עֲבֹדָה

a.vo.dah · service: ministry

Hebrew · Strong's H5656 · Noun · Sounds like: ab-o-daw' · 145 occurrences

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

  1. Isaiah 14:3 הָעֲבֹדָ֥ה ha.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And it shall come to pass in the day that Jehovah shall give thee rest from thy sorrow, and from thy trouble, and from the hard service wherein thou wast made to serve,

  2. Isaiah 28:21 עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ a.Vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

  3. Isaiah 28:21 עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ a.vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    For Jehovah will rise up as in mount Perazim, he will be wroth as in the valley of Gibeon; that he may do his work, his strange work, and bring to pass his act, his strange act.

  4. Isaiah 32:17 וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙ va.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

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