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. Psalms 104:14 לַעֲבֹדַ֣ת la.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, And herb for the service of man; That he may bring forth food out of the earth,

  2. Psalms 104:23 וְֽלַעֲבֹ֖דָת֣וֹ ve.la.'a.Vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Man goeth forth unto his work And to his labor until the evening.

American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

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