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Lexicon :: Strong's H5656 - ʿăḇōḏâ

Aa
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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Strong's Number H5656 matches the Hebrew עֲבֹדָה (ʿăḇōḏâ),
which occurs 145 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 29:27–Num 4:49)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:27 - “Complete H4390 the week H7620 of this H2088 one H2088, and we will give H5414 you the other H2088 also H1571 for the service H5656 which H834 you shall serve H5647 with me, for another H312 seven H7651 years H8141.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 30:26 - “Give H5414 me my wives H802 and my children H3206 for whom H834 I have served H5647 you, and let me go H1980; for you yourself H859 know H3045 my service H5656 which H834 I have [fn]rendered H5647 you.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 1:14 - and they made H4843 their lives H2416 bitter H4843 with hard H7186 labor H5656 in mortar H2563 and bricks H3843 and at all H3605 kinds of labor H5656 in the field H7704, all H3605 their labors H5656 which H834 they violently H6531 had them perform H5647 as H5647 slaves H5647.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 2:23 -

Now it came H1961 about H1961 in the course of those H1992 many H7227 days H3117 that the king H4428 of Egypt H4714 died H4191. And the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 groaned H584 because H4480 of the bondage H5656, and they cried H2199 out H2199; and their cry H7775 for H7775 help H7775 because H4480 of their bondage H5656 ascended H5927 to God H430.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:9 - “Let the labor H5656 be H3513 heavier H3513 on the men H376, and have them work H6213 at it so that they will pay H8159 no H408 attention H8159 to false H8267 words H1697.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 5:11 - ‘You go H1980, get H3947 straw H8401 for yourselves wherever H4480 H834 you can find H4672 it; but none H369 of your labor H5656 will be reduced H1639.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:6 - “Say H559, therefore H3651, to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, ‘I am the LORD H3068, and I will bring H3318 you out H3318 from under H8478 the labors H5450 of the Egyptians H4714, and I will rescue H5337 you from their bondage H5656. I will also redeem H1350 you with an outstretched H5186 arm H2220, and with great H1419 judgments H8201.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 6:9 - So Moses H4872 said H1696 this H3651 to the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, but they did not listen H8085 to Moses H4872 on H4480 account H4480 of H4480 their [fn]despondency H7115 H7307 and cruel H7186 bondage H5656.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:25 - “When H3588 you enter H935 the land H776 which H834 the LORD H3068 will give H5414 you, as He has [fn]promised H1696, you shall keep H8104 this H2088 [fn]rite H5656.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 12:26 - “And when your children H1121 say H559 to you, ‘[fn]What H4100 does this H2088 rite H5656 mean to you?’
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - “And it shall be when H3588 the LORD H3068 brings H935 you to the land H776 of the Canaanite H3669, the Hittite H2850, the Amorite H567, the Hivite H2340, and the Jebusite H2983, which H834 He swore H7650 to your fathers H1 to give H5414 you, a land H776 flowing H2100 with milk H2461 and honey H1706, that you shall [fn]perform H5647 this H2088 rite H5656 in this H2088 month H2320.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 27:19 - “All H3605 the utensils H3627 of the tabernacle H4908 used in all H3605 its service H5656, and all H3605 its pegs H3489, and all H3605 the pegs H3489 of the courtyard H2691, shall be of bronze H5178.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 30:16 - “And you shall take H3947 the atonement H3725 money H3701 from the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 and give H5414 it for the service H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, so that it may be a memorial H2146 for the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 before H6440 the LORD H3068, to make H3722 atonement H3722 for [fn]yourselves H5315.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:21 - And everyone H3605 H376 whose H834 heart H3820 [fn]stirred H5375 him and everyone H3605 whose H834 spirit H7307 [fn]moved H5068 him came H935 and brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641 for the work H4399 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 and for all H3605 its service H5656, and for the holy H6944 garments H899.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:24 - Everyone H3605 who could make H7311 a [fn]contribution H8641 of silver H3701 and [fn]bronze H5178 brought H935 the LORD’S H3068 [fn]contribution H8641; and everyone H3605 [fn]who H834 was H4672 H854 in H4672 H854 possession H4672 H854 of acacia H7848 wood H6086 for any H3605 work H4399 of the service H5656 brought H935 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 -

