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Lexicon :: Strong's H5647 - ʿāḇaḏ

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עָבַד
Transliteration
ʿāḇaḏ
Pronunciation
aw-bad'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1553

Strong’s Definitions

עָבַד ʻâbad, aw-bad'; a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.:—× be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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,


KJV Translation Count — Total: 290x

The KJV translates Strong's H5647 in the following manner: serve (227x), do (15x), till (9x), servant (5x), work (5x), worshippers (5x), service (4x), dress (2x), labour (2x), ear (2x), miscellaneous (14x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 290x
The KJV translates Strong's H5647 in the following manner: serve (227x), do (15x), till (9x), servant (5x), work (5x), worshippers (5x), service (4x), dress (2x), labour (2x), ear (2x), miscellaneous (14x).
  1. to work, serve

    1. (Qal)

      1. to labour, work, do work

      2. to work for another, serve another by labour

      3. to serve as subjects

      4. to serve (God)

      5. to serve (with Levitical service)

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

      2. to make oneself a servant

    3. (Pual) to be worked

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

      2. to cause to serve as subjects

    5. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָבַד ʻâbad, aw-bad'; a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.:—× be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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,
STRONGS H5647: Abbreviations
עָבַד 290 verb work, serve (Old Aramaic עבד do make, especially Nabataean, Palmyrene (often), Lzb331 f. Cook86, so Targum עֲבַד, Syriac bdb071201 (very often); but also Old Aramaic Phoenician עבד slave, vassal (and in many proper names), Targum עַבְדָּא, Syriac bdb071202 id.; Assyrian abdu, id. (rare); Late Hebrew עָבַד serve, performs acts of worship (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), and derivatives; Arabic bdb071203 worship, obey (God); compare WeSkizzen iii. 165; Heid. 141, II. enslave; bdb071204 slave, worshiper; Sabean עבד id. DHMSüdar. Alt. p. 18; GerberVerb. Denom. 14 ff. thinks be slave, serve (Qal) and enslave (Hiph.) are denominative, compare also NöZMG xl (1886), 741); —
Qal272 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular ע׳ Ezekiel 29:18 +; suffix עֲבָדוֺ Malachi 3:18 +; 3rd person masculine plural עָֽבְדוּ Deuteronomy 7:4; עָבָ֑דוּ Numbers 4:26, + 64 times Perfect; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַעֲבֹד Genesis 25:23 +; suffix יַעַבְדֵ֫נִי Exodus 4:23; יַעַבְדֶ֫נּוּ Psalm 22:31; 2 Kings 10:18; 3rd person masculine plural יַעַבְדוּ Deuteronomy 12:30 +; יַעֲבֹ֑דוּ Genesis 15:14 (Dr§ 103) Job 36:11; 2nd person masculine plural תַּעַבְדוּן Exodus 3:12, תַּעֲבֹד֑וּן Joshua 24:15, + 99 times Imperfect; (תָּעָבְדֵם, נָֽעָבְדֵם see Hoph.); Imperative עֲבֹד 1 Samuel 26:19; suffix עָבְדֵהוּ 1 Chronicles 28:9; עִבְדוּ Exodus 5:18 + 15 times; עֲבֹ֑דוּ Ezekiel 20:39; suffix עִבְדֻהוּ 1 Samuel 7:3; Infinitive construct עֲבֹד Malachi 3:14 +; עֲבָדֿ Jeremiah 34:9, 10; suffix עָבְדוֺ Jeremiah 27:6 +, etc.; Participle עֹבֵד Genesis 4:2 +; plural עֹבְדִים Numbers 18:21 +; construct עֹבְדֵי Psalm 97:7 +; suffix עֹבְדָיו 2 Kings 10:19; עֹבְדֵיהֶם Zechariah 2:13; —
†1. labour, work, do work: absolute Exodus 20:9 = Exodus 34:21 = Deuteronomy 5:13 (4th word); Exodus 5:18 (E) Ecclesiastes 5:11; with accusative of thing, till the ground Genesis 2:5; Genesis 3:23; Genesis 4:2, 12 (J), 2 Samuel 9:10; Isaiah 30:24; Jeremiah 27:11; Zechariah 13:5; Proverbs 12:11; Proverbs 28:19 object omitted Deuteronomy 15:19; Ezekiel 48:19; vineyard Deuteronomy 28:39; garden Genesis 2:16 (J); עֹבְרֵי פִשְׁתִּים Isaiah 19:9 workers in flax; עֹבְדֵ(יׅ הָעִיר Ezekiel 48:18, 19 labourers of the city; עֲבֹדָתוֺ ע׳ Isaiah 28:21 work his work (only here of God, || עשׂה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ); עבדה על ע׳ Ezekiel 29:18 serve a military service against.
†2. work for another, serve him by labour: absolute Exodus 21:2 (E); with accusative pers Genesis 29:15; Genesis 31:6; Exodus 21:6 (E) Deuteronomy 15:12, 18; Malachi 3:17; Jeremiah 34:14, king his people 1 Kings 12:7; subject animals Jeremiah 27:6; Job 39:9; with accusative of person and thing Genesis 30:26 (twice in verse); Genesis 30:29 (J); with לְ person 2 Samuel 16:19; עִם Genesis 29:25, 30 (E) Leviticus 25:40 (P); עִמָּדִי Genesis 29:27 (E); לִפְנֵי 2 Samuel 16:19 (twice in verse); with בְּ of price Genesis 29:18, 20, 25; Genesis 31:41 (E) Hosea 12:13; Ezekiel 29:20; with בְּ personwork by means of another, use him as slave, Exodus 1:14; Leviticus 25:39, 46 (P) Jeremiah 22:13; Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 30:8; Jeremiah 34:9, 10.
