Lexical Definition

‎עֲבֹדָה‎ ʻăbôdâh (ab-o-daw') service ^H:N-F
or עֲבוֹדָה ʻăbôwdâh (ab-o-daw'); from ‎עָבַד‎

act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.

• work of any kind

1) labour, service
1a) labour, work
1b) labour (of servant or slave)
1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects)
1d) service (of God)

See Greek: ἐργασία · ἔργον · ἔργον · καθήκω · κρατέω · λατρεία · λειτουργία · λειτουργικός · παρασκευή · τέχνη

Extended Information

meaning of: עֲבֹדָה

• : work/labour

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עֲבִידָה
‎עַבֹדָה‎, and (Chronicles) ‎עֲבוֺדָה‎₁₄₅ noun feminine labour, service (on formation see Lag^{BN 179} Ba^{NB 61}); — ‎׳‎‎י‎ Exod 1:14 + 41 t.; construct ‎עֲבֹדַת‎ Exod 30:16 + 43 t.; suffix ‎עֲבֹדָתִי‎ Gen 30:26 + 33 t. suffixes; in Chronicles ‎עֲבוֺדָה‎ 1Chr 28:14 + 7 t.; construct ‎עֲבוֺדַת‎ 1Chr 6:33* + 13 t.; suffix ‎עֲבוֺדָתִי‎ 2Chr 12:8 ‎עֲבוֺדָתָם‎ 1Chr 6:17*; 2Chr 31:16 —

1. labour, work, Ps 104:23 in the field Exod 1:14; 1Chr 27:26, probably Neh 10:38* (‎׳‎‎עָרֵי ע‎), Ps 104:14 (‎׳‎‎עֵשֶׂב לע‎); in fine linen 1Chr 4:21 in erection of tabernacle Exod 35:24; Exod 36:1; Exod 36:3; Exod 36:5; Exod 39:42 (P); in repairing temple 2Chr 34:13 (twice in verse); ‎כל‎ ‎מלאכת עבדה לא תעשׂוּ‎ ye shall do no laborious work Lev 23:7; Lev 23:8; Lev 23:21; Lev 23:25; Lev 23:35; Lev 23:36; Num 28:18; Num 28:25; Num 28:26; Num 29:1; Num 29:12; Num 29:35 (P); figurative of man, ‎הַצְּדָקָה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Isa 32:17 (|| ‎׳‎‎מַעֲשֵׂה הַצּ‎); of God's work of judgment Isa 28:21 (twice in verse).

2. labour of servant or slave: of Jacob for Laban Gen 29:27; Gen 30:26 (JE); ‎עֶבֶד‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ of bondservant Lev 25:39 (P); of the Nethinim Ezra 8:20 service of things, vessels of tabernacle and temple Num 4:26; Num 4:32 (P) 1Chr 9:28; 1Chr 28:14 (twice in verse); 1Chr 28:15.

3. labour, service of captives or subjects: of Israel in Egypt Exod 1:14; Exod 2:23 (twice in verse) (P), Exod 5:11 (E), Exod 6:6 (P); ‎׳‎‎הע‎ ‎כבד(הׅ‎ Exod 5:9 (E) Neh 5:18 ‎קשׁה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Exod 1:14; Exod 6:9 (P) Deut 26:6; 1Kgs 12:4 = 2Chr 10:4; Isa 14:3 ‎׳‎‎מֵרֹב ע‎ Lam 1:3 ‎ממלכוֺת‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 2Chr 12:8 ‎המלך‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Chr 26:30 ‎אדניהם‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Neh 3:5 military service Ezek 29:18 (twice in verse).

4. service of God, in P Chronicles, Ezra: by people Josh 22:27 (P) 2Chr 12:8, feast of passover Exod 12:25; Exod 12:26; 2Chr 35:10; 2Chr 35:16, unleavened bread Exod 13:5 Levites and priests Num 4:19; Num 4:49; Num 8:11; 1Chr 24:3; 1Chr 24:19; 2Chr 8:14; 2Chr 31:16 ‎מתנה‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 18:7 Levites Exod 38:21; Num 4:24; Num 4:27 (twice in verse); Num 4:28; Num 4:33; Num 4:47 (twice in verse); Num 7:7; Num 7:8; Num 8:26; Num 18:21; 1Chr 6:17*; 2Chr 31:2 with ‎בְּאֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ v2Chr 31:4 v2Chr 31:23 v2Chr 31:31 v2Chr 31:33 v2Chr 31:35 v2Chr 31:39 v2Chr 31:43; 2Chr 8:19; 2Chr 8:22; 2Chr 18:31 ‎אֹהֶל מוֺעֵד‎ Exod 30:16; Num 4:30; Num 7:5; Num 8:24; Num 18:4; Num 18:6; Num 18:21; Num 18:23, compare Exod 35:21; Num 7:5 ‎(ה)מִשְׁכָּן‎ Exod 39:32; Exod 39:40; Num 3:7; Num 3:8; Num 16:9; 1Chr 6:33*, compare Exod 27:19; Num 3:36; 1Chr 23:26 ‎הַקֹּדֶשׁ‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 7:9, compare Num 3:31 of its court vNum 3:26 more specifically ‎משׂא‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ Num 4:47 ‎׳‎‎צבא הע‎ Num 8:25 ‎(ה)אלהים‎ ‎׳‎‎בית י‎ ‎׳‎‎ע‎ 1Chr 23:24; 1Chr 23:28; 1Chr 23:32; 1Chr 25:6; 1Chr 28:13 (twice in verse); 1Chr 28:21 (twice in verse); 1Chr 29:7; 2Chr 29:35; 2Chr 31:21; 2Chr 35:2; Neh 10:33* ‎בית האלהים‎ ‎׳‎‎מלאכת ע‎ 1Chr 9:13; 1Chr 28:20; 2Chr 24:12 ‎׳‎‎מעשׂה ע‎ 1Chr 23:28 its service Ezek 44:14; 1Chr 9:19 specific service of Levitical singers 1Chr 25:1 (twice in verse), and doorkeepers 1Chr 26:8; 2Chr 35:15.

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