עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) means “service” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: ab-o-daw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עֲבֹדָה · a.vo.dah · service
: service[as_servant/slave] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
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עֲבֹדָה · a.vo.dah · service: ministry
: ministry[for_God]/tabernacle] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
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עֲבֹדָה · a.vo.dah · service: work
: work/labour 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
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or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד); work of any kind
KJV glosses: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the service | 10 |
| the work | 10 |
| in the work | 7 |
| service | 7 |
| for the service | 4 |
| labor | 4 |
| of service | 4 |
| in the service | 3 |
| is the service | 3 |
| of the service | 3 |
| the service for these items | 3 |
| their service | 3 |
| as their service | 2 |
| bondage | 2 |
| for service | 2 |
| his task | 2 |
| of work | 2 |
| regular | 2 |
| so the service | 2 |
| task | 2 |
| the labor | 2 |
| their duties | 2 |
| to the service | 2 |
| according to the use | 1 |
| and for the service | 1 |
| and serving | 1 |
| and to his labor | 1 |
| burden of slavery | 1 |
| by | 1 |
| by task | 1 |
| does this service | 1 |
| for doing | 1 |
| for every kind of service | 1 |
| for its service | 1 |
| for their service | 1 |
| for which they were responsible | 1 |
| from their bondage | 1 |
| hard i have worked | 1 |
| his service | 1 |
| his work | 1 |
| its services | 1 |
| of constructing | 1 |
| of serving | 1 |
| of their service | 1 |
| other work | 1 |
| related to their use | 1 |
| slavery | 1 |
| strenuously | 1 |
| the burden | 1 |
| the difference between serving me | 1 |
| their posts | 1 |
| their work | 1 |
| this service | 1 |
| to assist | 1 |
| to cultivate | 1 |
| to do the work | 1 |
| to the work | 1 |
| toward the service | 1 |
| use | 1 |
| used in worship | 1 |
| where we labor | 1 |
| who tilled | 1 |
| with the service | 1 |
| workers | 1 |
| you the work | 1 |
| your work | 1 |
| your workload | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| the service | 15 |
| for the service | 12 |
| no servile | 11 |
| of the service | 8 |
| bondage | 4 |
| for all the service | 3 |
| for the work | 3 |
| to his service | 3 |
| according to all their service | 2 |
| and the service | 2 |
| in the service | 2 |
| my service | 2 |
| service | 2 |
| servitude | 2 |
| so the service | 2 |
| the work | 2 |
| their service | 2 |
| this service | 2 |
| to their service | 2 |
| upon the service | 2 |
| a service | 1 |
| according to his service | 1 |
| according to their service | 1 |
| act | 1 |
| all the work | 1 |
| all their service | 1 |
| and all the service | 1 |
| and for all his service | 1 |
| and in all manner of service | 1 |
| and in all their service | 1 |
| and in the service | 1 |
| and the effect | 1 |
| and to his labour | 1 |
| and with all their service | 1 |
| because the bondage | 1 |
| because the service | 1 |
| by reason of the bondage | 1 |
| for any manner of service | 1 |
| for their service | 1 |
| for tillage | 1 |
| from their service | 1 |
| him to serve | 1 |
| his act | 1 |
| in all the service | 1 |
| in any manner of service | 1 |
| in their service | 1 |
| it for the service | 1 |
| let there more work | 1 |
| no manner of servile | 1 |
| no service | 1 |
| of all manner of service | 1 |
| of every kind of service | 1 |
| of it for all the service | 1 |
| of it for the service | 1 |
| of our tillage | 1 |
| of service | 1 |
| of their service | 1 |
| of them in their service | 1 |
| of them that wrought | 1 |
| of your work | 1 |
| on their office | 1 |
| shall be all the service | 1 |
| so all the service | 1 |
| the bondage | 1 |
| the ministering | 1 |
| the service of the ministry | 1 |
| thee this also for the service | 1 |
| them to the service | 1 |
| thereof according to the use | 1 |
| thereof and all that serveth | 1 |
| thus was all the work | 1 |
| to the service | 1 |
| to the work | 1 |
| unto all manner of service | 1 |
| unto their service | 1 |
| unto you what mean ye by this service | 1 |
| you out of their bondage | 1 |
| your service | 1 |
Page 2 of 3. 125 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.
“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.”
Read word by wordHe gave the Gershonites two carts and four oxen, as their service required,
Read word by wordand he gave the Merarites four carts and eight oxen, as their service required, all under the direction of Ithamar son of Aaron the priest.