3. serve as subjects: usually with accusative, their own chiefs or kings Judges 9:28 (twice in verse); Judges 9:38; 1 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 5:1 +; other kings, by tribute Psalm 18:44 = 2 Samuel 22:44; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 28:14; 2 Kings 25:24 +, other nations 2 Samuel 10:19; Jeremiah 40:9; Zechariah 2:13 +, kings other kings 2 Kings 18:7 +, with לְ, 1 Samuel 4:9 (twice in verse); מַס עֹבֵד Genesis 49:15 (J) Joshua 16:10; 1 Kings 9:21 (see מַס); † with בְּ person, work with, i.e. use as subjects, impose tribute upon, Jeremiah 25:14; Jeremiah 27:7; Jeremiah 30:8; Ezekiel 34:27.
4. serve God:
a. with accusative י׳, Exodus 3:12; Exodus 4:23; Exodus 7:16; Exodus 7:26 (JE), Psalm 22:31; Job 21:15; Malachi 3:14 +; with accusative of person and thing Exodus 10:26 (E); accusative of person omitted, Jeremiah 2:20 (read אֶעֱבוֺד Kt), עבד זבח ומנחה Isaiah 19:21 serve with peace-offering and grain-offering; עבד עֲבֹדָה Exodus 13:5 (of מַצֹּת).
b. other gods, with accusative א׳Deuteronomy 7:16; Deuteronomy 12:2, 30†; אלהים אחרים Deuteronomy 7:4; Deuteronomy 8:19; Deuteronomy 11:16; Deuteronomy 13:7; Deuteronomy 13:14; Deuteronomy 17:3; Deuteronomy 28:14, 36, 64; Deuteronomy 29:25; Deuteronomy 30:17; Deuteronomy 31:20; Joshua 23:16; Joshua 24:2, 16; Judges 2:10; Judges 10:13; 1 Samuel 8:8; 1 Samuel 26:19; 1 Kings 9:6, 9; 2 Kings 17:35; 2 Chronicles 7:19, 22; Jeremiah 11:10; Jeremiah 13:10; Jeremiah 16:11, 13; Jeremiah 22:9; Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 35:15 (all D and Jeremiah); אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֺיִם Deuteronomy 29:17; זָרִים Jeremiah 5:19; † כל צבא השׁמים Deuteronomy 4:19; 2 Kings 21:3; 2 Chronicles 33:3; Jeremiah 8:2; הבעל(יםׅ Judges 2:11; Judges 3:7; Judges 10:6; Judges 10:10; 1 Samuel 12:10; 1 Kings 16:31; 1 Kings 22:54; 2 Kings 10:18 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:19 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 10:21, 22, 23 (twice in verse); 2 Kings 17:16; † אלהי נֵכָר Joshua 24:20; Jeremiah 5:19; † (הַ)גִּלּוּלִים 2 Kings 17:12; 2 Kings 21:21 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 20:39; † האשׁרים 2 Chronicles 24:18; עצבים Psalm 106:36; † פםיל(ים) 2 Chronicles 33:22; 2 Kings 17:41; פסל 2Ki 97:7; with לְ, † לבעל Judges 2:13; † לאלהים אחרים Jeremiah 44:3.
5. serve י׳ with Levitical service (all P; compare RSSem i. 69): with accusative עבד עֲבֹדָה (see עֲבֹדָה) Numbers 3:7, 8; Numbers 4:23, 30, 47; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:11, 19, 22, 26; Numbers 16:9; Numbers 18:6, 21, 23; Joshua 22:27; accusative omitted Numbers 4:24, 26, 37, 41; Numbers 8:15 (but SAM Greek Version of the LXX עבדה), Numbers 8:25; Numbers 18:7.
†Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נֶעְבָּ֑ד Ecclesiastes 5:8; 2nd person masculine plural נֶעֱבַדְתֶּם Ezekiel 36:9; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יֵעָבֵד Deuteronomy 21:4; 3rd person feminine singular תֵּעָבֵד Ezekiel 36:34; —
1. be tilled, of land Deuteronomy 21:4; Ezekiel 36:9, 34.
2. Ecclesiastes 5:8 מֶלֶךְ לְשָׂדֶה נֶעְבָּ֑ד dubious: a king for (devoted to) the cultivated field (Hi); a king that maketh himself servant to the field (devoted to agriculture), Desee Commentaries, especially De.
Pual Perfect 3rd person masculine singular עֻבַּד Deuteronomy 21:3; Isaiah 14:3; passive of Qal, with בְּ impersonal Deuteronomy 21:3 of a calf with which it has not been worked; hard service with which it was worked with captives Isaiah 14:3.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱבִיד Ezekiel 29:18; 2nd person masculine singular suffix הֶעֱבַדְתַּ֫נִי Isaiah 43:24, הֶעֱבַדְתִּיךָ Isaiah 43:23, וְהַעֲבַדְתִּיךָ Jeremiah 17:4; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיַּעֲבֵד 2 Chronicles 34:33; 3rd person masculine plural יַעֲבִדוּ Exodus 1:13; Infinitive construct הַעֲבִיד 2 Chronicles 2:17; Participle plural מַעֲבִדִים Exodus 6:15; —
1. compel to labour as slaves Exodus 1:13; Exodus 6:5 (P) 2 Chron 2:17, + Genesis 47:21 (reading הֶעֱבִיד לַעֲבָדִים), 2 Samuel 12:31 (reading וְהֶעֱבִיד + בְּ at; on both these see עבר Hiph. near the end); cause to serve, of army's service against, with accusative + (על)אל Ezekiel 29:18; cause to labour, weary, with בְּ of means Isaiah 43:23, 24 (perhaps play on meanings 2, 3).
2. make to serve as subjects, with 2 accusative Jeremiah 17:4, + Jeremiah 15:14 (read וְהַעֲבַרְתִּיךָ see עבר Hiph. near the end).
3. cause to serve God 2 Chronicles 34:33.
Hoph. Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular suffix תָּֽעָבְדֵם Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 23:24; 1st person plural suffix נָֽצָבְדֵם Deuteronomy 13:3 (Köi. 259 Sta§ 549 g Thes; < NesMarg. 12 f. Qal anomalously pointed (compare WAG. ed. 2, i, 62 n. FlKl. Schr. i. 98); Ges§ 60 R. 1 Dr Qal falsely pointed as Hoph.); — be led or enticed to serve other gods Exodus 20:5 = Deuteronomy 5:9; Exodus 23:24; Deuteronomy 13:8.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5648.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

