a.vad H5647

עָבַד (a.vad) means “to serve” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עָבַד Hebrew · H5647 288 tagged occurrences in 261 verses

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Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5647G

עָבַד · a.vad · to serve

: serve[someone] 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

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TBESH · H5647H

עָבַד · a.vad · to serve: minister

: minister/serve[God/tabernacle/temple]/worship 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

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TBESH · H5647I

עָבַד · a.vad · to serve: labour

: labour/do(work) 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

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TBESH · H5647J

עָבַד · a.vad · to serve: burden

: burden 1) to work, serve 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to labour, work, do work 1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour 1a3) to serve as subjects 1a4) to serve (God) 1a5) to serve (with Levitical service) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land) 1b2) to make oneself a servant 1c) (Pual) to be worked 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 1d2) to cause to serve as subjects 1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

KJV glosses: [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] 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,

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How translators render H5647

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
to serve	19
and served	18
serve	17
and serve	12
served	9
so that they may worship me	6
and serve him	5
you will serve	5
and worship	4
to perform	4
to serve them	4
to worship	4
worship	4
and we will serve you	3
serve him	3
serve you	3
the servants	3
they served	3
we should serve him	3
we will serve	3
will serve	3
will serve him	3
you shall labor	3
and serving them	2
and to serve him	2
and worship them	2
had served	2
i have served	2
i have served you	2
laborers	2
serve them	2
shall serve me	2
the one who works	2
the workers	2
to cultivate	2
to do	2
to work	2
will enslave	2
work	2
you will worship	2
ahaziah served	1
all of you will worship	1
and became subject to him	1
and became subject to them	1
and cultivate	1
and he required	1
and he served	1
and let us worship them	1
and serve them	1
and serves you	1
and serving	1
and they will be enslaved	1
and they will serve him	1
and to perform	1
and to serve	1
and work for	1
and worshiped	1
and you are to perform that service	1
and you will be tilled	1
are enslaving	1
are to perform	1
are to work	1
as a servant	1
attending	1
been plowed	1
burdened you	1
but also served	1
but serve	1
but they also served	1
by attending	1
do	1
enslave	1
for his labor	1
for the workers	1
for you	1
force him	1
from serving us	1
have served	1
he is to serve you	1
he is to work	1
he may serve	1
his servants	1
hold them in bondage	1
i served	1
i will enslave you	1
i will serve	1
i will worship	1
if you serve	1
in return for	1
instead they will serve	1
of service	1
of the worker	1
or serve them	1
or used for work	1
or worship them	1
profits	1
regarding work	1
servants	1
serve abimelech	1
serve him only	1
should hold	1
should you work	1
so he worked	1
so that he may worship me	1
so that they may perform	1
so that they may worship	1
so that we may serve	1
so you shall serve	1
subject	1
that enslaved	1
that i served	1
that we may serve you	1
that we will worship	1
that work	1
the gershonites will do	1
then he shall serve his master	1
they expended	1
they had been subject	1
they imposed	1
they serve as slaves	1
they will worship	1
they worked	1
they worshiped	1
those who serve	1
to cultivate it	1
to labor	1
to make them serve	1
to serve him	1
