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. Leviticus 23:7 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    In the first day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.

  2. Leviticus 23:8 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah seven days: in the seventh day is a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work.

  3. Leviticus 23:21 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And ye shall make proclamation on the selfsame day; there shall be a holy convocation unto you; ye shall do no servile work: it is a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

  4. Leviticus 23:25 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Ye shall do no servile work; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah.

  5. Leviticus 23:35 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    On the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.

  6. Leviticus 23:36 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: on the eighth day shall be a holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto Jehovah: it is a solemn assembly; ye shall do no servile work.

  7. Leviticus 25:39 עֲבֹ֥דַת 'a.Vo.dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And if thy brother be waxed poor with thee, and sell himself unto thee; thou shalt not make him to serve as a bond-servant.

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