H5647 · עָבַד
ʻâbad · aw-bad' · serve, do, servant, work
H5647 (ʻâbad, pronounced aw-bad') is the Hebrew word עָבַד in Strong’s dictionary: to work (in any sense). It appears 289 times in 262 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- עָבַד (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʻâbad
- Pronunciation
- aw-bad'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- Rendered in the KJV
- [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
289 occurrences in 262 verses (285 with English words of their own, 4 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “and served” ×18
- “to serve” ×17
- “serve” ×13
- “and serve” ×12
- “served” ×9
- “so that they may worship Me” ×6
- “you will serve” ×5
- “Serve” ×4
By book
Genesis 22 · Exodus 29 · Leviticus 3 · Numbers 21 · Deuteronomy 35 · Joshua 16 · Judges 14 · 1 Samuel 11 · 2 Samuel 5 · 1 Kings 8 · 2 Kings 14 · 1 Chronicles 2 · 2 Chronicles 11 · Nehemiah 1 · Job 3 · Psalms 8 · Proverbs 2 · Ecclesiastes 2 · Isaiah 9 · Jeremiah 31 · Ezekiel 9 · Hosea 1 · Zephaniah 1 · Zechariah 1 · Malachi 3
First 30 of 262 verses
- Genesis 2:5
- Genesis 2:15
- Genesis 3:23
- Genesis 4:2
- Genesis 4:12
- Genesis 14:4
- Genesis 15:13
- Genesis 15:14
- Genesis 25:23
- Genesis 27:29
- Genesis 27:40
- Genesis 29:15
- Genesis 29:18
- Genesis 29:20
- Genesis 29:25
- Genesis 29:27
- Genesis 29:30
- Genesis 30:26
- Genesis 30:29
- Genesis 31:6
- Genesis 31:41
- Genesis 49:15
- Exodus 1:13
- Exodus 1:14
- Exodus 3:12
- Exodus 4:23
- Exodus 5:18
- Exodus 6:5
- Exodus 7:16
- Exodus 8:1
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H5647.