a.vo.dah H5656

עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) means “service” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

עֲבֹדָה Hebrew · H5656 145 tagged occurrences in 125 verses

Pronunciation guide: ab-o-daw' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H5656G

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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TBESH · H5656H

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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TBESH · H5656I

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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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

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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How translators render H5656

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
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

KJV rendering counts
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

Verses containing H5656

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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 12:8 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”
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2 Chronicles 24:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 29:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.
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2 Chronicles 31:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.
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2 Chronicles 31:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—
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2 Chronicles 31:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He acted with all his heart in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.
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2 Chronicles 34:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.
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2 Chronicles 35:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.
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2 Chronicles 35:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.
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2 Chronicles 35:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their posts, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.
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2 Chronicles 35:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.
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Ezra 8:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.
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Nehemiah 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.
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Nehemiah 5:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.
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Nehemiah 10:32 · BSB · 1 occurrence
We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:
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Source alternate reference: 10.33
Nehemiah 10:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.
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Source alternate reference: 10.38
Psalms 104:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
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Psalms 104:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.
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Isaiah 14:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
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Isaiah 28:21 · BSB · 2 occurrences
For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
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Isaiah 32:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
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Lamentations 1:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
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Ezekiel 29:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
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Ezekiel 44:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.
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