Word meanings
Senses and individuals
- service: ministry H5656H · a Meaning of 87
- service: work H5656I · a Meaning of 33
- service H5656G 25
Strong's dictionary
or עֲבוֹדָה; from עָבַד; work of any kind; act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)
Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
עֲבֹדָה, and (Chr) עֲבוֹדָה 146 n.f. labour, service
1. labour, work
2. labour of servant or slave
3. labour, service of captives or subjects
4. service of God
Every occurrence
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1 Kings 12:4 מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת me.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word
Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.