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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Joshua 24:14 עָבְד֨וּ 'a.ve.Du · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
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.
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Joshua 24:14 וְעִבְד֖וּ 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.
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Joshua 24:15 לַעֲבֹ֣ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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Joshua 24:15 תַעֲבֹדוּן֒ ta.'a.vo.Dun · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by all of you
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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Joshua 24:15 עָבְד֣וּ 'a.ve.Du · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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Joshua 24:15 נַעֲבֹ֖ד na.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.
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Joshua 24:16 לַעֲבֹ֖ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And the people answered and said, Far be it from us that we should forsake Jehovah, to serve other gods;
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Joshua 24:18 נַעֲבֹ֣ד na.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
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Joshua 24:19 לַעֲבֹ֣ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye cannot serve Jehovah; for he is a holy God; he is a jealous God; he will not forgive your transgression nor your sins.
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Joshua 24:20 וַעֲבַדְתֶּ֖ם va.'a.vad.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you
If ye forsake Jehovah, and serve foreign gods, then he will turn and do you evil, and consume you, after that he hath done you good.
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Joshua 24:21 נַעֲבֹֽד׃ na.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve Jehovah.
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Joshua 24:22 לַעֲבֹ֣ד la.'a.Vod · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
And Joshua said unto the people, Ye are witnesses against yourselves that ye have chosen you Jehovah, to serve him. And they said, We are witnesses.
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Joshua 24:24 נַעֲבֹ֔ד na.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by us
And the people said unto Joshua, Jehovah our God will we serve, and unto his voice will we hearken.
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Joshua 24:31 וַיַּעֲבֹ֤ד vai.ya.'a.Vod · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it
And Israel served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, and had known all the work of Jehovah, that he had wrought for Israel.
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Judges 2:7 וַיַּעַבְד֤וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And the people served Jehovah all the days of Joshua, and all the days of the elders that outlived Joshua, who had seen all the great work of Jehovah that he had wrought for Israel.
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Judges 2:11 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and served the Baalim;
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Judges 2:13 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And they forsook Jehovah, and served Baal and the Ashtaroth.
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Judges 2:19 לְעָבְדָ֖ם le.'a.ve.Dam · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.
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Judges 3:6 וַיַּעַבְד֖וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
and they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their own daughters to their sons and served their gods.
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Judges 3:7 וַיַּעַבְד֥וּ vai.ya.'av.Du · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
And the children of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and forgat Jehovah their God, and served the Baalim and the Asheroth.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.