“Now Bezalel H1212, Oholiab H171, and every H3605 [fn]skillful H2450 H3820 person H376 in whom H834 the LORD H3068 has put H5414 [fn]skill H2451 and understanding H8394 to know H3045 how to perform H6213 all H3605 the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary H6944, shall perform H6213 in accordance with everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 has commanded H6680.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:3 - They received H3947 from Moses H4872 every H3605 [fn]contribution H8641 which H834 the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 had brought H935 to perform H6213 [fn]the work H4399 [fn]in the construction H5656 of the sanctuary H6944. And they still H5750 continued bringing H935 to him [fn]voluntary H5071 offerings H5071 every H1242 morning H1242.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:5 - and they said H559 to [fn]Moses H4872, “The people H5971 are bringing H935 much H7235 more H7235 than H4480 enough H1767 for the [fn]construction H5656 work H5656 which H834 the LORD H3068 commanded H6680 us to [fn]perform H6213.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 38:21 -

[fn]This H428 is the number H6485 of H6485 the things H6485 for the [fn]tabernacle H4908, the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the testimony H5715, as they were [fn]counted H6485 according H5921 to the [fn]command H6310 of Moses H4872, for the service H5656 of the Levites H3881, by the hand H3027 of Ithamar H385 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:32 -

So all H3605 the work H5656 of the [fn]tabernacle H4908 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150 was completed H3615; and the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 according to all H3605 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872; so H3651 they did H6213.

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:40 - the hangings H7050 for the courtyard H2691, its pillars H5982 and its bases H134, and the curtain H4539 for the gate H8179 of the courtyard H2691, its ropes H4340 and its pegs H3489, and all H3605 the [fn]equipment H3627 for the service H5656 of the tabernacle H4908, for the tent H168 of meeting H4150;
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 39:42 - So the sons H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 all H3605 the work H5656 according to everything H3605 that the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:7 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:8 - ‘But for seven H7651 days H3117 you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068. On the seventh H7637 day H3117 is a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:21 - ‘On this H2088 very H6106 day H3117 you shall make H7121 a H7121 proclamation H7121 as well; you are to have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744. You shall do H6213 no H3808 H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399. It is to be a permanent H5769 statute H2708 in all H3605 your dwelling H4186 places H4186 throughout your generations H1755.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:25 - ‘You shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399, but you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:35 - ‘On the first H7223 day H3117 is a holy H6944 convocation H4744; you shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 23:36 - ‘For seven H7651 days H3117 you shall present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068. On the eighth H8066 day H3117 you shall have H1961 a holy H6944 convocation H4744 and present H7126 an offering H801 by H801 fire H801 to the LORD H3068; it is an assembly H6116. You shall not do H6213 any H3605 laborious H5656 work H4399.
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 25:39 -

