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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. 1 Chronicles 25:6 לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת la.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Jehovah, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

  2. 1 Chronicles 26:8 לַעֲבֹדָ֑ה la.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.

  3. 1 Chronicles 26:30 וְלַעֲבֹדַ֖ת ve.la.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brethren, men of valor, a thousand and seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Jehovah, and for the service of the king.

  4. 1 Chronicles 27:26 לַעֲבֹדַ֖ת la.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And over them that did the work of the field for tillage of the ground was Ezri the son of Chelub:

  5. 1 Chronicles 28:13 עֲבוֹדַ֣ת a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah;

  6. 1 Chronicles 28:13 עֲבוֹדַ֥ת a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    also for the courses of the priests and the Levites, and for all the work of the service of the house of Jehovah, and for all the vessels of service in the house of Jehovah;

  7. 1 Chronicles 28:14 עֲבוֹדָ֣ה a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

  8. 1 Chronicles 28:14 וַעֲבוֹדָ֑ה va.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

  9. 1 Chronicles 28:14 עֲבוֹדָ֥ה a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

  10. 1 Chronicles 28:14 וַעֲבוֹדָֽה׃ va.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    of gold by weight for the vessels of gold, for all vessels of every kind of service; of silver for all the vessels of silver by weight, for all vessels of every kind of service;

  11. 1 Chronicles 28:15 כַּעֲבוֹדַ֖ת ka.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    by weight also for the candlesticks of gold, and for the lamps thereof, of gold, by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof; and for the candlesticks of silver, silver by weight for every candlestick and for the lamps thereof, according to the use of every candlestick;

  12. 1 Chronicles 28:20 עֲבוֹדַ֥ת a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do it: fear not, nor be dismayed; for Jehovah God, even my God, is with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee, until all the work for the service of the house of Jehovah be finished.

  13. 1 Chronicles 28:21 עֲבוֹדַ֖ת a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

  14. 1 Chronicles 28:21 עֲבוֹדָ֔ה a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    And, behold, there are the courses of the priests and the Levites, for all the service of the house of God: and there shall be with thee in all manner of work every willing man that hath skill, for any manner of service: also the captains and all the people will be wholly at thy commandment.

  15. 1 Chronicles 29:7 לַעֲבוֹדַ֣ת la.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    and they gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand darics, and of silver ten thousand talents, and of brass eighteen thousand talents, and of iron a hundred thousand talents.

  16. 2 Chronicles 8:14 עֲבֹדָתָ֗ם 'a.vo.da.Tam · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And he appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their courses at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.

  17. 2 Chronicles 10:4 מֵעֲבֹדַ֨ת me.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve thee.

  18. 2 Chronicles 12:8 עֲב֣וֹדָתִ֔י a.Vo.da.Ti · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

  19. 2 Chronicles 12:8 וַעֲבוֹדַ֖ת va.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Nevertheless they shall be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.

  20. 2 Chronicles 24:12 עֲבוֹדַ֣ת a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the king and Jehoiada gave it to such as did the work of the service of the house of Jehovah; and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of Jehovah, and also such as wrought iron and brass to repair the house of Jehovah.

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