עָבַד

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)

Every occurrence

1. Jeremiah 5:19 וַתַּעַבְד֞וּ va.ta.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by all of you

   And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

2. Jeremiah 5:19 תַּעַבְד֣וּ ta.'av.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

   And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

3. Jeremiah 8:2 עֲבָדוּם֙ 'a.va.Dum · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

4. Jeremiah 11:10 לְעָבְדָ֑ם le.'a.ve.Dam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   They are turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who refused to hear my words; and they are gone 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.

5. Jeremiah 13:10 לְעָבְדָ֖ם le.'a.ve.Dam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   This evil people, that refuse to hear my words, that walk in the stubbornness of their heart, and are gone after other gods to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is profitable for nothing.

6. Jeremiah 16:11 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּם vai.ya.'av.Dum · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Then shalt thou say unto them, Because your fathers have forsaken me, saith Jehovah, and have walked after other gods, and have served them, and have worshipped them, and have forsaken me, and have not kept my law;

7. Jeremiah 16:13 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם־ va.'a.vad.tem- · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

   therefore will I cast you forth out of this land into the land that ye have not known, neither ye nor your fathers; and there shall ye serve other gods day and night; for I will show you no favor.

8. Jeremiah 17:4 וְהַעֲבַדְתִּ֙יךָ֙ ve.ha.'a.vad.Ti.kha · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me

   And thou, even of thyself, shalt discontinue from thy heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger which shall burn for ever.

9. Jeremiah 22:9 וַיַּעַבְדֽוּם׃ ס vai.ya.'av.Dum · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.

10. Jeremiah 22:13 יַעֲבֹ֣ד ya.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; that useth his neighbor's service without wages, and giveth him not his hire;

11. Jeremiah 25:6 לְעָבְדָ֖ם le.'a.ve.Dam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

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

12. Jeremiah 25:11 וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ ve.'A.ve.Du · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

13. Jeremiah 25:14 עָֽבְדוּ־ 'a.ve.du- · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

    For many nations and great kings shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

14. Jeremiah 27:6 לְעָבְדֽוֹ׃ le.'a.ve.Do · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.

15. Jeremiah 27:7 וְעָבְד֤וּ ve.'a.ve.Du · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

16. Jeremiah 27:7 וְעָ֤בְדוּ ve.'A.ve.du · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And all the nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the time of his own land come: and then many nations and great kings shall make him their bondman.

17. Jeremiah 27:8 יַעַבְד֤וּ ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And it shall come to pass, that the nation and the kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that nation will I punish, saith Jehovah, with the sword, and with the famine, and with the pestilence, until I have consumed them by his hand.

18. Jeremiah 27:9 תַעַבְד֖וּ ta.'av.Du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you

    But as for you, hearken ye not to your prophets, nor to your diviners, nor to your dreams, nor to your soothsayers, nor to your sorcerers, that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon:

19. Jeremiah 27:11 וַֽעֲבָד֑וֹ va.'a.va.Do · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

20. Jeremiah 27:11 וַֽעֲבָדָ֖הּ va.'a.va.Dah · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    But the nation that shall bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, that nation will I let remain in their own land, saith Jehovah; and they shall till it, and dwell therein.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.