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. Numbers 3:7 עֲבֹדַ֥ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

  2. Numbers 3:8 עֲבֹדַ֥ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

  3. Numbers 3:26 עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ a.vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and by the altar round about, and the cords of it for all the service thereof.

  4. Numbers 3:31 עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ a.vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And their charge shall be the ark, and the table, and the candlestick, and the altars, and the vessels of the sanctuary wherewith they minister, and the screen, and all the service thereof.

  5. Numbers 3:36 עֲבֹדָתֽוֹ׃ a.vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the appointed charge of the sons of Merari shall be the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof, and all the instruments thereof, and all the service thereof,

  6. Numbers 4:4 עֲבֹדַ֥ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting, about the most holy things:

  7. Numbers 4:19 עֲבֹדָת֖וֹ a.vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    but thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden;

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

    from thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to wait upon the service, to do the work in the tent of meeting.

  9. Numbers 4:24 עֲבֹדַ֔ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:

  10. Numbers 4:26 עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and the hangings of the court, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatsoever shall be done with them: therein shall they serve.

  11. Numbers 4:27 עֲבֹדַת֙ 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.

  12. Numbers 4:27 עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    At the commandment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burden, and in all their service; and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burden.

  13. Numbers 4:28 עֲבֹדַ֗ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the service of the families of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

  14. Numbers 4:30 עֲבֹדַ֖ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth upon the service, to do the work of the tent of meeting.

  15. Numbers 4:31 עֲבֹדָתָ֖ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tent of meeting: the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and the sockets thereof,

  16. Numbers 4:32 עֲבֹדָתָ֑ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall appoint the instruments of the charge of their burden.

  17. Numbers 4:33 עֲבֹדַ֗ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

  18. Numbers 4:33 עֲבֹדָתָ֖ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tent of meeting, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

  19. Numbers 4:35 לַעֲבֹדָ֖ה la.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting:

  20. Numbers 4:39 לַעֲבֹדָ֖ה la.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    from thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entered upon the service, for work in the tent of meeting,

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