Lexical Definition

‎עֲבִידָה‎ ʻăbîydâh (ab-ee-daw') service ^A:N-F
(Aramaic) from ‎עֲבַד‎

affairs, service, work.

• labor or business

1) work, service, ritual, worship
1a) work, administration
1b) ritual, service

See Greek: πρᾶγμα

Extended Information

Aramaic of: עֲבֹדָה

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עֲבִידָה‎] noun feminine work, service (Biblical Hebrew ‎עֲבֹדָה‎); — emphatic ‎עֲבִידְתָּא‎ Ezra 5:8; Dan 2:49, construct ‎עֲבִידַת‎ Ezra 4:24 +; —

1. work, of building temple, Ezra 4:24; Ezra 5:8; Ezra 6:7 = administration Dan 2:49; Dan 3:12.

2. ritual, service, of God Ezra 6:18.

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