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

Pronunciation guide: aw-bad' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

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 4 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.

1 Samuel 26:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
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2 Samuel 9:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
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2 Samuel 10:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
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2 Samuel 15:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
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2 Samuel 16:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Furthermore, whom should I serve if not his son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
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2 Samuel 22:44 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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1 Kings 4:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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Source alternate reference: 5.1
1 Kings 9:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
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1 Kings 9:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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1 Kings 9:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction—Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
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1 Kings 12:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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1 Kings 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
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1 Kings 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
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1 Kings 22:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
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Source alternate reference: 22.54
2 Kings 10:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
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2 Kings 10:19 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
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2 Kings 10:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
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2 Kings 10:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
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2 Kings 10:23 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
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2 Kings 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
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2 Kings 17:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
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2 Kings 17:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
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2 Kings 17:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
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2 Kings 17:41 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
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2 Kings 18:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
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2 Kings 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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2 Kings 21:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
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2 Kings 25:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
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1 Chronicles 19:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
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1 Chronicles 28:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
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2 Chronicles 2:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
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Source alternate reference: 2.17
2 Chronicles 7:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
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2 Chronicles 7:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
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2 Chronicles 10:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you must lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
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2 Chronicles 24:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
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2 Chronicles 30:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
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2 Chronicles 33:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
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2 Chronicles 33:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
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2 Chronicles 34:33 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 35:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
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Nehemiah 9:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
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Job 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
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Job 36:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
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Job 39:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
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Psalms 2:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
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Psalms 18:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
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Source alternate reference: 18.44
Psalms 22:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
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Source alternate reference: 22.31
Psalms 72:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
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Psalms 97:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All worshipers of images are put to shame—those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!
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