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)

Translation

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Concordance 262 verses

1 Samuel 26:19 עֲבֹ֖ד

Now please, may my lord the king hear the words of his servant: If the LORD has stirred you up against me, then may He accept an offering. But if men have done it, may they be cursed in the presence of the LORD! For today they have driven me away from sharing in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods.’
2 Samuel 9:10 וְעָבַ֣דְתָּ

You and your sons and servants are to work the ground for him and bring in the harvest, so that your master’s grandson may have food to eat. But Mephibosheth, your master’s grandson, is always to eat at my table.” Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.
2 Samuel 10:19 וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם

When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
2 Samuel 15:8 וְעָבַדְתִּ֖י

For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
2 Samuel 16:19 אֶֽעֱבֹ֔דעָבַ֙דְתִּי֙

Furthermore, whom should I serve if not the son? As I served in your father’s presence, so also I will serve in yours.”
2 Samuel 22:44 יַעַבְדֻֽנִי׃

You have delivered me from the strife of my people; You have preserved me as the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
1 Kings 4:21 וְעֹבְדִ֥ים

And Solomon reigned over all the kingdoms from the Euphrates to the land of the Philistines, as far as the border of Egypt. These kingdoms offered tribute and served Solomon all the days of his life.
1 Kings 9:6 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙

But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
1 Kings 9:9 וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD their God who brought their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, the LORD has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
1 Kings 9:21 עֹבֵ֔ד

their descendants who remained in the land, those whom the Israelites were unable to devote to destruction —Solomon conscripted these people to be forced laborers, as they are to this day.
1 Kings 12:4 וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
1 Kings 12:7 וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם

They replied, “If you will be a servant to these people and serve them this day, and if you will respond by speaking kind words to them, they will be your servants forever.”
1 Kings 16:31 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד

And as if it were not enough for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam son of Nebat, he even married Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and he then proceeded to serve and worship Baal.
1 Kings 22:53 וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙

Ahaziah served and worshiped Baal, provoking the LORD, the God of Israel, to anger, just as his father had done.
2 Kings 10:18 עָבַ֥דיַעַבְדֶ֥נּוּ

Then Jehu brought all the people together and said, “Ahab served Baal a little, but Jehu will serve him a lot.
2 Kings 10:19 עֹבְדָ֣יועֹבְדֵ֥י

Now, therefore, summon to me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests. See that no one is missing, for I have a great sacrifice for Baal. Whoever is missing will not live.” But Jehu was acting deceptively in order to destroy the servants of Baal.
2 Kings 10:21 עֹבְדֵ֣י

Then Jehu sent word throughout Israel, and all the servants of Baal came; there was not a man who failed to show. They entered the temple of Baal, and it was filled from end to end.
2 Kings 10:22 עֹבְדֵ֣י

And Jehu said to the keeper of the wardrobe, “Bring out garments for all the servants of Baal.” So he brought out garments for them.
2 Kings 10:23 לְעֹבְדֵ֣יעֹבְדֵ֥י

Next, Jehu and Jehonadab son of Rechab entered the temple of Baal, and Jehu said to the servants of Baal, “Look around to see that there are no servants of the LORD here among you—only servants of Baal.”
2 Kings 17:12 וַיַּֽעַבְד֖וּ

They served idols, although the LORD had told them, “You shall not do this thing.”
2 Kings 17:16 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ

They abandoned all the commandments of the LORD their God and made for themselves two cast idols of calves and an Asherah pole. They bowed down to all the host of heaven and served Baal.
2 Kings 17:33 עֹֽבְדִ֔ים

They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
2 Kings 17:35 תַעַבְד֔וּם

For the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites and commanded them, “Do not worship other gods or bow down to them; do not serve them or sacrifice to them.
2 Kings 17:41 עֹֽבְדִ֑ים

So these nations worshiped the LORD but also served their idols, and to this day their children and grandchildren continue to do as their fathers did.
2 Kings 18:7 עֲבָדֽוֹ׃

And the LORD was with Hezekiah, and he prospered wherever he went. He rebelled against the king of Assyria and refused to serve him.
2 Kings 21:3 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had destroyed, and he raised up altars for Baal. He made an Asherah pole, as King Ahab of Israel had done, and he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
2 Kings 21:21 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֗דעָבַ֣ד

He walked in all the ways of his father, and he served and worshiped the idols his father had served.
2 Kings 25:24 וְעִבְד֛וּ

And Gedaliah took an oath before them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you.”
1 Chronicles 19:19 וַיַּֽעַבְדֻ֑הוּ

When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
1 Chronicles 28:9 וְעָבְדֵ֗הוּ

As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
2 Chronicles 2:18 לְהַעֲבִ֥יד

Solomon made 70,000 of them porters, 80,000 stonecutters in the mountains, and 3,600 supervisors.
2 Chronicles 7:19 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙

But if you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods,
2 Chronicles 7:22 וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם

And others will answer, ‘Because they have forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and have embraced other gods, worshiping and serving them—because of this, He has brought all this disaster upon them.’”
2 Chronicles 10:4 וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃

“Your father put a heavy yoke on us. But now you should lighten the burden of your father’s service and the heavy yoke he put on us, and we will serve you.”
2 Chronicles 24:18 וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ

They abandoned the house of the LORD, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherah poles and idols. So wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this guilt of theirs.
2 Chronicles 30:8 וְעִבְדוּ֙

Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger will turn away from you.
2 Chronicles 33:3 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד

For he rebuilt the high places that his father Hezekiah had torn down, and he raised up altars for the Baals and made Asherah poles. And he worshiped and served all the host of heaven.
2 Chronicles 33:16 לַעֲב֕וֹד

Then he restored the altar of the LORD and sacrificed peace offerings and thank offerings on it, and he told Judah to serve the LORD, the God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 33:22 וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃

And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh had done. Amon served and sacrificed to all the idols that his father Manasseh had made,
2 Chronicles 34:33 וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֗דלַעֲב֖וֹד

And Josiah removed all the abominations from all the lands belonging to the Israelites, and he required everyone in Israel to serve the LORD their God. Throughout his reign they did not turn aside from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
2 Chronicles 35:3 עִבְדוּ֙

To the Levites who taught all Israel and were holy to the LORD, Josiah said: “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. It is not to be carried around on your shoulders. Now serve the LORD your God and His people Israel.
Nehemiah 9:35 עֲבָד֑וּךָ

For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
Job 21:15 נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ

Who is the Almighty, that we should serve Him, and what would we gain if we pray to Him?’
Job 36:11 וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ

If they obey and serve Him, then they end their days in prosperity and their years in happiness.
Job 39:9 עָבְדֶ֑ךָ

Will the wild ox consent to serve you? Will he stay by your manger at night?
Psalms 2:11 עִבְד֣וּ

Serve the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.
Psalms 18:43 יַֽעַבְדֽוּנִי׃

You have delivered me from the strife of the people; You have made me the head of nations; a people I had not known shall serve me.
Psalms 22:30 יַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ

Posterity will serve Him; they will declare the Lord to a new generation.
Psalms 72:11 יַֽעַבְדֽוּהוּ׃

May all kings bow down to him and all nations serve him.
Psalms 97:7 עֹ֬בְדֵי

All worshipers of images are put to shame— those who boast in idols. Worship Him, all you gods!