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 18:21 עֲבֹֽדָתָם֙ 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

  2. Numbers 18:21 עֲבֹדַ֖ת 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And unto the children of Levi, behold, I have given all the tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service which they serve, even the service of the tent of meeting.

  3. Numbers 18:23 עֲבֹדַת֙ 'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity: it shall be a statute for ever throughout your generations; and among the children of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

  4. Numbers 18:31 עֲבֹֽדַתְכֶ֖ם 'a.vo.dat.Khem · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And ye shall eat it in every place, ye and your households: for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

  5. Numbers 28:18 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    In the first day shall be a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work;

  6. Numbers 28:25 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work.

  7. Numbers 28:26 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Also in the day of the first-fruits, when ye offer a new meal-offering unto Jehovah in your feast of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work;

  8. Numbers 29:1 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And in the seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work: it is a day of blowing of trumpets unto you.

  9. Numbers 29:12 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And on the fifteenth day of the seventh month ye shall have a holy convocation; ye shall do no servile work, and ye shall keep a feast unto Jehovah seven days:

  10. Numbers 29:35 עֲבֹדָ֖ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    On the eighth day ye shall have a solemn assembly: ye shall do no servile work;

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