Hebrew word

ʻâbad

aw-bad'

עָבַד

What it means

to work

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

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

serve143
served57
do12
work5
worshippers5
till4
service4
servants4

Every place it appears 264

Genesis2:5 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 31:41 49:15

Exodus1:13 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 23:25 23:33 34:21

Leviticus25:39 25:40 25:46

Numbers3:7 3:8 4:23 4:24 4:30 4:37 4:41 4:47 8:11 8:15 8:19 8:22 8:26 16:9 18:6 18:7 18:21 18:23

Deuteronomy4:19 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 17:3 21:3 21:4 28:36 28:39 28:47 28:48 28:64 29:18 29:26 31:20

Joshua16:10 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

Judges2:7 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 Samuel4:9 7:3 7:4 8:8 11:1 12:10 12:14 12:20 12:24 17:9 26:19

2 Samuel9:10 10:19 15:8 16:19 22:44

1 Kings4:21 9:6 9:9 9:21 12:4 12:7 16:31 22:53

2 Kings10:18 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 Chronicles19:19 28:9

2 Chronicles2:18 7:19 7:22 10:4 24:18 30:8 33:3 33:16 33:22 34:33 35:3

Nehemiah9:35

Job21:15 36:11 39:9

Psalms2:11 22:30 97:7 100:2 102:22 106:36

Proverbs12:11 28:19

Ecclesiastes5:9 5:12

Isaiah19:9 19:21 19:23 28:21 30:24 43:23 43:24 60:12

Jeremiah5:19 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 28:14 30:9 34:9 34:10 34:14 35:15 40:9 44:3

Ezekiel20:39 20:40 29:18 29:20 36:9 36:34 48:18 48:19

Hosea12:12

Zephaniah3:9

Zechariah2:9

Malachi3:14 3:18