Usually translated as
do, dress, keep in bondage, be bondmen, ear, execute, husbandman, keep, labouring man, be, bond-service, compel, labour
Occurrences
ʻâbad occurs 286 times in 259 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (22), Exodus (29), Leviticus (3), Numbers (21), Deuteronomy (35), Joshua (16), Judges (14), 1 Samuel (11), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (8), 2 Kings (14), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (11), Nehemiah (1), Job (3), Psalms (8), Proverbs (2), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (9), Jeremiah (29), Ezekiel (9), Hosea (1), Zephaniah (1), Malachi (3)
- Genesis 2:5 — And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till (לַֽעֲבֹ֖ד) the ground.
- Genesis 2:15 — And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress (לְעָבְדָ֖הּ) it and to keep it.
- Genesis 3:23 — Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till (לַֽעֲבֹד֙) the ground from whence he was taken.
- Genesis 4:2 — And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller (עֹבֵ֥ד) of the ground.
- Genesis 4:12 — When thou tillest (תַֽעֲבֹד֙) the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.
- Genesis 14:4 — Twelve years they served (עָבְד֖וּ) Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
- Genesis 15:13 — And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve (וַעֲבָד֖וּם) them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;
- Genesis 15:14 — And also that nation, whom they shall serve (יַעֲבֹ֖דוּ), will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
- Genesis 25:23 — And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve (יַעֲבֹ֥ד) the younger.
- Genesis 27:29 — Let people serve (יַֽעַבְד֣וּךָ) thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.
- Genesis 27:40 — And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve (תַּעֲבֹ֑ד) thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.
- Genesis 29:15 — And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve (וַעֲבַדְתַּ֖נִי) me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
- Genesis 29:18 — And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve (אֶֽעֱבָדְךָ֙) thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
- Genesis 29:20 — And Jacob served (וַיַּעֲבֹ֧ד) seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
- Genesis 29:25 — And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve (עָבַ֣דְתִּי) with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?
- Genesis 29:27 — Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve (תַּעֲבֹ֣ד) with me yet seven other years.
- Genesis 29:30 — And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served (וַיַּעֲבֹ֣ד) with him yet seven other years.
- Genesis 30:26 — Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served (עָבַ֧דְתִּי) thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.
- Genesis 30:26 — 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 (עֲבַדְתִּֽיךָ) thee.
- Genesis 30:29 — And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served (עֲבַדְתִּ֑יךָ) thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
- Genesis 31:6 — And ye know that with all my power I have served (עָבַ֖דְתִּי) your father.
- Genesis 31:41 — Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served (עֲבַדְתִּ֜יךָ) thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.
- Genesis 49:15 — And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant (עֹבֵֽד) unto tribute.
- Exodus 1:13 — And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve (וַיַּעֲבִ֧דוּ) with rigour:
- Exodus 1:14 — 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 (עָבְד֥וּ), was with rigour.
- Exodus 3:12 — And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve (תַּֽעַבְדוּן֙) God upon this mountain.
- Exodus 4:23 — And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֵ֔נִי) me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.
- Exodus 5:18 — Go therefore now, and work (עִבְד֔וּ); for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.
- Exodus 6:5 — And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage (מַעֲבִדִ֣ים); and I have remembered my covenant.
- Exodus 7:16 — And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻ֖נִי) me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.
- Exodus 8:1 — And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי) me.
- Exodus 8:20 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי) me.
- Exodus 9:1 — Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי) me.
- Exodus 9:13 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי) me.
- Exodus 10:3 — And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְדֻֽנִי) me.
- Exodus 10:7 — And Pharaoh’s servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve (וְיַֽעַבְד֖וּ) the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?
- Exodus 10:8 — And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve (עִבְד֖וּ) the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
- Exodus 10:11 — Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve (וְעִבְד֣וּ) the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh’s presence.
- Exodus 10:24 — And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve (עִבְד֣וּ) the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.
- Exodus 10:26 — Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve (לַעֲבֹ֖ד) the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.
- Exodus 10:26 — Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve (נַּעֲבֹד֙) the LORD, until we come thither.
- Exodus 12:31 — And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve (עִבְד֥וּ) the LORD, as ye have said.
- Exodus 13:5 — 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 (וְעָבַדְתָּ֛) this service in this month.
- Exodus 14:5 — And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving (מֵעָבְדֵֽנוּ) us?
- Exodus 14:12 — Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve (וְנַֽעַבְדָ֣ה) the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
- Exodus 14:12 — Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve (עֲבֹ֣ד) the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.
- Exodus 20:5 — Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve (תָעָבְדֵ֑ם֒) them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
- Exodus 20:9 — Six days shalt (תַּֽעֲבֹ֔ד֮) thou labour, and do all thy work:
- Exodus 21:2 — If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve (יַעֲבֹ֑ד): and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.
- Exodus 21:6 — Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve (וַעֲבָד֖וֹ) him for ever.