Hebrew word study

עָבַדʻâbad — to work (in any sense)

Pronounced “aw-bad'”

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

Translated in the King James as: be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper,

Appears 288 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Genesis — 23×

Genesis 2:5 Genesis 2:15 Genesis 3:23 Genesis 4:2 Genesis 4:12 Genesis 14:4 Genesis 15:13 Genesis 15:14 Genesis 25:23 Genesis 27:29 Genesis 27:40 Genesis 29:15 Genesis 29:18 Genesis 29:20 Genesis 29:25 Genesis 29:27 Genesis 29:30 Genesis 30:26 Genesis 30:29 Genesis 31:6 Genesis 31:41 Genesis 49:15+ 1 more in Genesis

Exodus — 31×

Exodus 1:13 Exodus 1:14 Exodus 3:12 Exodus 4:23 Exodus 5:18 Exodus 6:5 Exodus 7:16 Exodus 8:1 Exodus 8:20 Exodus 9:1 Exodus 9:13 Exodus 10:3 Exodus 10:7 Exodus 10:8 Exodus 10:11 Exodus 10:24 Exodus 10:26 Exodus 12:31 Exodus 13:5 Exodus 14:5 Exodus 14:12 Exodus 20:5 Exodus 20:9 Exodus 21:2 Exodus 21:6+ 6 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 3×

Leviticus 25:39 Leviticus 25:40 Leviticus 25:46

Numbers — 20×

Numbers 3:7 Numbers 3:8 Numbers 4:24 Numbers 4:26 Numbers 4:30 Numbers 4:37 Numbers 4:41 Numbers 4:47 Numbers 7:5 Numbers 8:11 Numbers 8:15 Numbers 8:19 Numbers 8:22 Numbers 8:25 Numbers 8:26 Numbers 16:9 Numbers 18:6 Numbers 18:7 Numbers 18:21 Numbers 18:23

Deuteronomy — 35×

Deuteronomy 4:19 Deuteronomy 4:28 Deuteronomy 5:9 Deuteronomy 5:13 Deuteronomy 6:13 Deuteronomy 7:4 Deuteronomy 7:16 Deuteronomy 8:19 Deuteronomy 10:12 Deuteronomy 10:20 Deuteronomy 11:13 Deuteronomy 11:16 Deuteronomy 12:2 Deuteronomy 12:30 Deuteronomy 13:2 Deuteronomy 13:4 Deuteronomy 13:6 Deuteronomy 13:13 Deuteronomy 15:12 Deuteronomy 15:18 Deuteronomy 15:19 Deuteronomy 17:3 Deuteronomy 20:11 Deuteronomy 21:3 Deuteronomy 21:4+ 10 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 21×

Joshua 16:10 Joshua 22:5 Joshua 22:27 Joshua 23:7 Joshua 23:16 Joshua 24:2 Joshua 24:14 Joshua 24:15 Joshua 24:16 Joshua 24:18 Joshua 24:19 Joshua 24:20 Joshua 24:21 Joshua 24:22 Joshua 24:24 Joshua 24:31+ 5 more in Joshua

Judges — 17×

Judges 2:7 Judges 2:11 Judges 2:13 Judges 2:19 Judges 3:6 Judges 3:7 Judges 3:8 Judges 3:14 Judges 9:28 Judges 9:38 Judges 10:6 Judges 10:10 Judges 10:13 Judges 10:16+ 3 more in Judges

1 Samuel — 13×

1 Sam 4:9 1 Sam 7:3 1 Sam 7:4 1 Sam 8:8 1 Sam 11:1 1 Sam 12:10 1 Sam 12:14 1 Sam 12:20 1 Sam 12:24 1 Sam 17:9 1 Sam 26:19+ 2 more in 1 Samuel

2 Samuel — 6×

2 Sam 9:10 2 Sam 10:19 2 Sam 15:8 2 Sam 16:19 2 Sam 22:44+ 1 more in 2 Samuel

1 Kings — 8×

1 Ki 4:21 1 Ki 9:6 1 Ki 9:9 1 Ki 9:21 1 Ki 12:4 1 Ki 12:7 1 Ki 16:31 1 Ki 22:53

2 Kings — 18×

2 Ki 10:18 2 Ki 10:19 2 Ki 10:21 2 Ki 10:22 2 Ki 10:23 2 Ki 17:12 2 Ki 17:16 2 Ki 17:33 2 Ki 17:35 2 Ki 17:41 2 Ki 18:7 2 Ki 21:3 2 Ki 21:21 2 Ki 25:24+ 4 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 2×

1 Chr 19:19 1 Chr 28:9

2 Chronicles — 12×

2 Chr 2:18 2 Chr 7:19 2 Chr 7:22 2 Chr 10:4 2 Chr 24:18 2 Chr 30:8 2 Chr 33:3 2 Chr 33:16 2 Chr 33:22 2 Chr 34:33 2 Chr 35:3+ 1 more in 2 Chronicles

Nehemiah — 1×

Nehemiah 9:35

Job — 3×

Job 21:15 Job 36:11 Job 39:9

Psalms — 8×

Psalms 2:11 Psalms 18:43 Psalms 22:30 Psalms 72:11 Psalms 97:7 Psalms 100:2 Psalms 102:22 Psalms 106:36

Proverbs — 2×

Proverbs 12:11 Proverbs 28:19

Ecclesiastes — 2×

Eccles 5:9 Eccles 5:12

Isaiah — 9×

Isaiah 14:3 Isaiah 19:9 Isaiah 19:21 Isaiah 19:23 Isaiah 28:21 Isaiah 30:24 Isaiah 43:23 Isaiah 43:24 Isaiah 60:12

Jeremiah — 36×

Jeremiah 2:20 Jeremiah 5:19 Jeremiah 8:2 Jeremiah 11:10 Jeremiah 13:10 Jeremiah 16:11 Jeremiah 16:13 Jeremiah 17:4 Jeremiah 22:9 Jeremiah 22:13 Jeremiah 25:6 Jeremiah 25:11 Jeremiah 25:14 Jeremiah 27:6 Jeremiah 27:7 Jeremiah 27:8 Jeremiah 27:9 Jeremiah 27:11 Jeremiah 27:12 Jeremiah 27:13 Jeremiah 27:14 Jeremiah 27:17 Jeremiah 28:14 Jeremiah 30:8 Jeremiah 30:9+ 11 more in Jeremiah

Ezekiel — 11×

Ezekiel 20:39 Ezekiel 20:40 Ezekiel 29:18 Ezekiel 29:20 Ezekiel 34:27 Ezekiel 36:9 Ezekiel 36:34 Ezekiel 48:18 Ezekiel 48:19+ 2 more in Ezekiel

Hosea — 1×

Hosea 12:12

Zephaniah — 1×

Zeph 3:9

Zechariah — 1×

Zech 13:5

Malachi — 4×

Malachi 3:14 Malachi 3:17 Malachi 3:18+ 1 more in Malachi

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