Word meanings
Senses and individuals
- to serve: minister H5647H · a Meaning of 157
- to serve H5647G 97
- to serve: labour H5647I · a Meaning of 32
- to serve: burden H5647J · a Meaning of 2
Strong's dictionary
a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] 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,
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Every occurrence
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1 Kings 4:21 וְעֹבְדִ֥ים ve.'oe.Dim · An -ing word: simple action
And Solomon ruled over all the kingdoms from the River unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought tribute, and served Solomon all the days of his life.
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1 Kings 9:6 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ va.'a.vad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
But if ye shall turn away from following me, ye or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
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1 Kings 9:9 וַיַּעַבְדֻ֑ם vai.ya.'av.Dum · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
and they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath Jehovah brought all this evil upon them.
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1 Kings 9:21 עֹבֵ֔ד 'o.Ved · An -ing word: simple action
their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel were not able utterly to destroy, of them did Solomon raise a levy of bondservants unto this day.
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1 Kings 12:4 וְנַעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ ve.na.'av.De.ka · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
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1 Kings 12:7 וַֽעֲבַדְתָּ֔ם va.'a.vad.Tam · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.
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1 Kings 16:31 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֣ד vai.ya.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal, and worshipped him.
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1 Kings 22:53 וַֽיַּעֲבֹד֙ vai.ya.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And he served Baal, and worshipped him, and provoked to anger Jehovah, the God of Israel, according to all that his father had done.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.