עָבַד

Derivation

a primitive root;

Meaning

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

In the King James Version

[idiom] 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,

Translated as

serve (143), served (56), do (14), work (5), worshippers (5), till (4), service (4), servants (4), dress (2), labour (2), tilleth (2), tilled (2), tiller (1), tillest (1), thee (1), servant (1), made (1), bondage (1), keep (1), compel (1)

Where it appears

Found in 243 verses

Genesis

2:5, 2:15, 3:23, 4:2, 4:12, 14:4, 15:13, 15:14, 25:23, 27:29, 27:40, 29:15, 29:18, 29:20, 29:25, 29:27, 29:30, 30:26, 30:29, 31:6 + 2 more

Exodus

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

Leviticus

25:39, 25:40, 25:46

Numbers

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

Deuteronomy

4:19, 4:28, 5:9, 5:13, 6:13, 7:4, 7:16, 8:19, 10:12, 10:20, 11:13, 11:16, 12:2, 12:30, 13:4, 13:6, 13:13, 15:12, 15:18, 15:19 + 11 more

Joshua

16:10, 22:5, 22:27, 23:7, 23:16, 24:2, 24:14, 24:15, 24:16, 24:18, 24:19, 24:20, 24:21, 24:22, 24:24, 24:31

Judges

2:7, 2:11, 2:13, 2:19, 3:6, 3:7, 3:8, 3:14, 9:28, 9:38, 10:6, 10:10, 10:13, 10:16

1 Samuel

4:9, 7:3, 7:4, 8:8, 11:1, 12:10, 12:14, 12:20, 12:24, 17:9, 26:19

2 Samuel

9:10, 10:19, 15:8, 16:19, 22:44

1 Kings

4:21, 9:6, 9:9, 9:21, 12:4, 12:7, 16:31, 22:53

2 Kings

10:18, 10:19, 10:21, 10:22, 10:23, 17:12, 17:16, 17:33, 17:35, 17:41, 18:7, 21:3, 21:21, 25:24

1 Chronicles

19:19, 28:9

2 Chronicles

2:18, 7:19, 7:22, 10:4, 24:18, 30:8, 33:3, 33:16, 33:22, 34:33, 35:3

Nehemiah

9:35

Job

21:15, 36:11, 39:9

Psalms

2:11, 22:30, 97:7, 100:2, 102:22, 106:36

Proverbs

12:11, 28:19

Ecclesiastes

5:9, 5:12

Isaiah

19:9, 19:21, 19:23, 28:21, 30:24, 43:23, 43:24, 60:12

Jeremiah

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

Ezekiel

20:39, 20:40, 29:18, 29:20, 36:9, 36:34, 48:18, 48:19

Hosea

12:12

Zephaniah

3:9

Zechariah

2:9, 13:5

Malachi

3:14, 3:18