Read word by wordBut he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
Read word by wordAaron 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.
Read word by wordAnd 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.”
Read word by wordAfter 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.
Read word by word“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by wordBut at the age of fifty, they must retire from performing the work and no longer serve.
Read word by wordAfter 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.”
Read word by wordIs 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?
Read word by wordThey are to join you and attend to the duties of the Tent of Meeting, doing all the work at the Tent; but no outsider may come near you.
Read word by wordBehold, 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.
Read word by wordBut 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.”
Read word by wordBehold, 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.
Read word by wordThe 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.
Read word by wordAnd you and your households may eat the rest of it anywhere; it is the compensation for your work at the Tent of Meeting.
Read word by wordOn the first day there is to be a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Read word by wordOn the seventh day you shall hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Read word by wordOn the day of firstfruits, when you present an offering of new grain to the LORD during the Feast of Weeks, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Read word by word“On the first day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly, and you must not do any regular work. This will be a day for you to sound the trumpets.
Read word by wordOn the fifteenth day of the seventh month, you are to hold a sacred assembly; you must not do any regular work, and you shall observe a feast to the LORD for seven days.
Read word by wordOn the eighth day you are to hold a solemn assembly; you must not do any regular work.
Read word by wordBut the Egyptians mistreated us and afflicted us, putting us to hard labor.
Read word by wordRather, let it be a witness between us and you and the generations to come, that we will worship the LORD in His presence with our burnt offerings, sacrifices, and peace offerings.’ Then in the future, your descendants cannot say to ours, ‘You have no share in the LORD!’
Read word by word“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.”
Read word by wordThe sons of Shelah son of Judah: Er the father of Lecah, Laadah the father of Mareshah and the clans of the linen workers at Beth-ashbea,
Read word by wordThey ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.17
Their fellow Levites were assigned to every kind of service of the tabernacle, the house of God.
Read word by wordSource alternate reference: 6.33
and 1,760 of their relatives, the heads of their families, able men for the work of the service of the house of God.
Read word by wordShallum son of Kore, the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah, and his relatives from the Korahites were assigned to guard the thresholds of the Tent, just as their fathers had been assigned to guard the entrance to the dwelling of the LORD.
Read word by wordSome of them were in charge of the articles used in worship, to count them whenever they were brought in or taken out.
Read word by wordThese were the descendants of Levi by their families—the heads of families, registered individually by name—those twenty years of age or older who worked in the service of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordSo now the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles for its service.”
Read word by wordbut their duty was to assist the descendants of Aaron with the service of the house of the LORD, being responsible for the courts and chambers, the purification of all the holy things, and the work of the service of the house of God,
Read word by wordSo the Levites were to carry out the responsibilities for the Tent of Meeting and the Holy Place, and, under their brothers the descendants of Aaron, the service of the house of the LORD.
Read word by wordWith the help of Eleazar’s descendant Zadok and Ithamar’s descendant Ahimelech, David divided them according to the offices of their service.
Read word by wordThis was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
Read word by wordAdditionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who performed this service:
Read word by wordAll these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
Read word by wordAll these were descendants of Obed-edom; they and their sons and brothers were capable men with strength to do the work—62 in all from Obed-edom.
Read word by wordFrom the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his relatives, 1,700 capable men, had charge of the affairs of Israel west of the Jordan for all the work of the LORD and for the service of the king.
Read word by wordEzri son of Chelub was in charge of the workers in the fields who tilled the soil.
Read word by wordfor the divisions of the priests and Levites, for all the work of service in the house of the LORD, and for all the articles of service in the house of the LORD:
Read word by wordthe weight of all the gold articles for every kind of service; the weight of all the silver articles for every kind of service;
Read word by wordthe weight of the gold lampstands and their lamps, including the weight of each lampstand and its lamps; the weight of each silver lampstand and its lamps, according to the use of each lampstand;
Read word by wordDavid also said to Solomon his son, “Be strong and courageous, and do it. Do not be afraid or discouraged, for the LORD God, my God, is with you. He will neither fail you nor forsake you before all the work for the service of the house of the LORD is finished.
Read word by wordThe divisions of the priests and Levites are ready for all the service of the house of God, and every willing man of every skill will be at your disposal for the work. The officials and all the people are fully at your command.”
Read word by wordToward the service of God’s house they gave 5,000 talents and 10,000 darics of gold, 10,000 talents of silver, 18,000 talents of bronze, and 100,000 talents of iron.
Read word by wordIn keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
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