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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Deuteronomy 4:19 וַעֲבַדְתָּ֑ם va.'a.vad.Tam · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
and lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the host of heaven, thou be drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Jehovah thy God hath allotted unto all the peoples under the whole heaven.
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Deuteronomy 4:28 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־ va.'a.vad.tem- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
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Deuteronomy 5:9 תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒ ta.'a.ve.Dem · An action: being caused, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I, Jehovah, thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me;
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Deuteronomy 5:13 תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮ ta.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work;
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Deuteronomy 6:13 תַעֲבֹ֑ד ta.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; and him shalt thou serve, and shalt swear by his name.
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Deuteronomy 7:4 וְעָבְד֖וּ ve.'a.ve.Du · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them
For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.
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Deuteronomy 7:16 תַעֲבֹד֙ ta.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
And thou shalt consume all the peoples that Jehovah thy God shall deliver unto thee; thine eye shall not pity them: neither shalt thou serve their gods; for that will be a snare unto thee.
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Deuteronomy 8:19 וַעֲבַדְתָּ֖ם va.'a.vad.Tam · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
And it shall be, if thou shalt forget Jehovah thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.
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Deuteronomy 10:12 וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ ve.la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
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Deuteronomy 10:20 תַעֲבֹ֑ד ta.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
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Deuteronomy 11:13 וּלְעָבְד֔וֹ u.le.'a.ve.Do · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love Jehovah your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,
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Deuteronomy 11:16 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ va.'a.vad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
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Deuteronomy 12:2 עָֽבְדוּ־ 'a.ve.du- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
Ye shall surely destroy all the places wherein the nations that ye shall dispossess served their gods, upon the high mountains, and upon the hills, and under every green tree:
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Deuteronomy 12:30 יַעַבְד֜וּ ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
take heed to thyself that thou be not ensnared to follow them, after that they are destroyed from before thee; and that thou inquire not after their gods, saying, How do these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise.
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Deuteronomy 13:2 וְנָֽעָבְדֵֽם׃ ve.Na.'a.ve.Dem · An action: being caused, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
and the sign or the wonder come to pass, whereof he spake unto thee, saying, Let us go after other gods, which thou hast not known, and let us serve them;
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Deuteronomy 13:4 תַעֲבֹ֖דוּ ta.'a.Vo.du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
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Deuteronomy 13:6 וְנַֽעַבְדָה֙ ve.na.'av.Dah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, that is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers;
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Deuteronomy 13:13 וְנַעַבְדָ֛ה ve.na.'av.Dah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
Certain base fellows are gone out from the midst of thee, and have drawn away the inhabitants of their city, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which ye have not known;
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Deuteronomy 15:12 וַעֲבָֽדְךָ֖ va.'a.va.de.Kha · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
If thy brother, a Hebrew man, or a Hebrew woman, be sold unto thee, and serve thee six years; then in the seventh year thou shalt let him go free from thee.
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Deuteronomy 15:18 עֲבָֽדְךָ֖ 'a.va.de.Kha · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou lettest him go free from thee; for to the double of the hire of a hireling hath he served thee six years: and Jehovah thy God will bless thee in all that thou doest.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.