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עֲבֹדָה H5656

H5656 is the Hebrew word עֲבֹדָה, transliterated ʻăbôdâh and said ab-o-daw'. The King James Version most often renders it service.

Word: עֲבֹדָהTransliteration: ʻăbôdâhSaid: ab-o-daw'Language: HebrewIn the KJV: 115 verses

What it means

work of any kind.

Where it comes from

or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד).

How the King James Version translates it

Across 110 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.

service 75×no servile 11×work 7×manner of service 5×bondage 3×according to all their service 2×servitude 2×also for the service 1×more work 1×you out of their bondage 1×thus was all the work 1×serve 1×

Strong's own list of renderings: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.

Verses using עֲבֹדָה

The first 40 of 115 verses, quoted in full.

Genesis 29:27 · KJV

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 30:26 · KJV

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Exodus 1:14 · KJV

And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made them serve, was with rigour.

Exodus 2:23 · KJV

And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up unto God by reason of the bondage.

Exodus 5:9 · KJV

Let there more work be laid upon the men, that they may labour therein; and let them not regard vain words.

Exodus 5:11 · KJV

Go ye, get you straw where ye can find it: yet not ought of your work shall be diminished.

Exodus 6:6 · KJV

Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:

Exodus 13:5 · KJV

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 27:19 · KJV

All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

Exodus 30:16 · KJV

And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Exodus 35:21 · KJV

And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the tabernacle of the congregation, and for all his service, and for the holy garments.

Exodus 35:24 · KJV

Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the LORD’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.

Exodus 36:1 · KJV

Then wrought Bezaleel and Aholiab, and every wise hearted man, in whom the LORD put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all manner of work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that the LORD had commanded.

Exodus 36:3 · KJV

And they received of Moses all the offering, which the children of Israel had brought for the work of the service of the sanctuary, to make it withal. And they brought yet unto him free offerings every morning.

Exodus 36:5 · KJV

And they spake unto Moses, saying, The people bring much more than enough for the service of the work, which the LORD commanded to make.

Exodus 38:21 · KJV

This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.

Exodus 39:32 · KJV

Thus was all the work of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation finished: and the children of Israel did according to all that the LORD commanded Moses, so did they.

Exodus 39:40 · KJV

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Leviticus 23:7 · KJV

In the first day ye shall have an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:8 · KJV

But ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD seven days: in the seventh day is an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:21 · KJV

And ye shall proclaim on the selfsame day, that it may be an holy convocation unto you: ye shall do no servile work therein: it shall be a statute for ever in all your dwellings throughout your generations.

Leviticus 23:25 · KJV

Ye shall do no servile work therein: but ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD.

Leviticus 23:35 · KJV

On the first day shall be an holy convocation: ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 23:36 · KJV

Seven days ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: on the eighth day shall be an holy convocation unto you; and ye shall offer an offering made by fire unto the LORD: it is a solemn assembly; and ye shall do no servile work therein.

Leviticus 25:39 · KJV

And if thy brother that dwelleth by thee be waxen poor, and be sold unto thee; thou shalt not compel him to serve as a bondservant:

Numbers 3:7 · KJV

And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:8 · KJV

And they shall keep all the instruments of the tabernacle of the congregation, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

Numbers 4:4 · KJV

This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, about the most holy things:

Numbers 4:19 · KJV

But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

Numbers 4:23 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward until fifty years old shalt thou number them; all that enter in to perform the service, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:24 · KJV

This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, to serve, and for burdens:

Numbers 4:26 · KJV

And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

Numbers 4:27 · KJV

At the appointment of Aaron and his sons shall be all the service of the sons of the Gershonites, in all their burdens, and in all their service: and ye shall appoint unto them in charge all their burdens.

Numbers 4:28 · KJV

This is the service of the families of the sons of Gershon in the tabernacle of the congregation: and their charge shall be under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:30 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old shalt thou number them, every one that entereth into the service, to do the work of the tabernacle of the congregation.

Numbers 4:31 · KJV

And this is the charge of their burden, according to all their service in the tabernacle of the congregation; the boards of the tabernacle, and the bars thereof, and the pillars thereof, and sockets thereof,

Numbers 4:32 · KJV

And the pillars of the court round about, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name ye shall reckon the instruments of the charge of their burden.

Numbers 4:33 · KJV

This is the service of the families of the sons of Merari, according to all their service, in the tabernacle of the congregation, under the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.

Numbers 4:35 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation:

Numbers 4:39 · KJV

From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that entereth into the service, for the work in the tabernacle of the congregation,

Common questions

What does Strong's H5656 mean?

H5656 is the Hebrew word עֲבֹדָה (ʻăbôdâh), meaning work of any kind.

How is H5656 translated in the King James Version?

The King James translators rendered it service (75 times), no servile (11 times), work (7 times), manner of service (5 times), bondage (3 times), among others.

How many times does H5656 appear in the Bible?

עֲבֹדָה (ʻăbôdâh) is tagged in 115 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.

Where does H5656 come from?

Strong's gives its derivation as: or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד).

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