Hebrew - English Dictionary
H5647 - Serve
| Strong's No.: | H5647 | 
| Hebrew: | עָבַד | 
| Transliteration: | ʻâbad | 
| Phonetic: | aw-bad' | 
| Word Origin: | A primitive root | 
| Bible Usage: | X-(idiom) {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. | 
| Part of Speech: | Verb | 
| Strongs Definition:  | to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.  | 
| Brown Driver Biggs Definition:  | 1. to work, serve a. (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) b. (Niphal) 1. to be worked, be tilled (of land) 2. to make oneself a servant c. (Pual) to be worked d. (Hiphil) 1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve 2. to cause to serve as subjects e. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve  | 
| Bible References:
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                                            been ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            bondage ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            bondmen ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            do ( 14 )
                                         
                                        
                                            done ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            dress ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            ear ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            eared ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            keep ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            labour ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            man ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            pass ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            servant ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            servants ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            serve ( 161 )
                                         
                                        
                                            served ( 60 )
                                         
                                        
                                            servedst ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            serveth ( 3 )
                                         
                                        
                                            service ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            serving ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            set ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            till ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            tilled ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            tiller ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            tillest ( 1 )
                                         
                                        
                                            tilleth ( 2 )
                                         
                                        
                                            work ( 4 )
                                         
                                        
                                            worshippers ( 5 )
                                         
                                        
                                            wrought ( 1 )
                                         
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by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.