Hebrew word study
עָבַד H5647
- Transliteration
- ʻâbad
- Pronunciation
- aw-bad'
- KJV glosses
- [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,
Lexical summary
to work (in any sense)
by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance
to work (in any sense)
by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
A word’s possible definitions do not determine its meaning in every passage. Meaning is established by grammar, syntax, literary context, and usage.
Source: Strong’s Hebrew and Greek Lexicon. Data source information