2:5; 2:16; 3:23; 4:2; 4:2; 4:12; 15:14; 25:23; 29:15; 29:18; 29:20; 29:25; 29:25; 29:27; 29:30; 30:26; 30:29; 31:6; 31:41; 47:21; 49:15

Exodus

1:13; 1:13; 1:14; 3:12; 3:12; 4:23; 4:23; 5:18; 5:18; 6:5; 6:15; 7:16; 10:26; 13:5; 20:5; 20:5; 20:9; 21:2; 21:6; 23:24; 23:24; 34:21

Leviticus

25:39; 25:40; 25:46

Numbers

3:7; 3:8; 4:23; 4:24; 4:26; 4:26; 4:30; 4:37; 4:41; 4:47; 7:5; 8:11; 8:15; 8:19; 8:22; 8:25; 8:26; 16:9; 18:6; 18:7; 18:21; 18:21; 18:23

Deuteronomy

4:19; 5:9; 5:9; 5:13; 7:4; 7:4; 7:16; 8:19; 11:16; 12:2; 12:30; 12:30; 13:3; 13:7; 13:8; 13:14; 15:12; 15:18; 15:19; 17:3; 21:3; 21:3; 21:4; 21:4; 28:14; 28:36; 28:39; 28:64; 29:17; 29:25; 30:17; 31:20

