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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

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