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

Psalms 100:2 עִבְד֣וּ

Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
Psalms 102:22 לַעֲבֹ֥ד

when peoples and kingdoms assemble to serve the LORD.
Psalms 106:36 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ

They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.
Proverbs 12:11 עֹבֵ֣ד

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies lacks judgment.
Proverbs 28:19 עֹבֵ֣ד

The one who works his land will have plenty of food, but whoever chases fantasies will have his fill of poverty.
Ecclesiastes 5:9 נֶעֱבָֽד׃

The produce of the earth is taken by all; the king himself profits from the fields.
Ecclesiastes 5:12 הָעֹבֵ֔ד

The sleep of the worker is sweet, whether he eats little or much, but the abundance of the rich man permits him no sleep.
Isaiah 14:3 עֻבַּד־

On the day that the LORD gives you rest from your pain and torment, and from the hard labor into which you were forced,
Isaiah 19:9 עֹבְדֵ֥י

The workers in flax will be dismayed, and the weavers of fine linen will turn pale.
Isaiah 19:21 וְעָֽבְדוּ֙

The LORD will make Himself known to Egypt, and on that day Egypt will acknowledge the LORD. They will worship with sacrifices and offerings; they will make vows to the LORD and fulfill them.
Isaiah 19:23 וְעָבְד֥וּ

In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt, and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together.
Isaiah 28:21 וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙

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.
Isaiah 30:24 עֹֽבְדֵי֙

The oxen and donkeys that work the ground will eat salted fodder, winnowed with shovel and pitchfork.
Isaiah 43:23 הֶעֱבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙

You have not brought Me sheep for burnt offerings, nor honored Me with your sacrifices. I have not burdened you with offerings, nor wearied you with frankincense.
Isaiah 43:24 הֶעֱבַדְתַּ֙נִי֙

You have not bought Me sweet cane with your silver, nor satisfied Me with the fat of your sacrifices. But you have burdened Me with your sins; you have wearied Me with your iniquities.
Isaiah 60:12 יַעַבְד֖וּךְ

For the nation or kingdom that will not serve you will perish; it will be utterly destroyed.
Jeremiah 2:20 אֶעֱבֹד

“For long ago you broke your yoke and tore off your chains, saying, ‘I will not serve!’ Indeed, on every high hill and under every green tree you lay down as a prostitute.
Jeremiah 5:19 וַתַּעַבְד֞וּתַּעַבְד֣וּ

And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”
Jeremiah 8:2 עֲבָדוּם֙

They will be exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the host of heaven which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up or buried, but will become like dung lying on the ground.
Jeremiah 11:10 לְעָבְדָ֑ם

They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers.
Jeremiah 13:10 לְעָבְדָ֖ם

These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.
Jeremiah 16:11 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם

Then you are to answer them: ‘It is because your fathers have forsaken Me, declares the LORD, and followed other gods, and served and worshiped them. They abandoned Me and did not keep My instruction.
Jeremiah 16:13 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־

So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you no favor.’
Jeremiah 17:4 וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙

And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will burn forever.”
Jeremiah 22:9 וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ס

Then people will reply, ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”
Jeremiah 22:13 יַעֲבֹ֣ד

“Woe to him who builds his palace by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms without justice, who makes his countrymen serve without pay, and fails to pay their wages,
Jeremiah 25:6 לְעָבְדָ֖ם

Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’
Jeremiah 25:11 וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Jeremiah 25:14 עָֽבְדוּ־

For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
Jeremiah 27:6 לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃

So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
Jeremiah 27:7 וְעָבְד֤וּוְעָ֤בְדוּ

All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
Jeremiah 27:8 יַעַבְד֤וּ

As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
Jeremiah 27:9 תַעַבְד֖וּ

But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
Jeremiah 27:11 וַֽעֲבָד֑וֹוַֽעֲבָדָ֖הּ

But the nation that will put its neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him, I will leave in its own land, to cultivate it and reside in it, declares the LORD.”
Jeremiah 27:12 וְעִבְד֥וּ

And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
Jeremiah 27:13 יַעֲבֹ֖ד

Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
Jeremiah 27:14 תַעַבְד֖וּ

Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
Jeremiah 27:17 עִבְד֥וּ

Do not listen to them. Serve the king of Babylon and live! Why should this city become a ruin?
Jeremiah 28:14 לַעֲבֹ֛דוַעֲבָדֻ֑הוּ

For this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘I have put a yoke of iron on the neck of all these nations to make them serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and they will serve him. I have even given him control of the beasts of the field.’”
Jeremiah 30:8 יַעַבְדוּ־

On that day, declares the LORD of Hosts, I will break the yoke off their necks and tear off their bonds, and no longer will strangers enslave them.
Jeremiah 30:9 וְעָ֣בְד֔וּ

Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
Jeremiah 34:9 עֲבָד־

that each man should free his Hebrew slaves, both male and female, and no one should hold his fellow Jew in bondage.
Jeremiah 34:10 עֲבָד־

So all the officials and all the people who entered into this covenant agreed that they would free their menservants and maidservants and no longer hold them in bondage. They obeyed and released them,
Jeremiah 34:14 וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֙

Every seventh year, each of you must free his Hebrew brother who has sold himself to you. He may serve you six years, but then you must let him go free. But your fathers did not listen or incline their ear.
Jeremiah 35:15 לְעָבְדָ֔ם

Again and again I have sent you all My servants the prophets, proclaiming: ‘Turn now, each of you, from your wicked ways, and correct your actions. Do not go after other gods to serve them. Live in the land that I have given to you and your fathers.’ But you have not inclined your ear or listened to Me.
Jeremiah 40:9 מֵעֲב֣וֹדוְעִבְד֛וּ

Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, swore an oath to them and their men, assuring them, “Do not be afraid to serve the Chaldeans. Live in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will go well with you.
Jeremiah 44:3 לַעֲבֹ֖ד

because of the evil they have done. They provoked Me to anger by continuing to burn incense and to serve other gods that neither they nor you nor your fathers ever knew.
Ezekiel 20:39 עֲבֹ֔דוּ

And as for you, O house of Israel, this is what the Lord GOD says: Go and serve your idols, every one of you. But afterward, you will surely listen to Me, and you will no longer defile My holy name with your gifts and idols.
Ezekiel 20:40 יַעַבְדֻ֜נִי

For on My holy mountain, the high mountain of Israel, declares the Lord GOD, there the whole house of Israel, all of them, will serve Me in the land. There I will accept them and will require your offerings and choice gifts, along with all your holy sacrifices.
Ezekiel 29:18 הֶעֱבִ֨ידעָבַ֥ד

“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.