Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H5647

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Original: עבד

Transliteration: abad (‛âbad)

Phonetic: aw-bad'

BDB Definition:

to work, serve
1. (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)
2. (Niphal)
  1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)
  2. to make oneself a servant
3. (Pual) to be worked
4. (Hiphil)
  1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve
  2. to cause to serve as subjects
5. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1553

Part(s) of speech: Verb

Strong's Definition: A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.: - X be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, + husbandman, keep, labour (-ing man), bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve (-ing, self), (be, become) servant (-s), do (use) service, till (-er), transgress [from margin], (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper.

Occurrences in the (KJV) King James Version:

All Occurrences (291x)

A Work (1x)

Against Me: For If Thou Serve (1x)

All His Servants (1x)

All That Might Do Service (1x)

And All The Worshippers (1x)

And Also Served (1x)

And Became A Servant (1x)

And Became His Servants (1x)

And Bring To Pass (1x)

And Dress (1x)

And Have Served (2x)

And He Shall Serve (1x)

And Him That Serveth (1x)

And Let Us Serve (1x)

And Serve (25x)

And Served (24x)

And Shall Do (2x)

And Shall Serve (1x)

And Shalt Serve (1x)

And There Shall Ye Serve (1x)

And There Shalt Thou Serve (1x)

And There Thou Shalt Serve (1x)

And There Ye Shall Serve (1x)

And They Served (2x)

And They Shall Serve (1x)

And They Shall Till (1x)

And They That Serve (1x)

And To Serve (1x)

And We Will Serve (2x)

And Whom They Have Served (1x)

And Wilt Serve (1x)

And Ye Shall Serve (3x)

As I Have Served (1x)

As They Have Been (1x)

Be All They That Serve (1x)

Because Thou Servedst (1x)

Between Him That Serveth (1x)

But Serve (1x)

But The Worshippers (1x)

But They Shall Serve (1x)

But Thou Hast Made Me To Serve (1x)

Caused (1x)

For All The Worshippers (1x)

For He Served (1x)

For Them: So Shall They Serve (1x)

For They Have Not Served (1x)

For They Served (1x)

For Us To Serve (1x)

For Why Should We Serve (1x)

From Serving (1x)

He Shall Serve (1x)

He That Tilleth (2x)

Him Also To Serve (1x)

Him Shalt Thou Serve (1x)

Him, And To Serve (1x)

I Have Not Caused Thee To Serve (1x)

I Have Served (2x)

I Served Thee (1x)

I Will Not Transgress (1x)

I Will Serve (1x)

In Serving (1x)

In To Do (1x)

Is Served (1x)

Keep In Bondage (1x)

Made (1x)

Me, And Served (3x)

Me, That They May Serve (1x)

Moreover They That Work (1x)

Nay; But We Will Serve (1x)

Neither Serve (1x)

Nor Serve (1x)

Not Shall Serve (1x)

Not Theirs, And Shall Serve (1x)

Not To Serve (1x)

Not Unto Them; Serve (1x)

Not With What We Must Serve (1x)

Of A Labouring Man (1x)

Of All That Might Do Service (1x)

Of Bondservice (1x)

Of Them, That They May Be To Do (1x)

Of Those That Served (1x)

Serve (12x)

Served (11x)

Service (1x)

Shall Be Tilled (1x)

Shall Do (1x)

Shall No More Serve (1x)

Shall Serve (12x)

Shall Till (1x)

Shalt Thou Labour (1x)

Shouldest Thou Therefore Serve (1x)

So Shall Ye Serve (1x)

That Ear (1x)

That He Had Served (1x)

That He May Serve (1x)

That None Should Serve (2x)

That Serveth (1x)

That They May Execute (1x)

That They May Serve (8x)

100

That Thou Shalt Keep (1x)

101

That We May Serve (1x)

102

That We Should Serve (3x)

103

That Will Not Serve (2x)

104

That Ye Be Not Servants (1x)

105

The Worshippers (1x)

106

Thee; And I Will Cause Thee To Serve (1x)

107

Them, And Serve (1x)

108

Them, And Served (3x)

109

Then I Will Serve (1x)

110

Therefore Shalt Thou Serve (1x)

111

They Shall Be Your Bondmen (1x)

112

Thou Shalt Do No Work (1x)

113

Thou Shalt Labour (1x)

114

Thou Shalt Work (1x)

115

Thou Tillest (1x)

116

Thyself To Them, Nor Serve (1x)

117

Thyself Unto Them, Nor Serve (1x)

118

To Do (7x)

119

To Do The Service (1x)

120

To Dress (1x)

