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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. Isaiah 32:17 וַֽעֲבֹדַת֙ va.'a.vo.Dat · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness, quietness and confidence for ever.

  2. Lamentations 1:3 עֲבֹדָ֔ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; She dwelleth among the nations, she findeth no rest: All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.

  3. Ezekiel 29:18 עֲבֹדָ֤ה 'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

  4. Ezekiel 29:18 הָעֲבֹדָ֖ה ha.'a.vo.Dah · A person, place or thing

    Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyre: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was worn; yet had he no wages, nor his army, from Tyre, for the service that he had served against it.

  5. Ezekiel 44:14 עֲבֹ֣דָת֔וֹ a.Vo.da.To · A person, place or thing: linked to the next word

    Yet will I make them keepers of the charge of the house, for all the service thereof, and for all that shall be done therein.

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