ʿāvad עָבַד ‘to serve’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?:
a primitive root
ʿāvad v
1) to work, serve
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to labour, work, do work
1a2) to work for another, serve another by labour
1a3) to serve as subjects
1a4) to serve (God)
1a5) to serve (with Levitical service)
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to be worked, be tilled (of land)
1b2) to make oneself a servant
1c) (Pual) to be worked
1d) (Hiphil)
1d1) to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve
1d2) to cause to serve as subjects
1e) (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve
Mentioned in Genesis 31:6, 15:13, 2:5, 2:15, 3:23, 4:2, 4:12, 29:18, 29:20, 29:30, 27:29, 27:40, 29:15, 15:14, 29:27, 29:25, 30:29, 25:23, 31:41, 49:15, 30:26, 14:4 Exodus 13:5, 20:5, 10:7, 21:6, 10:3, 10:8, 12:31, 3:12, 4:23, 7:16, 7:26, 8:16, 9:1, 9:13, 10:24, 14:5, 14:12, 10:26, 23:24, 23:25, 23:33, 6:5, 1:14, 1:13, 10:11, 5:18, 21:2, 34:21, 20:9 Codex Leviticus 25:39, 25:46, 25:40 Numbers 3:7, 3:8, 4:23, 4:30, 4:37, 4:41, 4:47, 7:5, 8:15, 8:19, 8:22, 8:26, 18:6, 18:21, 18:23, 8:11, 16:9, 4:26, 18:7, 8:25, 4:24 Deuteronomy 5:9, 13:7, 28:36, 28:64, 31:20, 8:19, 12:2, 4:28, 28:39, 10:12, 11:13, 15:12, 17:3, 29:17, 13:3, 7:4, 12:30, 13:5, 28:14, 11:16, 13:14, 29:25, 30:17, 28:48, 21:4, 7:16, 21:3, 4:19, 6:13, 10:20, 15:18, 15:19, 28:47, 20:11, 5:13 Joshua 24:2, 24:14, 24:15, 23:16, 22:5, 22:27, 24:20, 24:31, 24:16, 24:19, 24:21, 24:22, 24:24, 23:7, 24:18, 16:10 Judges 2:19, 9:28, 9:38, 2:7, 10:13, 10:10, 3:6, 3:7, 10:6, 10:16, 3:8, 2:11, 2:13, 3:14 1 Samuel 26:19, 12:14, 12:20, 8:8, 12:10, 4:9, 11:1, 12:24, 7:3, 17:9, 7:4 2 Samuel 16:19, 9:10, 15:8, 10:19, 22:44 1 Kings 9:9, 12:4, 22:54, 9:6, 9:21, 16:31, 12:7, 5:1 2 Kings 17:41, 21:3, 21:21, 10:19, 10:18, 17:35, 10:21, 25:24, 17:16, 17:33, 10:23, 10:22, 17:12, 18:7 Isaiah 60:12, 30:24, 43:24, 19:9, 19:23, 14:3, 19:21, 43:23, 28:21 Jeremiah 11:10, 16:11, 16:13, 34:14, 35:15, 44:3, 8:2, 27:11, 13:10, 34:9, 40:9, 25:6, 22:9, 17:4, 34:10, 27:9, 27:14, 27:17, 5:19, 27:12, 27:13, 25:11, 27:6, 28:14, 30:9, 2:20, 27:7, 27:8, 22:13, 25:14, 30:8 Ezekiel 29:18, 34:27, 20:39, 20:40, 29:20, 36:9, 48:18, 36:34, 48:19 Hosea 12:13 Zephaniah 3:9 Zechariah 13:5 Malachi 3:17, 3:14, 3:18 Psalms 22:31, 97:7, 2:11, 100:2, 102:23, 106:36, 18:44, 72:11 Proverbs 12:11, 28:19 Job 39:9, 36:11, 21:15 Ecclesiastes 5:11, 5:8 Nehemiah 9:35 1 Chronicles 28:9, 19:19 2 Chronicles 7:22, 10:4, 24:18, 30:8, 33:3, 33:22, 34:33, 7:19, 35:3, 33:16, 2:17