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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Job 21:15 נַֽעַבְדֶ֑נּוּ na.'av.De.nu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? And what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
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Job 36:11 וְֽיַ֫עֲבֹ֥דוּ ve.Ya.'a.Vo.du · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
If they hearken and serve him, They shall spend their days in prosperity, And their years in pleasures.
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Job 39:9 עָבְדֶ֑ךָ 'a.ve.De.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
Will the wild-ox be content to serve thee? Or will he abide by thy crib?
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