עָבַדʻâbad
work, serve
Pronunciation: aw-bad' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5647
Meanings
Qal
1. labour, work, do work (Exodus 20:9; Exodus 34:21; Deuteronomy 5:13)
2. work for another, serve him by labour (Exodus 21:2; Genesis 29:15; Genesis 31:6)
3. serve as subjects (Judges 9:28; Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 11:1)
4. serve, God
a. serve with peace-offering and grain-offering (Exodus 3:12; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 7:16)
5. serve ׳ י with Levilical service (Numbers 3:7; Numbers 3:8; Numbers 4:23)
Niph`al
1. be tilled (Deuteronomy 21:4; Ezekiel 36:9; Ezekiel 36:34)
2. dubious (Ecclesiastes 5:8)
Pual: passive of Qal (Deuteronomy 21:3; Isaiah 14:3)
Hiph`il
1. compel to labour (Exodus 1:13; Exodus 6:5; 2 Chronicles 2:17)
2. make to serve as subjects (Jeremiah 17:4; Jeremiah 15:14)
3. cause to serve (2 Chronicles 34:33)
Hoph`al: be led or enticed to serve, other gods (Exodus 20:5; Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 23:24)
Same root
- מַעְבָּדmaʻbâd · H4566an act
- עֲבַדʻăbad · H5648to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
- עֶבֶדʻebed · H5650a servant
- עֲבָדʻăbâd · H5652a deed
- עַבְדָּאʻAbdâʼ · H5653Abda, the name of two Israelites
- עֹבֵד אֱדוֹםʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm · H5654Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites
- עַבְדְּאֵלʻAbdᵉʼêl · H5655Abdeel, an Israelite
- עֲבֹדָהʻăbôdâh · H5656work of any kind
Where it appears
Appears 288 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 2:5 neither wild plants nor grains were growing on the earth. For the Lord God had not yet sent rain to water the earth, and there were no people to cultivate the soil.
- Genesis 2:15 The Lord God placed the man in the Garden of Eden to tend and watch over it.
- Genesis 3:23 So the Lord God banished them from the Garden of Eden, and he sent Adam out to cultivate the ground from which he had been made.
- Genesis 4:2 Later she gave birth to his brother and named him Abel. When they grew up, Abel became a shepherd, while Cain cultivated the ground.
- Genesis 4:12 No longer will the ground yield good crops for you, no matter how hard you work! From now on you will be a homeless wanderer on the earth.”
- Genesis 14:4 For twelve years they had been subject to King Kedorlaomer, but in the thirteenth year they rebelled against him.
See every passage
- Genesis 2:5, 2:15, 3:23, 4:2, 4:12, 14:4, 15:13, 15:14, 25:23, 27:29, 27:40, 29:15, 29:18, 29:20, 29:25, 29:27, 29:30, 30:26, 30:29, 31:6, 31:41, 49:15
- Exodus 1:13, 1:14, 3:12, 4:23, 5:18, 6:5, 7:16, 8:1, 8:20, 9:1, 9:13, 10:3, 10:7, 10:8, 10:11, 10:24, 10:26, 12:31, 13:5, 14:5, 14:12, 20:5, 20:9, 21:2, 21:6, 23:24, 23:25, 23:33, 34:21
- Leviticus 25:39, 25:40, 25:46
- Numbers 3:7, 3:8, 4:23, 4:24, 4:26, 4:30, 4:37, 4:41, 4:47, 7:5, 8:11, 8:15, 8:19, 8:22, 8:25, 8:26, 16:9, 18:6, 18:7, 18:21, 18:23
- Deuteronomy 4:19, 4:28, 5:9, 5:13, 6:13, 7:4, 7:16, 8:19, 10:12, 10:20, 11:13, 11:16, 12:2, 12:30, 13:2, 13:4, 13:6, 13:13, 15:12, 15:18, 15:19, 17:3, 20:11, 21:3, 21:4, 28:14, 28:36, 28:39, 28:47, 28:48, 28:64, 29:18, 29:26, 30:17, 31:20
- Joshua 16:10, 22:5, 22:27, 23:7, 23:16, 24:2, 24:14, 24:15, 24:16, 24:18, 24:19, 24:20, 24:21, 24:22, 24:24, 24:31
- Judges 2:7, 2:11, 2:13, 2:19, 3:6, 3:7, 3:8, 3:14, 9:28, 9:38, 10:6, 10:10, 10:13, 10:16
- 1 Samuel 4:9, 7:3, 7:4, 8:8, 11:1, 12:10, 12:14, 12:20, 12:24, 17:9, 26:19
- 2 Samuel 9:10, 10:19, 15:8, 16:19, 22:44
- 1 Kings 4:21, 9:6, 9:9, 9:21, 12:4, 12:7, 16:31, 22:53
- 2 Kings 10:18, 10:19, 10:21, 10:22, 10:23, 17:12, 17:16, 17:33, 17:35, 17:41, 18:7, 21:3, 21:21, 25:24
- 1 Chronicles 19:19, 28:9
- 2 Chronicles 2:18, 7:19, 7:22, 10:4, 24:18, 30:8, 33:3, 33:16, 33:22, 34:33, 35:3
- Nehemiah 9:35
- Job 21:15, 36:11, 39:9
- Psalms 2:11, 18:43, 22:30, 72:11, 97:7, 100:2, 102:22, 106:36
- Proverbs 12:11, 28:19
- Ecclesiastes 5:9, 5:12
- Isaiah 14:3, 19:9, 19:21, 19:23, 28:21, 30:24, 43:23, 43:24, 60:12
- Jeremiah 5:19, 8:2, 11:10, 13:10, 16:11, 16:13, 17:4, 22:9, 22:13, 25:6, 25:11, 25:14, 27:6, 27:7, 27:8, 27:9, 27:11, 27:12, 27:13, 27:14, 27:17, 28:14, 30:8, 30:9, 34:9, 34:10, 34:14, 35:15, 40:9, 44:3
- Ezekiel 20:39, 20:40, 29:18, 29:20, 34:27, 36:9, 36:34, 48:18, 48:19
- Hosea 12:12
- Zephaniah 3:9
- Zechariah 13:5
- Malachi 3:14, 3:17, 3:18
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