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 20:11 וַעֲבָדֽוּךָ׃ va.'a.va.Du.kha · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them
And it shall be, if it make thee answer of peace, and open unto thee, then it shall be, that all the people that are found therein shall become tributary unto thee, and shall serve thee.
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Deuteronomy 21:3 עֻבַּד֙ 'u.Bad · An action: strong action received, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
and it shall be, that the city which is nearest unto the slain man, even the elders of that city shall take a heifer of the herd, which hath not been wrought with, and which hath not drawn in the yoke;
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Deuteronomy 21:4 יֵעָבֵ֥ד ye.'a.Ved · An action: receiving the action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
and the elders of that city shall bring down the heifer unto a valley with running water, which is neither plowed nor sown, and shall break the heifer's neck there in the valley.
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Deuteronomy 28:14 לְעָבְדָֽם׃ ס le.'a.ve.Dam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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Deuteronomy 28:36 וְעָבַ֥דְתָּ ve.'a.Vad.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
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Deuteronomy 28:39 וְעָבָ֑דְתָּ ve.'a.Va.de.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
Thou shalt plant vineyards and dress them, but thou shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worm shall eat them.
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Deuteronomy 28:47 עָבַ֙דְתָּ֙ 'a.Vad.ta · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by you
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
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Deuteronomy 28:48 וְעָבַדְתָּ֣ ve.'a.vad.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies that Jehovah shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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Deuteronomy 28:64 וְעָבַ֨דְתָּ ve.'a.Vad.ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.
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Deuteronomy 29:18 לַעֲבֹ֔ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
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Deuteronomy 29:26 וַיַּֽעַבְדוּ֙ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:
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Deuteronomy 30:17 וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃ va.'a.vad.Tam · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you
But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
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Deuteronomy 31:20 וַעֲבָד֔וּם va.'a.va.Dum · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them
For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, flowing with milk and honey, and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxed fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and despise me, and break my covenant.
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Joshua 16:10 עֹבֵֽד׃ פ 'o.Ved · An -ing word: simple action
And they drove not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell in the midst of Ephraim unto this day, and are become servants to do taskwork.
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Joshua 22:5 וּלְעָבְד֕וֹ u.le.'a.ve.Do · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
Only take diligent heed to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Jehovah commanded you, to love Jehovah your God, and to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and to cleave unto him, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul.
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Joshua 22:27 לַעֲבֹ֞ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
but it shall be a witness between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we may do the service of Jehovah before him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings; that your children may not say to our children in time to come, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
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Joshua 23:7 תַעַבְד֔וּם ta.'av.Dum · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
that ye come not among these nations, these that remain among you; neither make mention of the name of their gods, nor cause to swear by them, neither serve them, nor bow down yourselves unto them;
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Joshua 23:16 וַעֲבַדְתֶּם֙ va.'a.vad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
When ye transgress the covenant of Jehovah your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them; then will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and ye shall perish quickly from off the good land which he hath given unto you.
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Joshua 24:2 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And Joshua said unto all the people, Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Your fathers dwelt of old time beyond the River, even Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor: and they served other gods.
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Joshua 24:14 וְעִבְד֥וּ ve.'iv.Du · A command to all of you: simple action
Now therefore fear Jehovah, and serve him in sincerity and in truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt; and serve ye Jehovah.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.