121

To Himself To Do (1x)

122

To Serve (21x)

123

To Set (1x)

124

To Their Servants (1x)

125

To Till (2x)

126

Unto Him, And To Serve (1x)

127

Unto Me? Did Not I Serve (1x)

128

Unto The Worshippers (1x)

129

Unto Thee, And Serve (1x)

130

Unto Thee, And They Shall Serve (1x)

131

Unto Thee; And When He Hath Served (1x)

132

Unto Thee; Thou Shalt Not Compel (1x)

133

Unto Them That Serve (1x)

134

Unto You, And Ye Shall Be Tilled (1x)

135

Upon Them: Neither Shalt Thou Serve (1x)

136

Upon Us, And We Will Serve (1x)

137

Us, That We Might Do (1x)

138

Was A Tiller (1x)

139

We Will Serve (1x)

140

Wherein They Made Them Serve (1x)

141

Wherein Thou Wast Made To Serve (1x)

142

Wherewith He Served (1x)

143

Which Hath Not Been Wrought With (1x)

144

Which I Have Done (1x)

145

Which Is Neither Eared (1x)

146

Which They Serve (1x)

147

Which Thou Shalt Serve (1x)

148

Which Will Not Serve (1x)

149

Whom I Have Served (1x)

150

Whom Should I Serve (1x)

151

Whom They Shall Serve (1x)

152

Will We Also Serve (1x)

153

Will We Serve (1x)

154

With Us, And We Will Serve (1x)

155

Work (1x)

156

Ye Shall Not Serve (2x)

157

Ye Shall Serve (1x)

158

Ye Will Serve (1x)

159

Ye, Serve (2x)

160

Yourselves To Them, Nor Serve (1x)

Occurrences of "To Serve"

Exodus 1:13

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Exodus 10:26

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord , until we come thither.

Numbers 4:24

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:(d)

Deuteronomy 28:14

And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.

Joshua 24:15

And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord , choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord .

Joshua 24:16

And the people answered and said, God forbid that we should forsake the Lord , to serve other gods;

Joshua 24:22

And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you the Lord , to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.

Judges 2:19

And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.(f)

(g)

2 Chronicles 33:16

And he repaired the altar of the Lord , and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve the Lord God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 34:33

And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, even to serve the Lord their God. And all his days they departed not from following the Lord , the God of their fathers.(p)

(q)

Job 39:9

Will the unicorn be willing to serve thee, or abide by thy crib?

Psalm 102:22

When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord .

Jeremiah 11:10

They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, which refused to hear my words; and they went after other gods to serve them: the house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken my covenant which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:10

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.(a)

Jeremiah 25:6

And go not after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, and provoke me not to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no hurt.

Jeremiah 35:15

I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.

Jeremiah 44:3

Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers.

Ezekiel 29:18

Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:

Zephaniah 3:9

For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord , to serve him with one consent.(e)

(f)

Malachi 3:14

Ye have said, It is vain to serve God: and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the Lord of hosts?(e)

(f)

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

All of the original Hebrew and Aramaic words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. In some cases more than one form of the word — such as the masculine and feminine forms of a noun — may be listed.

Each entry is a Hebrew word, unless it is designated as Aramaic. Immediately after each word is given its equivalent in English letters, according to a system of transliteration. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament (TWOT), by R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, Jr., and Bruce K. Waltke. This section makes an association between the unique number used by TWOT with the Strong's number.

Thayers Information

All of the original Greek words are arranged by the numbering system from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible. The Strong's numbering system arranges most Greek words by their alphabetical order. This renders reference easy without recourse to the Greek characters. In some cases more than one form of the word - such as the masculine, feminine, and neuter forms of a noun - may be listed.

Immediately after each word is given its exact equivalent in English letters, according to the system of transliteration laid down in the scheme here following. Then follows the phonetic. Next follows the Thayer's Definitions given in English.

Then ensues a reference to the same word as found in the ten-volume Theological Dictionary of the New Testament (TDNT), edited by Gerhard Kittel. Both volume and page numbers cite where the word may be found.

The presence of an asterisk indicates that the corresponding entry in the Theological Dictionary of the New Testament may appear in a different form than that displayed in Thayers' Greek Definitions.

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Dictionaries of Hebrew and Greek Words taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance by James Strong, S.T.D., LL.D., 1890.

Strong's Concor­dance

Hebrew-Aramaic H5647

Brown-Driver-Brigg's Information

Thayers Information

Strong's Hebrew and Greek Dictionaries Information

Strong's Concordance

Hebrew-Aramaic
H5647