Etymology?:
from ʿāvad עָבַד ‘to serve’
Roots:
עבד
ʿăvōdā n, f
1) labour, service
1a) labour, work
1b) labour (of servant or slave)
1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects)
1d) service (of God)
Mentioned in Genesis 29:27, 30:26 Exodus 13:5, 39:40, 30:16, 35:21, 39:32, 36:1, 38:21, 5:11, 5:9, 2:23, 6:9, 12:25, 12:26, 36:3, 36:5, 6:6, 1:14, 35:24, 39:42, 27:19 Codex Leviticus 25:39, 23:8, 23:25, 23:36, 23:21, 23:7, 23:35 Numbers 3:36, 4:31, 4:32, 3:7, 3:8, 4:4, 4:23, 4:28, 4:30, 4:33, 4:35, 4:39, 4:43, 4:47, 7:5, 8:19, 8:22, 8:24, 8:26, 18:4, 18:6, 18:21, 18:23, 18:31, 4:19, 4:27, 7:8, 8:11, 29:1, 4:49, 16:9, 7:7, 3:31, 3:26, 4:26, 18:7, 28:26, 7:9, 8:25, 4:24, 28:25, 29:12, 29:35, 28:18 Deuteronomy 26:6 Joshua 22:27 1 Kings 12:4 Isaiah 14:3, 32:17, 28:21 Ezekiel 29:18, 44:14 Psalms 104:14, 104:23 Lamentations 1:3 Ezra 8:20 Nehemiah 3:5, 10:38, 5:18, 10:33 1 Chronicles 4:21, 9:13, 9:19, 23:24, 24:19, 25:6, 27:26, 29:7, 6:17, 23:32, 23:28, 6:33, 26:8, 26:30, 24:3, 23:26, 25:1, 28:20, 28:21, 9:28, 28:13, 28:14, 28:15 2 Chronicles 8:14, 10:4, 35:15, 31:2, 24:12, 31:21, 12:8, 31:16, 29:35, 35:2, 35:16, 35:10, 34:13