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Lexicon :: Strong's H5656 - ʿăḇōḏâ

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עֲבֹדָה
Transliteration
ʿăḇōḏâ
Pronunciation
ab-o-daw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 1553c

Strong’s Definitions

עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x

The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 141x
The KJV translates Strong's H5656 in the following manner: service (96x), servile (12x), work (10x), bondage (8x), act (2x), serve (2x), servitude (2x), tillage (2x), effect (1x), labour (1x), miscellaneous (5x).

  1. labour, service

    1. labour, work

    2. labour (of servant or slave)

    3. labour, service (of captives or subjects)

    4. service (of God)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh, ab-o-daw'; or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh; from H5647; work of any kind:—act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.
STRONGS H5656: Abbreviations
† עַבֹדָה, and (Chronicles) עֲבוֺדָה 145 noun feminine labour, service (on formation see LagBN 179 BaNB 61); — י׳ Exodus 1:14 + 41 times; construct עֲבֹדַת Exodus 30:16 + 43 times; suffix עֲבֹדָתִי Genesis 30:26 + 33 times suffixes; in Chronicles עֲבוֺדָה 1 Chronicles 28:14 + 7 times; construct עֲבוֺדַת 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48] + 13 times; suffix עֲבוֺדָתִי 2 Chronicles 12:8; עֲבוֺדָתָם 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:16; —
1. † labour, work, Psalm 104:23; in the field Exodus 1:14; 1 Chronicles 27:26, probably Nehemiah 10:38 [Nehemiah 10:37] (עָרֵי ע׳), Psalm 104:14 (עֵשֶׂב לע׳); in fine linen 1 Chronicles 4:21; in erection of tabernacle Exodus 35:24; Exodus 36:1, Exodus 36:3, Exodus 36:5; Exodus 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2 Chronicles 34:13 (twice in verse); כל מלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ ye shall do no laborious work Leviticus 23:7, Leviticus 23:8, Leviticus 23:21, Leviticus 23:25, Leviticus 23:35, Leviticus 23:36; Numbers 28:18, Numbers 28:25, Numbers 28:26; Numbers 29:1, Numbers 29:12, Numbers 29:35 (P); figurative of man, הַצְּדָקָה ע׳ Isaiah 32:17 (|| מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ׳); of God's work of judgment Isaiah 28:21 (twice in verse).
†2. labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Genesis 29:27; Genesis 30:26 (JE); עֶבֶד ע׳ of bondservant Leviticus 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20; service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Numbers 4:26, Numbers 4:32 (P) 1 Chronicles 9:28; 1 Chronicles 28:14 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:15.
†3. labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exodus 1:14; Exodus 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exodus 5:11 (E), Exodus 6:6 (P); הע׳ כבד(הׅ Exodus 5:9 (E) Nehemiah 5:18; קשׁה ע׳ Exodus 1:14; Exodus 6:9 (P) Deuteronomy 26:6; 1 Kings 12:4 2 Chronicles 10:4; Isaiah 14:3; מֵרֹב ע׳ Lamentations 1:3; ממלכוֺת ע׳ 2 Chronicles 12:8; המלך ע׳ 1 Chronicles 26:30; אדניהם ע׳ Nehemiah 3:5; military service Ezekiel 29:18 (twice in verse).
4. service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Joshua 22:27 (P) 2 Chronicles 12:8, feast of passover Exodus 12:25, Exodus 12:26; 2 Chronicles 35:10, 2 Chronicles 35:16, unleavened bread Exodus 13:5; Levites and priests Numbers 4:19, Numbers 4:49; Numbers 8:11; 1 Chronicles 24:3, 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 8:14; 2 Chronicles 31:16; מתנה ע׳ Numbers 18:7; Levites Exodus 38:21; Numbers 4:24, Numbers 4:27 (twice in verse); Numbers 4:28, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:47 (twice in verse); Numbers 7:7, Numbers 7:8; Numbers 8:26; Numbers 18:21; 1 Chronicles 6:17 [1 Chronicles 6:32]; 2 Chronicles 31:2; with בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Numbers 4:4, Numbers 4:23, Numbers 4:31, Numbers 4:33, Numbers 4:35, Numbers 4:39, Numbers 4:43, Numbers 8:19, Numbers 8:22, Numbers 18:31; אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד Exodus 30:16; Numbers 4:30; Numbers 7:5; Numbers 8:24; Numbers 18:4, Numbers 18:6, Numbers 18:21, Numbers 18:23, compare Exodus 35:21; Numbers 7:5; (ה)מִשְׁכָּן Exodus 39:32, Exodus 39:40; Numbers 3:7, Numbers 3:8; Numbers 16:9; 1 Chronicles 6:33 [1 Chronicles 6:48], compare Exodus 27:19; Numbers 3:36; 1 Chronicles 23:26; הַקֹּדֶשׁ ע׳ Numbers 7:9, compare Numbers 3:31; of its court Numbers 3:26; more specifically משׂא ע׳ Numbers 4:47; צבא הע׳ Numbers 8:25; (ה)אלהים בית י׳ ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:24, 1 Chronicles 23:28, 1 Chronicles 23:32; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 1 Chronicles 28:13 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 28:21 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 29:7; 2 Chronicles 29:35; 2 Chronicles 31:21; 2 Chronicles 35:2; Nehemiah 10:33 [Nehemiah 10:32]; בית האלהים מלאכת ע׳ 1 Chronicles 9:13; 1 Chronicles 28:20; 2 Chronicles 24:12; מעשׂה ע׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28; its service Ezekiel 44:14; 1 Chronicles 9:19; specific service of Levitical singers 1 Chronicles 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 26:8; 2 Chronicles 35:15.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5673.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

