Midvash

עֲבֻדָּהʻăbuddâh

service, of household servants as a body, || cattle, etc.

Pronunciation: ab-ood-daw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5657

Meanings

(Genesis 26:14; Job 1:3)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 2 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 26:14 He acquired so many flocks of sheep and goats, herds of cattle, and servants that the Philistines became jealous of him.
  • Job 1:3 He owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 teams of oxen, and 500 female donkeys. He also had many servants. He was, in fact, the richest person in that entire area.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).