Quick Definition
service
Strong's Definition
work of any kind
Derivation: or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד);
KJV Usage: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
TWOT Reference: 1553c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) — service. : service[as_servant/slave] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) — service: ministry. : ministry[for_God]/tabernacle] 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
עֲבֹדָה (a.vo.dah) — service: work. : work/labour 1) labour, service 1a) labour, work 1b) labour (of servant or slave) 1c) labour, service (of captives or subjects) 1d) service (of God)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
noun f · עבד
Serve
work, labor, service = state in which humans, either as individuals or as groups, perform their duties, tasks and obligations towards others, either to receive income or because they are forced to do so
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Happen | ≈ מַעֲשֶׂה
outcome, result literally: work; hence: = a situation that is the outcome of someone's work
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
עֲבֹדָה, and (Chr) עֲבוֹדָה 146 n.f. labour, servicelabour, work
labour of servant or slave
labour, service of captives or subjects
service of God
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