29:27; 30:26; 30:26

Exodus

1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 1:14; 2:23; 5:9; 5:11; 6:6; 6:9; 12:25; 12:26; 13:5; 27:19; 30:16; 30:16; 35:21; 35:24; 36:1; 36:3; 36:5; 38:21; 39:32; 39:40; 39:42

Leviticus

23:7; 23:8; 23:21; 23:25; 23:35; 23:36; 25:39

Numbers

3:7; 3:8; 3:26; 3:31; 3:36; 4:4; 4:19; 4:23; 4:24; 4:26; 4:27; 4:28; 4:30; 4:31; 4:32; 4:33; 4:33; 4:35; 4:39; 4:43; 4:47; 4:47; 4:49; 7:5; 7:5; 7:7; 7:8; 7:9; 8:11; 8:19; 8:22; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 16:9; 18:4; 18:6; 18:7; 18:21; 18:21; 18:23; 18:31; 28:18; 28:25; 28:26; 29:1; 29:12; 29:35

Deuteronomy

26:6

Joshua

22:27

1 Kings

12:4

1 Chronicles

4:21; 6:32; 6:32; 6:48; 6:48; 9:13; 9:19; 9:28; 23:24; 23:26; 23:28; 23:28; 23:32; 24:3; 24:19; 25:1; 25:6; 26:8; 26:30; 27:26; 28:13; 28:14; 28:14; 28:15; 28:20; 28:21; 29:7

2 Chronicles

8:14; 10:4; 12:8; 12:8; 12:8; 24:12; 29:35; 31:2; 31:16; 31:16; 31:21; 34:13; 35:2; 35:10; 35:15; 35:16

Ezra

8:20

Nehemiah

3:5; 5:18; 10:32; 10:37

Psalms

104:14; 104:23

Isaiah

14:3; 28:21; 32:17

Lamentations

1:3

Ezekiel

29:18; 44:14

H5656

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Strong's Number H5656 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʿăḇōḏâ),
which occurs 50 times in 44 verses in 'Num' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - the hangings of the court, the screen for the door of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and its cords—all the service connected with these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - And their guard duty involved the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and the screen; all the service connected with these.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - And the appointed guard duty of the sons of Merari involved the frames of the tabernacle, the bars, the pillars, the bases, and all their accessories; all the service connected with these;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - This is the service of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting: the most holy things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - but deal thus with them, that they may live and not die when they come near to the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint them each to his task and to his burden,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, all who can come to do duty, to do service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - This is the service of the clans of the Gershonites, in serving and bearing burdens:

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the hangings of the court and the screen for the entrance of the gate of the court that is around the tabernacle and the altar, and their cords and all the equipment for their service. And they shall do all that needs to be done with regard to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - All the service of the sons of the Gershonites shall be at the command of Aaron and his sons, in all that they are to carry and in all that they have to do. And you shall assign to their charge all that they are to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - This is the service of the clans of the sons of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting, and their guard duty is to be under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - From thirty years old up to fifty years old, you shall list them, everyone who can come on duty, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - And this is what they are charged to carry, as the whole of their service in the tent of meeting: the frames of the tabernacle, with its bars, pillars, and bases,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars around the court with their bases, pegs, and cords, with all their equipment and all their accessories. And you shall list by name the objects that they are required to carry.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - This is the service of the clans of the sons of Merari, the whole of their service in the tent of meeting, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty for service in the tent of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come on duty, for service in the tent of meeting—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty years old up to fifty years old, everyone who could come to do the service of ministry and the service of bearing burdens in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According to the commandment of the LORD through Moses they were listed, each one with his task of serving or carrying. Thus they were listed by him, as the LORD commanded Moses.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:5 - “Accept these from them, that they may be used in the service of the tent of meeting, and give them to the Levites, to each man according to his service.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:7 - Two wagons and four oxen he gave to the sons of Gershon, according to their service.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:8 - And four wagons and eight oxen he gave to the sons of Merari, according to their service, under the direction of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 7:9 - But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because they were charged with the service of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulder.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:11 - and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the LORD as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:19 - And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and to make atonement for the people of Israel, that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:22 - And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the LORD had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:24 - “This applies to the Levites: from twenty-five years old and upward they[fn] shall come to do duty in the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:25 - And from the age of fifty years they shall withdraw from the duty of the service and serve no more.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 8:26 - They minister[fn] to their brothers in the tent of meeting by keeping guard, but they shall do no service. Thus shall you do to the Levites in assigning their duties.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 16:9 - is it too small a thing for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the congregation of Israel, to bring you near to himself, to do service in the tabernacle of the LORD and to stand before the congregation to minister to them,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:4 - They shall join you and keep guard over the tent of meeting for all the service of the tent, and no outsider shall come near you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:6 - And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. They are a gift to you, given to the LORD, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:7 - And you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,[fn] and any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:21 - “To the Levites I have given every tithe in Israel for an inheritance, in return for their service that they do, their service in the tent of meeting,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:23 - But the Levites shall do the service of the tent of meeting, and they shall bear their iniquity. It shall be a perpetual statute throughout your generations, and among the people of Israel they shall have no inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 18:31 - And you may eat it in any place, you and your households, for it is your reward in return for your service in the tent of meeting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:18 - On the first day there shall be a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:25 - And on the seventh day you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 28:26 - “On the day of the firstfruits, when you offer a grain offering of new grain to the LORD at your Feast of Weeks, you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:1 - “On the first day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work. It is a day for you to blow the trumpets,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:12 - “On the fifteenth day of the seventh month you shall have a holy convocation. You shall not do any ordinary work, and you shall keep a feast to the LORD seven days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 29:35 - “On the eighth day you shall have a solemn assembly. You shall not do any ordinary work,
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