to serve you	1
to the servants	1
used	1
was a tiller	1
we are to worship	1
who could serve	1
who cultivate it	1
who served	1
who serves	1
will be cultivated	1
will serve me	1
will worship together	1
will you serve	1
worked	1
worship them	1
worshipers	1
you are to serve	1
you can make them slaves	1
you have burdened me	1
you shall keep	1
you till	1
you were forced	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
and serve	25
and served	24
to serve	21
serve	12
shall serve	12
served	11
that they may serve	8
to do	7
and ye shall serve	3
me and served	3
that we should serve	3
them and served	3
and have served	2
and shall do	2
and they served	2
and we will serve	2
he that tilleth	2
i have served	2
that none should serve	2
that will not serve	2
to till	2
ye serve	2
ye shall not serve	2
a work	1
against me for if thou serve	1
all his servants	1
all that might do service	1
an husbandman	1
and all the worshippers	1
and also served	1
and became a servant	1
and became his servants	1
and bring to pass	1
and dress	1
and he shall serve	1
and him that serveth	1
and let us serve	1
and shall serve	1
and shalt serve	1
and there shall ye serve	1
and there shalt thou serve	1
and there thou shalt serve	1
and there ye shall serve	1
and they shall serve	1
and they shall till	1
and they that serve	1
and to serve	1
and whom they have served	1
and wilt serve	1
as i have served	1
as they have been	1
be all they that serve	1
because thou servedst	1
between him that serveth	1
but serve	1
but the worshippers	1
but they shall serve	1
but thou hast made me to serve	1
caused	1
for all the worshippers	1
for he served	1
for them so shall they serve	1
for they have not served	1
for they served	1
for us to serve	1
for why should we serve	1
from serving	1
he shall serve	1
him also to serve	1
him and to serve	1
him shalt thou serve	1
i have not caused thee to serve	1
i served thee	1
i will not transgress	1
i will serve	1
in serving	1
in to do	1
is served	1
keep in bondage	1
made	1
me that they may serve	1
moreover they that work	1
nay but we will serve	1
neither serve	1
nor serve	1
not shall serve	1
not theirs and shall serve	1
not to serve	1
not unto them serve	1
not with what we must serve	1
of a labouring man	1
of all that might do service	1
of bondservice	1
of them that they may be to do	1
of those that served	1
service	1
shall be tilled	1
shall do	1
shall no more serve	1
shall till	1
shalt thou labour	1
shouldest thou therefore serve	1
so shall ye serve	1
that ear	1
that he had served	1
that he may serve	1
that serveth	1
that they may execute	1
that thou shalt keep	1
that we may serve	1
that ye be not servants	1
the worshippers	1
thee and i will cause thee to serve	1
them and serve	1
then i will serve	1
therefore shalt thou serve	1
they served	1
they shall be your bondmen	1
thou shalt do no work	1
thou shalt labour	1
thou shalt work	1
thou tillest	1
thyself to them nor serve	1
thyself unto them nor serve	1
to do the service	1
to dress	1
to himself to do	1
to set	1
to their servants	1
unto him and to serve	1
unto me did not i serve	1
unto the worshippers	1
unto thee and serve	1
unto thee and they shall serve	1
unto thee and when he hath served	1
unto thee thou shalt not compel	1
unto them that serve	1
unto you and ye shall be tilled	1
upon them neither shalt thou serve	1
upon us and we will serve	1
us that we might do	1
was a tiller	1
we will serve	1
wherein they made them serve	1
wherein thou wast made to serve	1
wherewith he served	1
which hath not been wrought with	1
which i have done	1
which is neither eared	1
which they serve	1
which thou shalt serve	1
which will not serve	1
whom i have served	1
whom should i serve	1
whom they shall serve	1
will we also serve	1
will we serve	1
with us and we will serve	1
work	1
ye shall serve	1
ye will serve	1
yourselves to them nor serve	1