‘Now if H3588 a countryman H251 of yours becomes H4134 so poor H4134 with H5973 regard H5973 to H5973 you that he sells H4376 himself to you, you shall not subject H5647 him to a slave’s H5650 service H5656.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:7 - “They shall perform H8104 the duties H4931 for [fn]him and for the whole H3605 congregation H5712 in front H6440 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, to do H5647 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:8 - “They shall also take H8104 care H8104 of all H3605 the furnishings H3627 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150, along with the duties H4931 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478, to do H5647 the service H5656 of the tabernacle H4908.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:26 - and the curtains H7050 of the courtyard H2691, the curtain H4539 for the entrance H6607 of the courtyard H2691 which H834 is around H5439 the tabernacle H4908 and the altar H4196, and its ropes H4340, according to all H3605 the service H5656 [fn]concerning them.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:31 - Now their duties H4931 included the ark H727, the table H7979, the lampstand H4501, the altars H4196, the utensils H3627 of the sanctuary H6944 with which H834 they minister H8334, the [fn]curtain H4539, and all H3605 the service H5656 [fn]concerning them;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 3:36 - Now the appointment H6486 of duties H4931 of the sons H1121 of Merari H4847 included the framework H7175 of the tabernacle H4908, its bars H1280, its pillars H5982, its bases H134, all H3605 its equipment H3627, and all H3605 the service H5656 concerning them,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:4 - “This H2088 is the work H5656 of the [fn]descendants H1121 of Kohath H6955 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150, concerning the most H6944 holy H6944 things H6944.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:19 - “Rather, do H6213 this H2088 for them so that they will live H2421 and not die H4191 when they approach H5066 the most H6944 holy H6944 objects: Aaron H175 and his sons H1121 shall go H935 in H935 and assign H7760 each H376 of them to his work H5656 and to his load H4853;
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:23 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121 you shall [fn]count H6485 them: all H3605 who can enter H935 to perform H6633 service H6635, to do H5647 the work H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:24 - “This H2088 is the service H5656 of the families H4940 of the Gershonites H1649, in serving H5647 and in carrying H4853:
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:26 - and the curtains H7050 of the courtyard H2691, the curtain H4539 for the entrance H6607 of the gate H8179 of the courtyard H2691 that is around H5439 the tabernacle H4908 and the altar H4196, and their ropes H4340 and all H3605 the equipment H3627 for their service H5656; and everything H3605 that is to be done H6213 [fn]by them, [fn]they shall perform H5647.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:27 - “All H3605 the service H5656 of the sons H1121 of the Gershonites H1649, that is, all H3605 their loads H4853 and all H3605 their work H5656, shall be performed at the [fn]command H6310 of Aaron H175 and his sons H1121; and you shall assign H6485 to them as a duty H4931 all H3605 their loads H4853.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:28 - “This H2088 is the service H5656 of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of the Gershonites H1649 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150; and their duties H4931 shall be [fn]under the direction H3027 of Ithamar H385 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:30 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605, even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, you shall count H6485 them, everyone H3605 who can enter H935 the service H6635 to do H5647 the work H5656 of the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:31 - “Now this H2088 is the duty H4931 of their loads H4853, for all H3605 their service H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150: the boards H7175 of the tabernacle H4908, its bars H1280, its pillars H5982, and its bases H134,
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:32 - and the pillars H5982 around H5439 the courtyard H2691 and their bases H134, their pegs H3489, and their ropes H4340, with all H3605 their equipment H3627 and with all H3605 their service H5656; and you shall assign H6485 by names H8034 of the men the items H3627 [fn]that each is to carry H4853.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:33 - “This H2088 is the service H5656 of the families H4940 of the sons H1121 of Merari H4847, according to all H3605 their service H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150, [fn]under the direction H3027 of Ithamar H385 the son H1121 of Aaron H175 the priest H3548.”
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:35 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, everyone H3605 who could enter H935 the service H6635 for work H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:39 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, everyone H3605 who could enter H935 the service H6635 for work H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:43 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, everyone H3605 who could enter H935 the service H6635 for work H5656 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:47 - from thirty H7970 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605 even to fifty H2572 years H8141 old H1121, everyone H3605 who could enter H935 to do H5647 the work H5656 of service H5656 and the work H5656 of carrying H4853 in the tent H168 of meeting H4150
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 4:49 - According H5921 to the [fn]commandment H6310 of the LORD H3068 [fn]through H3027 Moses H4872, they were counted H6485, everyone H376 by his serving H5656 or carrying H4853; so these were his numbered H6485 men, just H834 as H834 the LORD H3068 had commanded H6680 Moses H4872.

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