עָבַד

a.vad

Hebrew H5647 Verb 289 occurrences in 262 verses
עָבַד to serve

1. to work, serve

a. (Qal)

1. to labour, work, do work

2. to work for another, serve another by labour

3. to serve as subjects

4. to serve (God)

5. to serve (with Levitical service)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

2. to make oneself a servant

c. (Pual) to be worked

d. (Hiphil)

1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

2. to cause to serve as subjects

e. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)

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Concordance 262 verses

  1. Deuteronomy 28:14 לְעָבְדָֽם׃ס

    Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.

  2. Deuteronomy 28:36 וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ

    The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

  3. Deuteronomy 28:39 וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ

    You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

  4. Deuteronomy 28:47 עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙

    Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

  5. Deuteronomy 28:48 וְעָבַדְתָּ֣

    you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

  6. Deuteronomy 28:64 וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ

    Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

  7. Deuteronomy 29:18 לַעֲבֹ֔ד

    Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

  8. Deuteronomy 29:26 וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙

    They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them.

  9. Deuteronomy 30:17 וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃

    But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

  10. Deuteronomy 31:20 וַעֲבָד֔וּם

    When I have brought them into the land that I swore to give their fathers, a land flowing with milk and honey, they will eat their fill and prosper. Then they will turn to other gods and worship them, and they will reject Me and break My covenant.

  11. Joshua 16:10 עֹבֵֽד׃פ

    But they did not drive out the Canaanites who lived in Gezer. So the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites to this day, but they are forced laborers.

  12. Joshua 22:5 וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ

    But be very careful to observe the commandment and the law that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”

  13. Joshua 22:27 לַעֲבֹ֞ד

    Rather, 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!’

  14. Joshua 23:7 תַעַבְד֔וּם

    So you are not to associate with these nations that remain among you. You must not call on the names of their gods or swear by them, and you must not serve them or bow down to them.

  15. Joshua 23:16 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙

    If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.”

  16. Joshua 24:2 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

    And Joshua said to all the people, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Long ago your fathers, including Terah the father of Abraham and Nahor, lived beyond the Euphrates and worshiped other gods.

  17. Joshua 24:14 וְעִבְד֥וּעָבְד֨וּוְעִבְד֖וּ

    Now, therefore, fear the LORD and serve Him in sincerity and truth; cast aside the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.

  18. Joshua 24:15 לַעֲבֹ֣דתַעֲבֹדוּן֒עָבְד֣וּנַעֲבֹ֖ד

    But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”

  19. Joshua 24:16 לַעֲבֹ֖ד

    The people replied, “Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

  20. Joshua 24:18 נַעֲבֹ֣ד

    And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”

  21. Joshua 24:19 לַעֲבֹ֣ד

    But Joshua said to the people, “You are not able to serve the LORD, for He is a holy God; He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your rebellion or your sins.

  22. Joshua 24:20 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם

    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”

  23. Joshua 24:21 נַעֲבֹֽד׃

    “No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”

  24. Joshua 24:22 לַעֲבֹ֣ד

    Then Joshua told them, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen to serve the LORD.” “We are witnesses!” they said.

  25. Joshua 24:24 נַעֲבֹ֔ד

    So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”

  26. Joshua 24:31 וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד

    Israel had served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him and who had experienced all the works that the LORD had done for Israel.

  27. Judges 2:7 וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ

    And the people served the LORD throughout the days of Joshua and of the elders who outlived him, who had seen all the great works that the LORD had done for Israel.

  28. Judges 2:11 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

    And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

  29. Judges 2:13 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ

    for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths.

  30. Judges 2:19 לְעָבְדָ֖ם

    But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.

  31. Judges 3:6 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

    And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

  32. Judges 3:7 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ

    So the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; they forgot the LORD their God and served the Baals and the Asherahs.

  33. Judges 3:8 וַיַּעַבְד֧וּ

    Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

  34. Judges 3:14 וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ

    The Israelites served Eglon king of Moab eighteen years.

  35. Judges 9:28 נַעַבְדֶ֔נּוּעִבְד֗וּנַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּ

    Then Gaal son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is not Zebul his officer? You are to serve the men of Hamor, the father of Shechem. Why should we serve Abimelech?

  36. Judges 9:38 נַעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ

    “Where is your gloating now?” Zebul replied. “You said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve him?’ Are these not the people you ridiculed? Go out now and fight them!”

  37. Judges 10:6 וַיַּעַבְד֣וּעֲבָדֽוּהוּ׃

    And again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD. They served the Baals, the Ashtoreths, the gods of Aram, Sidon, and Moab, and the gods of the Ammonites and Philistines. Thus they forsook the LORD and did not serve Him.

  38. Judges 10:10 וַֽנַּעֲבֹ֖ד

    Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, saying, “We have sinned against You, for we have indeed forsaken our God and served the Baals.”

  39. Judges 10:13 וַתַּעַבְד֖וּ

    But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.

  40. Judges 10:16 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

    So they put away the foreign gods from among them and served the LORD, and He could no longer bear the misery of Israel.

  41. 1 Samuel 4:9 תַּעַבְד֣וּעָבְד֖וּ

    Take courage and be men, O Philistines! Otherwise, you will serve the Hebrews just as they served you. Now be men and fight!”

  42. 1 Samuel 7:3 וְעִבְדֻ֣הוּ

    Then Samuel said to all the house of Israel, “If you are returning to the LORD with all your hearts, then rid yourselves of the foreign gods and Ashtoreths among you, prepare your hearts for the LORD, and serve Him only. And He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

  43. 1 Samuel 7:4 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ

    So the Israelites put away the Baals and Ashtoreths and served only the LORD.

  44. 1 Samuel 8:8 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

    Just as they have done from the day I brought them up out of Egypt until this day, forsaking Me and serving other gods, so they are doing to you.

  45. 1 Samuel 11:1 וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

    Soon Nahash the Ammonite came up and laid siege to Jabesh-gilead. All the men of Jabesh said to him, “Make a treaty with us, and we will serve you.”

  46. 1 Samuel 12:10 וַנַּעֲבֹ֥דוְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

    Then they cried out to the LORD and said, ‘We have sinned, for we have forsaken the LORD and served the Baals and Ashtoreths. Now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, that we may serve You.’

  47. 1 Samuel 12:14 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֤ם

    If you fear the LORD and serve Him and obey His voice, and if you do not rebel against the command of the LORD, and if both you and the king who reigns over you follow the LORD your God, then all will be well.

  48. 1 Samuel 12:20 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם

    “Do not be afraid,” Samuel replied. “Even though you have committed all this evil, do not turn aside from following the LORD, but serve the LORD with all your heart.

  49. 1 Samuel 12:24 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֥ם

    Above all, fear the LORD and serve Him faithfully with all your heart; consider what great things He has done for you.

  50. 1 Samuel 17:9 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם

    If he is able to fight me and kill me, then we will be your servants. But if I prevail against him and kill him, then you shall be our servants and labor for us.”

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