Joshua

16:10; 22:27; 23:16; 24:2; 24:15; 24:16; 24:20

Judges

2:10; 2:11; 2:13; 3:7; 9:28; 9:38; 10:6; 10:10; 10:13

1 Samuel

4:9; 7:3; 8:8; 11:1; 12:10; 26:19; 26:19

2 Samuel

9:10; 10:19; 12:31; 16:19; 16:19; 22:44

1 Kings

5:1; 9:6; 9:9; 9:21; 12:7; 16:31

2 Kings

10:18; 10:18; 10:19; 10:19; 10:21; 10:22; 10:23; 17:12; 17:16; 17:35; 17:41; 18:7; 21:3; 21:21; 25:24

1 Chronicles

28:9

2 Chronicles

2:17; 2:17; 7:19; 7:22; 24:18; 33:3; 33:22; 34:33; 34:33

Job

21:15; 36:11; 39:9

Psalms

18:44; 22:31; 22:31; 97:7; 106:36

Proverbs

12:11; 28:19

Ecclesiastes

5:8; 5:8; 5:11

Isaiah

14:3; 14:3; 19:9; 19:21; 28:21; 30:24; 43:23; 43:23; 43:24; 43:24

Jeremiah

2:20; 5:19; 5:19; 8:2; 11:10; 13:10; 15:14; 16:11; 16:13; 17:4; 17:4; 22:9; 22:13; 25:6; 25:14; 25:14; 27:6; 27:6; 27:7; 27:7; 27:7; 27:11; 28:14; 30:8; 30:8; 34:9; 34:9; 34:10; 34:10; 34:14; 35:15; 40:9; 44:3

Ezekiel

20:39; 20:39; 29:18; 29:18; 29:18; 29:18; 29:20; 34:27; 36:9; 36:9; 36:34; 36:34; 48:18; 48:19; 48:19

Hosea

12:13

Zechariah

2:13; 2:13; 13:5

Malachi

3:14; 3:14; 3:17; 3:18

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5647 matches the Hebrew עָבַד (ʿāḇaḏ),
which occurs 289 times in 262 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 6 (Deu 28:14–1Sa 17:9)

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:14 - and do not turn aside from any of the words which I am commanding you today, to the right or to the left, to walk after other gods to serve H5647 them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:36 - “Yahweh will lead you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation which neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you shall serve H5647 other gods, wood and stone.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:39 - “You shall plant and cultivate H5647 vineyards, but you will neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm will devour them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:47 -

“Because you did not serve H5647 Yahweh your God with gladness and a merry heart—because of the abundance of all things,

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:48 - therefore you shall serve H5647 your enemies whom Yahweh will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in the lack of all things; and He will put an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 28:64 - “Moreover, Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve H5647 other gods, wood and stone, which you or your fathers have not known.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:18 - lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Yahweh our God, to go to serve H5647 the gods of those nations; lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:26 - ‘And they went and served H5647 other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they have not known and whom He had not apportioned to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 30:17 - “But if your heart turns away and you will not listen, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve H5647 them,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 31:20 - “For when I bring them into the land flowing with milk and honey, which I swore to their fathers, and they have eaten and are satisfied and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and serve H5647 them and spurn Me and break My covenant.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 16:10 - But they did not dispossess the Canaanites who lived in Gezer, so the Canaanites live in the midst of Ephraim to this day, and they became forced laborers H5647.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:5 - “Only keep yourselves very carefully to do the commandment and the law which Moses the servant of Yahweh commanded you, to love Yahweh your God and walk in all His ways and keep His commandments and cling to Him and serve H5647 Him with all your heart and with all your soul.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 22:27 - rather it shall be a witness between us and you and between our generations after us, that we are to perform H5647 the service of Yahweh before Him with our burnt offerings and with our sacrifices and with our peace offerings, so that your sons will not say to our sons in time to come, “You have no portion in Yahweh.”’
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:7 - so that you will not go along with these nations, these which remain among you, and you will not mention the name of their gods, and you will not make anyone swear by them, and you will not serve H5647 them, and you will not bow down to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 23:16 - “When you trespass against the covenant of Yahweh your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve H5647 other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of Yahweh will burn against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which He has given you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:2 - And Joshua said to all the people, “Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, ‘From ancient times your fathers lived beyond the [fn]River, namely, Terah, the father of Abraham and the father of Nahor, and they served H5647 other gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:14 -

“So now, [fn]fear Yahweh and serve H5647 Him in integrity and [fn]truth; and put away the gods which your fathers served H5647 beyond the [fn]River and in Egypt, and serve H5647 Yahweh.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:15 - “If it is evil in your sight to serve H5647 Yahweh, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve H5647: whether the gods which your fathers served H5647 which were beyond the River or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve H5647 Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:16 -

