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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2 Chronicles 2:18 לְהַעֲבִ֥יד le.ha.'a.Vid · The “to do” form of an action: causing it
And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to bear burdens, and fourscore thousand that were hewers in the mountains, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set the people at work.
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2 Chronicles 7:19 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ va.'a.vad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments which I have set before you, and shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
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2 Chronicles 7:22 וַיַּֽעַבְד֑וּם vai.ya.'av.Dum · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
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2 Chronicles 10:4 וְנַֽעַבְדֶֽךָּ׃ 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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2 Chronicles 24:18 וַיַּֽעַבְד֥וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And they forsook the house of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, and served the Asherim and the idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guiltiness.
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2 Chronicles 30:8 וְעִבְדוּ֙ ve.'iv.Du · A command to all of you: simple action
Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves unto Jehovah, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever, and serve Jehovah your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
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2 Chronicles 33:3 וַֽיַּעֲבֹ֖ד vai.ya.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down; and he reared up altars for the Baalim, and made Asheroth, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served them.
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2 Chronicles 33:16 לַעֲב֕וֹד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And he built up the altar of Jehovah, and offered thereon sacrifices of peace-offerings and of thanksgiving, and commanded Judah to serve Jehovah, the God of Israel.
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2 Chronicles 33:22 וַיַּֽעַבְדֵֽם׃ vai.Ya.'av.Dem · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, as did Manasseh his father; and Amon sacrificed unto all the graven images which Manasseh his father had made, and served them.
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2 Chronicles 34:33 וַֽיַּעֲבֵ֗ד vai.ya.'a.Ved · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 34:33 לַעֲב֖וֹד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were found in Israel to serve, even to serve Jehovah their God. All his days they departed not from following Jehovah, the God of their fathers.
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2 Chronicles 35:3 עִבְדוּ֙ 'iv.Du · A command to all of you: simple action
And he said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, that were holy unto Jehovah, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; there shall no more be a burden upon your shoulders: now serve Jehovah your God, and his people Israel.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.