עֲבֹדָה avodah

Hebrew word for “service” · Strong’s H5656 · used 145 times in 125 verses

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Meaning

: ministry[for_God]/tabernacle];

Senses in the lexicon

• service: ministry (87)
• service: work (33)
• service (25)

How it is translated

Glosses given for avodah in context, with how often each is used:

• service 103
• labor 22
• servitude 13
• work 5
• some of the service 1
• some of the labor 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Numbers 4 (16), Leviticus 23 (6), Numbers 8 (6), Numbers 18 (6), Numbers 3 (5), 1 Chronicles 28 (5), Numbers 7 (4), 1 Chronicles 23 (4), 2 Chronicles 35 (4), Exodus 36 (3)

Forms

• עבדת 29
• עבדה 18
• העבדה 13
• עבדתו 12
• עבדתם 12
• עבודת 9
• לעבדת 8
• לעבדה 5
• העבודה 3
• עבודה 3

Words used with it

Words that share verses with avodah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• מְלָאכָה melakhah “work” 28
• מוֹעֵד moed “meeting” 28
• עָבַד avad “to serve” 29
• אֹהֶל ohel “tent” 29
• לֵוִי leviyyi “Levi” 20
• מִשְׁמֶרֶת mishmeret “charge” 15
• קֹדֶשׁ qodesh “holiness” 20
• מִשְׁכָּן mishkan “tabernacle” 14
• מִקְרָא miqra “assembly” 10
• כֶם khem “you” 15
• אַהֲרֹן aharon “Aaron” 12
• כְּלִי keli “article/utensil” 11

Key verses

The verses using avodah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Exodus 1:14 — And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage, in morter, and in brick, and in all manner of service in the field: all their service, wherein they made…
• Exodus 2:23 — And it came to pass in process of time, that the king of Egypt died: and the children of Israel sighed by reason of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry…
• Exodus 6:6 — Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their…
• Exodus 35:21 — And they came, every one whose heart stirred him up, and every one whom his spirit made willing, and they brought the LORD’s offering to the work of the…
• Exodus 38:21 — This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the…
• Numbers 18:7 — Therefore thou and thy sons with thee shall keep your priest’s office for every thing of the altar, and within the vail; and ye shall serve: I have given your…
• 1 Chronicles 23:28 — Because their office was to wait on the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the LORD, in the courts, and in the chambers, and in the purifying of all…
• 1 Chronicles 25:1 — Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with…
• 1 Chronicles 28:20 — And David said to Solomon his son, Be strong and of good courage, and do fear not, nor be dismayed: for the LORD God, even my God, will be with thee; he will…
• 2 Chronicles 8:14 — And he appointed, according to the order of David his father, the courses of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their charges, to praise and…
• Psalms 104:14 — He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
• Isaiah 32:17 — And the work of righteousness shall be peace; and the effect of righteousness quietness and assurance for ever.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.