H5647: עָבַד

Extended definition

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H5647 is translated

• serve ×41
• you will serve ×27
• them ×25
• him ×21
• you ×18
• they served ×18
• me ×12
• he served ×10
• they will serve ×9
• you will labor ×7
• serving ×6
• those who serve ×6

Bible verses with H5647 (ʻâbad)

ʻâbad appears in 261 verses; the first 25 are shown below.

• Genesis 2:5

  And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the Lord God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

• Genesis 2:15

  And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

• Genesis 3:23

  Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

• Genesis 4:2

  And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

• Genesis 4:12

  When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

• Genesis 14:4

  Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

• Genesis 15:13

  And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

• Genesis 15:14

  And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

• Genesis 25:23

  And the Lord said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

• Genesis 27:29

  Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

• Genesis 27:40

  And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

• Genesis 29:15

  And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

• Genesis 29:18

  And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

• Genesis 29:20

  And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

• Genesis 29:25

  And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

• Genesis 29:27

  Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

• Genesis 29:30

  And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

• Genesis 30:26

  Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

• Genesis 30:29

  And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

• Genesis 31:6

  And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

• Genesis 31:41

  Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

• Genesis 49:15

  And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

• Exodus 1:13

  And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

• Exodus 1:14

  And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

• Exodus 3:12

  And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Words derived from H5647