And the people answered and said, “Far be it from us that we should forsake Yahweh to serve H5647 other gods;

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:18 - “And Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. We also will serve H5647 Yahweh, for He is our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:19 -

Then Joshua said to the people, “You will not be able to serve H5647 Yahweh, for He is a holy God. He is a jealous God; He will not forgive your transgression or your sins.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:20 - “If you forsake Yahweh and serve H5647 foreign gods, then He will turn and do you harm and consume you after He has done good to you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:21 - And the people said to Joshua, “No, but we will serve H5647 Yahweh.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:22 - And Joshua said to the people, “You are witnesses against yourselves that you have chosen for yourselves Yahweh, to serve H5647 Him.” And they said, “We are witnesses.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:24 - And the people said to Joshua, “We will serve H5647 Yahweh our God, and we will listen to His voice.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 24:31 -

And Israel served H5647 Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who knew all the work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:7 - And the people served H5647 Yahweh all the days of Joshua and all the days of the elders who [fn]survived Joshua, who saw all the great work of Yahweh which He had done for Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:11 -

Then the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and [fn]served H5647 the Baals,

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:13 - So they forsook Yahweh and served H5647 Baal and the Ashtaroth.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 2:19 - But it happened when the judge died, that they would turn back and act more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve H5647 them and bow down to them; they did not abandon their practices or their stubborn ways.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:6 - and they took their daughters for themselves as wives and gave their own daughters to their sons and served H5647 their gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:7 -

Thus the sons of Israel did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and forgot Yahweh their God and served H5647 the Baals and the [fn]Asheroth.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:8 - Then the anger of Yahweh burned against Israel, so that He sold them into the hands of Cushan-rishathaim king of [fn]Mesopotamia; and the sons of Israel served H5647 Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 3:14 - So the sons of Israel served H5647 Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:28 - Then Gaal the son of Ebed said, “Who is Abimelech, and who is Shechem, that we should serve H5647 him? Is he not the son of Jerubbaal, and is Zebul not his [fn]officer? Serve H5647 the men of Hamor the father of Shechem; but why should we serve H5647 him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 9:38 - Then Zebul said to him, “Where is your [fn]boasting now with which you said, ‘Who is Abimelech that we should serve H5647 him?’ Is this not the people whom you rejected? Go out now and fight with them!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:6 -

Then the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh and served H5647 the Baals and the Ashtaroth, the gods of Aram, the gods of Sidon, the gods of Moab, the gods of the sons of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines; thus they forsook Yahweh and did not serve H5647 Him.

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:10 -

And the sons of Israel cried out to Yahweh, saying, “We have sinned against You, for indeed, we have forsaken our God and served H5647 the Baals.”

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:13 - “Yet you have forsaken Me and served H5647 other gods; therefore I will no longer save you.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 10:16 - So they removed the foreign gods from among them and served H5647 Yahweh; and [fn]He could bear the trouble of Israel no longer.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 4:9 - “Be strong and become men, O Philistines, lest you become H5647 slaves H5647 to the Hebrews, as they have been H5647 slaves H5647 to you; therefore, become men and fight.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:3 -

Then Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, “If you are to return to Yahweh with all your heart, then remove the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you and set your hearts toward Yahweh and serve H5647 Him alone; and He will deliver you from the hand of the Philistines.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:4 - So the sons of Israel removed the Baals and the Ashtaroth and served H5647 Yahweh alone.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 8:8 - “Like all the deeds which they have done since the day that I brought them up from Egypt even to this day—in that they have forsaken Me and served H5647 other gods—so they are doing to you also.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 11:1 -

And Nahash the Ammonite came up and [fn]besieged Jabesh-gilead; and all the men of Jabesh said to Nahash, “Cut a covenant with us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:10 - “And they cried out to Yahweh and said, ‘We have sinned because we have forsaken Yahweh and have served H5647 the Baals and the Ashtaroth; but now deliver us from the hands of our enemies, and we will serve H5647 You.’
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:14 - “If you will fear Yahweh and serve H5647 Him and listen to His voice and not rebel against the [fn]command of Yahweh, then both you and also the king who reigns over you will follow Yahweh your God.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:20 - And Samuel said to the people, “Do not fear. You have committed all this evil, yet do not turn aside from following Yahweh, but serve H5647 Yahweh with all your heart.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 12:24 - “Only [fn]fear Yahweh and serve H5647 Him in truth with all your heart; for see what great things He has done for you.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:9 - “If he is able to fight with me and strike me down, then we will become your slaves; but if I prevail against him and strike him down, then you shall become our slaves and serve H5647 us.”

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