Verses containing H5647

Page 2 of 6. 261 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Exodus 34:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Six days you shall labor, but on the seventh day you shall rest; even in the seasons of plowing and harvesting, you must rest.
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Leviticus 25:39 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a countryman among you becomes destitute and sells himself to you, then you must not force him into slave labor.
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Leviticus 25:40 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let him stay with you as a hired worker or temporary resident; he is to work for you until the Year of Jubilee.
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Leviticus 25:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You may leave them to your sons after you to inherit as property; you can make them slaves for life. But as for your brothers, the Israelites, no man may rule harshly over his brother.
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Numbers 3:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They are to perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, attending to the service of the tabernacle.
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Numbers 3:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They shall take care of all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting and fulfill obligations for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle.
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Numbers 4:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 4:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is the service of the Gershonite clans regarding work and transport:
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Numbers 4:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the curtains of the courtyard, and the curtains for the entrance at the gate of the courtyard that surrounds the tabernacle and altar, along with their ropes and all the equipment for their service. The Gershonites will do all that needs to be done with these items.
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Numbers 4:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from thirty to fifty years old, counting everyone who comes to serve in the work of the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 4:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were counted from the Kohathite clans, everyone who could serve at the Tent of Meeting. Moses and Aaron numbered them according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
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Numbers 4:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These were counted from the Gershonite clans who served at the Tent of Meeting, whom Moses and Aaron counted at the LORD’s command.
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Numbers 4:47 · BSB · 1 occurrence
from thirty to fifty years old who came to do the work of serving and carrying the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 7:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Accept these gifts from them, that they may be used in the work of the Tent of Meeting. And give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”
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Numbers 8:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Aaron is to present the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the sons of Israel, so that they may perform the service of the LORD.
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Numbers 8:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After you have cleansed them and presented them as a wave offering, they may come to serve at the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the Israelites, to perform the service for the Israelites at the Tent of Meeting and to make atonement on their behalf, so that no plague will come against the Israelites when they approach the sanctuary.”
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Numbers 8:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, the Levites came to perform their service at the Tent of Meeting in the presence of Aaron and his sons. Thus they did with the Levites just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
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Numbers 8:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
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Numbers 8:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After that, they may assist their brothers in fulfilling their duties at the Tent of Meeting, but they themselves are not to do the work. This is how you are to assign responsibilities to the Levites.”
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Numbers 16:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Is it not enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel and brought you near to Himself to perform the work at the LORD’s tabernacle, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them?
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Numbers 18:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I Myself have selected your fellow Levites from the Israelites as a gift to you, dedicated to the LORD to perform the service for the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But only you and your sons shall attend to your priesthood for everything concerning the altar and what is inside the veil, and you are to perform that service. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift, but any outsider who comes near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
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Numbers 18:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, I have given to the Levites all the tithes in Israel as an inheritance in return for the work they do, the service of the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 18:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Levites are to perform the work of the Tent of Meeting, and they must bear their iniquity. This is a permanent statute for the generations to come. The Levites will not receive an inheritance among the Israelites.
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Deuteronomy 4:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When you look to the heavens and see the sun and moon and stars—all the host of heaven—do not be enticed to bow down and worship what the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
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Deuteronomy 4:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.
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Deuteronomy 5:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
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,
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Deuteronomy 5:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Six days you shall labor and do all your work,
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Deuteronomy 6:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
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Deuteronomy 7:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
because they will turn your sons away from following Me to serve other gods. Then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and He will swiftly destroy you.
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Deuteronomy 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must destroy all the peoples the LORD your God will deliver to you. Do not look on them with pity. Do not worship their gods, for that will be a snare to you.
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Deuteronomy 8:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
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Deuteronomy 10:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 10:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
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Deuteronomy 11:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So if you carefully obey the commandments I am giving you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 11:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside to worship and bow down to other gods,
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Deuteronomy 12:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Destroy completely all the places where the nations you are dispossessing have served their gods—atop the high mountains, on the hills, and under every green tree.
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Deuteronomy 12:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
be careful not to be ensnared by their ways after they have been destroyed before you. Do not inquire about their gods, asking, “How do these nations serve their gods? I will do likewise.”
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Deuteronomy 13:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if the sign or wonder he has spoken to you comes about, but he says, “Let us follow other gods (which you have not known) and let us worship them,”
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Source alternate reference: 13.3
Deuteronomy 13:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
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Source alternate reference: 13.5
Deuteronomy 13:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor your fathers have known,
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Source alternate reference: 13.7
Deuteronomy 13:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
that wicked men have arisen from among you and have led the people of their city astray, saying, “Let us go and serve other gods” (which you have not known),
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Source alternate reference: 13.14
Deuteronomy 15:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a fellow Hebrew, a man or a woman, is sold to you and serves you six years, then in the seventh year you must set him free.
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Deuteronomy 15:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Do not regard it as a hardship to set your servant free, because his six years of service were worth twice the wages of a hired hand. And the LORD your God will bless you in all you do.
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Deuteronomy 15:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must set apart to the LORD your God every firstborn male produced by your herds and flocks. You are not to put the firstborn of your oxen to work, nor are you to shear the firstborn of your flock.
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Deuteronomy 17:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and going to worship other gods, bowing down to them or to the sun or moon or any of the host of heaven—which I have forbidden—
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Deuteronomy 20:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
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Deuteronomy 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
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Deuteronomy 21:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
bring the heifer to a valley with running water that has not been plowed or sown, and break its neck there by the stream.
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