עֲבֹדָה

a.vo.dah

Hebrew H5656 Noun, feminine 145 occurrences in 125 verses
עֲבֹדָה service

1. labour, service

a. labour, work

b. labour (of servant or slave)

c. labour, service (of captives or subjects)

d. service (of God)

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Concordance 125 verses

  1. 2 Chronicles 10:4 מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת

    “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. 2 Chronicles 12:8 עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔יוַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת

    Nevertheless, they will become his servants, so that they may learn the difference between serving Me and serving the kings of other lands.”

  3. 2 Chronicles 24:12 עֲבוֹדַ֣ת

    Then the king and Jehoiada would give the money to those who supervised the labor on the house of the LORD to hire stonecutters and carpenters to restore the house of the LORD, as well as workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the LORD.

  4. 2 Chronicles 29:35 עֲבוֹדַ֥ת

    Furthermore, the burnt offerings were abundant, along with the fat of the peace offerings and the drink offerings for the burnt offerings. So the service of the house of the LORD was established.

  5. 2 Chronicles 31:2 עֲבֹדָת֗וֹ

    Hezekiah reestablished the divisions of the priests and Levites—each of them according to their duties as priests or Levites—for the burnt offerings and peace offerings, for ministry, for giving thanks, and for singing praises at the gates of the LORD’s dwelling.

  6. 2 Chronicles 31:16 לַעֲב֣וֹדָתָ֔ם

    In addition, they distributed portions to the males registered by genealogy who were three years of age or older—to all who would enter the house of the LORD for their daily duties for service in the responsibilities of their divisions—

  7. 2 Chronicles 31:21 בַּעֲבוֹדַ֣ת

    He was diligent in every work that he began in the service of the house of God, and in the law and the commandments, in order to seek his God. And so he prospered.

  8. 2 Chronicles 34:13 לַעֲבוֹדָ֖הוַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה

    were over the laborers and supervised all who did the work, task by task. Some of the Levites were secretaries, officers, and gatekeepers.

  9. 2 Chronicles 35:2 לַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת

    He appointed the priests to their duties and encouraged them in the service of the house of the LORD.

  10. 2 Chronicles 35:10 הָעֲבוֹדָ֑ה

    So the service was prepared; the priests stood in their places and the Levites in their divisions according to the king’s command.

  11. 2 Chronicles 35:15 עֲבֹֽדָתָ֔ם

    The singers, the descendants of Asaph, were at their stations according to the command of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer. And the gatekeepers at each gate did not need to leave their position, because their fellow Levites made preparations for them.

  12. 2 Chronicles 35:16 עֲבוֹדַ֨ת

    So on that day the entire service of the LORD was carried out for celebrating the Passover and offering burnt offerings on the altar of the LORD, according to the command of King Josiah.

  13. Ezra 8:20 לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת

    They also brought 220 of the temple servants, all designated by name. David and the officials had appointed them to assist the Levites.

  14. Nehemiah 3:5 בַּעֲבֹדַ֖ת

    Next to him, the Tekoites made repairs, but their nobles did not put their shoulders to the work under their supervisors.

  15. Nehemiah 5:18 הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה

    Each day one ox, six choice sheep, and some fowl were prepared for me, and once every ten days an abundance of all kinds of wine was provided. But I did not demand the food allotted to the governor, because the burden on the people was so heavy.

  16. Nehemiah 10:32 לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת

    We also place ourselves under the obligation to contribute a third of a shekel yearly for the service of the house of our God:

  17. Nehemiah 10:37 עֲבֹדָתֵֽנוּ׃

    Moreover, we will bring to the priests at the storerooms of the house of our God the firstfruits of our dough, of our grain offerings, of the fruit of all our trees, and of our new wine and oil. A tenth of our produce belongs to the Levites, so that they shall receive tithes in all the towns where we labor.

  18. Psalms 104:14 לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת

    He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

  19. Psalms 104:23 וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ

    Man goes forth to his work and to his labor until evening.

  20. Isaiah 14:3 הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה

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

  21. Isaiah 28:21 עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹעֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃

    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.

  22. Isaiah 32:17 וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙

    The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.

  23. Lamentations 1:3 עֲבֹדָ֔ה

    Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.

  24. Ezekiel 29:18 עֲבֹדָ֤ההָעֲבֹדָ֖ה

    “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.

  25. Ezekiel 44:14 עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ

    Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.

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