עֲבוֺדָה 1 Chronicles 28:14 7t.; construct עֲבוֺדַת 1 Chronicles 6:33 13t.; suffix עֲבוֺדָתִי 2 Chronicles 12:8; עֲבוֺדָתָם 1 Chronicles 6:17; 2 Chronicles 31:16; —
1 labour, work, Psalm 104:23; in the field Exodus 1:14; 1 Chronicles 27:26, probably Nehemiah 10:38 (׳עָרֵי ע), Psalm 104:14 (׳עֵשֶׂב לע); in fine linen 1 Chronicles 4:21; in erection of tabernacle Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1,3,5; Exodus 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2 Chronicles 34:13 (twice in verse); כלמלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ ye shall do no laborious work Leviticus 23:7,8,21,25,35,36; Numbers 28:18,25,26; Numbers 29:1,12,35 (P); figurative of Prayer of Manasseh , הַצְּדָקָה׳ע Isaiah 32:17 ("" ׳מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ); of God's work of judgment Isaiah 28:21 (twice in verse).
2 labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Genesis 29:27; Genesis 30:26 (JE); עֶבֶד׳ע of bondservant Leviticus 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20; service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Numbers 4:26,32 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:15.
3 labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 5:11 (E), Exodus 6:6 (P); ׳העכבד(הׅ Exodus 5:9 (E) Nehemiah 5:18; קשׁה׳ע Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (P) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Isaiah 14:3; ׳מֵרֹב ע Lamentations 1:3; ממלכוֺת׳ע 2 Chronicles 12:8; המלך׳ע 1 Chronicles 26:30; אדניהם׳ע Nehemiah 3:5; military service Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse).
4 service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Joshua 22:27 (P) 2 Chronicles 12:8, feast of passover Exodus 12:25,26; 2 Chronicles 35:10,16, unleavened bread Exodus 13:5; Levites and priests Numbers 4:19,49; Numbers 8:11; 1 Chronicles 24:3,19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 31:16; מתנה׳ע Numbers 18:7; Levites Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:24,27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:28,33,47 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:7,8; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17; 2 Chronicles 31:2; with בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד 2 Chronicles 31:4; 2 Chronicles 31:23; 2 Chronicles 31:31; 2 Chronicles 31:33; 2 Chronicles 31:35; 2 Chronicles 31:39; 2 Chronicles 31:43; 2 Chronicles 8:19; 8:22; 18:31; אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Exodus 30:16; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 18:4,6,21,23, compare Exodus 35:21; Numbers 7:5; (ה)מִשְׁכָּן Exodus 39:32,40; Numbers 3:7,8; Numbers 16:9; 1 Chronicles 6:33, compare Exodus 27:19; Numbers 3:36; 1 Chronicles 23:26; הַקֹּדֶשׁ׳ע Numbers 7:9, compare Numbers 3:31; of its court Numbers 3:26; more specifically משׂא׳ע Numbers 4:47; ׳צבא הע Numbers 8:25; (ה)אלהים׳בית י ׳ע 1 Chronicles 23:24,28,32; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:35; 31:21; 35:2; Nehemiah 10:33; בית האלהים׳מלאכת ע 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; ׳מעשׂה ע 1 Chronicles 23:28; its service Ezekiel 44:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; specific service of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 35:15.
[עֲבִידָה] noun feminine work, service (Biblical Hebrew עֲבֹדָה); — emphatic עֲבִידְתָּא Ezra 5:8; Daniel 2:49, construct עֲבִידַת Ezra 4:24 +; —
1 work, of building temple, Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:7; = administration Daniel 2:49; Daniel 3:12.
2 ritual, service, of God Ezra 6:18.