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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 145 times in 125 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (2Ch 10:4–Eze 44:14)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 10:4 - “Your father H1 made H7185 our yoke H5923 hard; H7185 now H6258 therefore lighten H7043 the hard H7186 service H5656 of your father H1 and his heavy H3515 yoke H5923 which H834 he put H5414 on us, and we will serve H5647 you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 12:8 - “But they will become H1961 his slaves H5650 so that they may learn H3045 the difference between My service H5656 and the service H5656 of the kingdoms H4467 of the countries.” H776

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 24:12 - The king H4428 and Jehoiada H3077 gave H5414 it to those who did H6213 the work H4399 of the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD; H3068 and they hired H7936 masons H2672 and carpenters H2796 to restore H2318 the house H1004 of the LORD, H3068 and also H1571 workers H2796 in iron H1270 and bronze H5178 to [fn]repair H2388 the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 29:35 - There were also H1571 [fn]many H7230 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 with the fat H2459 of the peace H8002 offerings H8002 and with the libations H5262 for the burnt H5930 offerings. H5930 Thus the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 was established H3559 again.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:2 - And Hezekiah H2396 appointed H5975 the divisions H4256 of the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions, H4256 each H376 according H6310 to his service, H5656 both the priests H3548 and the Levites, H3881 for burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and for peace H8002 offerings, H8002 to minister H8334 and to give H3034 thanks H3034 and to praise H1984 in the gates H8179 of the camp H4264 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:16 - without H4480 H905 regard to their genealogical H3187 enrollment, H3187 to the males H2145 from [fn]thirty H7969 years H8141 old H1121 and upward H4605—everyone H3605 who entered H935 the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 for his daily H3117 obligations H1697—for their work H5656 in their duties H4931 according to their divisions; H4256

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 31:21 - Every H3605 work H4639 which H834 he began H2490 in the service H5656 of the house H1004 of God H430 in law H8451 and in commandment, H4687 seeking H1875 his God, H430 he did H6213 with all H3605 his heart H3824 and prospered. H6743

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:13 - They were also over H5921 the burden H5449 bearers, H5449 and supervised H5329 all H3605 the workmen H6213 H4399 from job H5656 to job; H5656 and some of the Levites H3881 were scribes H5608 and officials H7860 and gatekeepers. H7778

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:2 - He set H5975 the priests H3548 in their offices H4931 and encouraged H2388 them in the service H5656 of the house H1004 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:10 - So the service H5656 was prepared, H3559 and the priests H3548 stood H5975 at their stations H5977 and the Levites H3881 by their divisions H4256 according to the king’s H4428 command. H4687

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:15 - The singers, H7891 the sons H1121 of Asaph, H623 were also at their stations H4612 according to the command H4687 of David, H1732 Asaph, H623 Heman, H1968 and Jeduthun H3038 the king’s H4428 seer; H2374 and the gatekeepers H7778 at each H8179 gate H8179 did not have H369 to depart H5493 from their service, H5656 because H3588 the Levites H3881 their brethren H251 prepared H3559 for them.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 35:16 - So all H3605 the service H5656 of the LORD H3068 was prepared H3559 on that day H3117 to celebrate H6213 the Passover, H6453 and to offer H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 on the altar H4196 of the LORD H3068 according to the command H4687 of King H4428 Josiah. H2977

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:20 - and 220 H3967 H6242 of the temple H5411 servants, H5411 whom H7945 David H1732 and the princes H8269 had given H5414 for the service H5656 of the Levites, H3881 all H3605 of them designated H5344 by name. H8034

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 3:5 - Moreover, next H5921 H3027 to [fn]him the Tekoites H8621 made H2388 repairs, H2388 but their nobles H117 did not [fn]support H935 H6677 the work H5656 of their masters. H113

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:18 - Now that which H834 was prepared H6213 for each day H3117 was one H259 ox H7794 and six H8337 choice H1305 sheep, H6629 also birds H6833 were prepared H6213 for me; and once H996 in ten H6235 days H3117 all H3605 sorts of wine H3196 were furnished in abundance. H7235 Yet for all this H2088 I did not demand H1245 the governor’s H6346 food H3899 allowance, because H3588 the servitude H5656 was heavy H3513 on this H2088 people. H5971

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:32 - We also [fn]placed H5975 ourselves under H5921 obligation H4687 to contribute H5414 yearly H8141 one third H7992 of a shekel H8255 for the service H5656 of the house H1004 of our God: H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:37 - We will also bring H935 the first H7225 of our [fn]dough, H6182 our contributions, H8641 the fruit H6529 of every H3605 tree, H6086 the new H8492 wine H8492 and the oil H3323 to the priests H3548 at the chambers H3957 of the house H1004 of our God, H430 and the tithe H4643 of our ground H127 to the Levites, H3881 for the Levites H3881 are they who receive H6237 the tithes H6237 in all H3605 the rural H5656 towns. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:14 - [fn]He causes the grass H2682 to grow H6779 for the [fn]cattle, H929
And vegetation H6212 for the [fn]labor H5656 of man, H120
So that [fn]he may bring H3318 forth H3318 [fn]food H3899 from the earth, H776

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 104:23 - Man H120 goes H3318 forth H3318 to his work H6467
And to his labor H5656 until H5704 evening. H6153

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 14:3 - And it will be in the day H3117 when the LORD H3068 gives H5117 you rest H5117 from your pain H6090 and turmoil H7267 and harsh H7186 service H5656 in which H834 you have been enslaved, H5647

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:21 - For the LORD H3068 will rise H6965 up as at Mount H2022 Perazim, H6559
He will be stirred H7264 up as in the valley H6010 of Gibeon, H1391
To do H6213 His task, H4639 His [fn]unusual H2114 task, H4639
And to work H5647 His work, H5656 His [fn]extraordinary H5237 work. H5656

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 32:17 - And the work H4639 of righteousness H6666 will be peace, H7965
And the service H5656 of righteousness, H6666 quietness H8252 and [fn]confidence H983 forever. H5704 H5769

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 1:3 - Judah H3063 has gone H1540 into exile H1540 [fn]under H4480 affliction H6040
And [fn]under H4480 [fn]harsh H7230 servitude; H5656
She dwells H3427 among the nations, H1471
But she has found H4672 no H3808 rest; H4494
All H3605 her pursuers H7291 have overtaken H5381 her
In the midst H996 of [fn]distress. H4712

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 29:18 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 of Babylon H894 made his army H2428 labor H5656 [fn]hard H1419 against H413 Tyre; H6865 every H3605 head H7218 was made H7139 bald H7139 and every H3605 shoulder H3802 was rubbed H4803 bare. H4803 But he and his army H2428 had H1961 no H3808 wages H7939 from Tyre H6865 for the labor H5656 that he had [fn]performed H5647 against H5921 it.”

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