Strong's Concordance H5647

Original Word: עָבַד
Transliteration: ʻâbad
Phonetic Spelling: aw-bad'
a primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.; × be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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,

Usages throughout the bible

1 Samuel 26:19 - Now therefore, I pray thee, let my lord the king hear the words of his servant. If the LORD have stirred thee up against me, let him accept an offering: but if they be the children of men, cursed be they before the LORD; for they have driven me out this day from abiding in the inheritance of the LORD, saying, Go, serve H5647 other gods.

2 Samuel 9:10 - Thou therefore, and thy sons, and thy servants, shall till H5647 the land for him, and thou shalt bring in the fruits, that thy master's son may have food to eat: but Mephibosheth thy master's son shall eat bread alway at my table. Now Ziba had fifteen sons and twenty servants.

2 Samuel 10:19 - And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served H5647 them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.

2 Samuel 15:8 - For thy servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If the LORD shall bring me again indeed to Jerusalem, then I will serve H5647 the LORD.

2 Samuel 16:19 - And again, whom should I serve? H5647 should I not serve in the presence of his son? as I have served H5647 in thy father's presence, so will I be in thy presence.

2 Samuel 22:44 - Thou also hast delivered me from the strivings of my people, thou hast kept me to be head of the heathen: a people which I knew not shall serve H5647 me.

1 Kings 4:21 - And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served H5647 Solomon all the days of his life.

1 Kings 9:6 - But if ye shall at all turn from following me, ye or your children, and will not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but go and serve H5647 other gods, and worship them:

1 Kings 9:9 - And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold upon other gods, and have worshipped them, and served H5647 them: therefore hath the LORD brought upon them all this evil.

1 Kings 9:21 - Their children that were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel also were not able utterly to destroy, upon those did Solomon levy a tribute of bondservice H5647 unto this day.

1 Kings 12:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make thou the grievous service of thy father, and his heavy yoke which he put upon us, lighter, and we will serve H5647 thee.

1 Kings 12:7 - And they spake unto him, saying, If thou wilt be a servant unto this people this day, and wilt serve H5647 them, and answer them, and speak good words to them, then they will be thy servants for ever.

1 Kings 16:31 - And it came to pass, as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, that he took to wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Zidonians, and went and served H5647 Baal, and worshipped him.

2 Kings 10:18 - And Jehu gathered all the people together, and said unto them, Ahab served H5647 Baal a little; but Jehu shall serve H5647 him much.

2 Kings 10:19 - Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, H5647 and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers H5647 of Baal.

2 Kings 10:21 - And Jehu sent through all Israel: and all the worshippers H5647 of Baal came, so that there was not a man left that came not. And they came into the house of Baal; and the house of Baal was full from one end to another.

2 Kings 10:22 - And he said unto him that was over the vestry, Bring forth vestments for all the worshippers H5647 of Baal. And he brought them forth vestments.

2 Kings 10:23 - And Jehu went, and Jehonadab the son of Rechab, into the house of Baal, and said unto the worshippers H5647 of Baal, Search, and look that there be here with you none of the servants of the LORD, but the worshippers H5647 of Baal only.

2 Kings 17:12 - For they served H5647 idols, whereof the LORD had said unto them, Ye shall not do this thing.

2 Kings 17:16 - And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made them molten images, even two calves, and made a grove, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served H5647 Baal.

2 Kings 17:33 - They feared the LORD, and served H5647 their own gods, after the manner of the nations whom they carried away from thence.

2 Kings 17:35 - With whom the LORD had made a covenant, and charged them, saying, Ye shall not fear other gods, nor bow yourselves to them, nor serve H5647 them, nor sacrifice to them:

2 Kings 17:41 - So these nations feared the LORD, and served H5647 their graven images, both their children, and their children's children: as did their fathers, so do they unto this day.

2 Kings 18:7 - And the LORD was with him; and he prospered whithersoever he went forth: and he rebelled against the king of Assyria, and served H5647 him not.

2 Kings 21:3 - For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had destroyed; and he reared up altars for Baal, and made a grove, as did Ahab king of Israel; and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served H5647 them.

2 Kings 21:21 - And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served H5647 the idols that his father served, H5647 and worshipped them:

2 Kings 25:24 - And Gedaliah sware to them, and to their men, and said unto them, Fear not to be the servants of the Chaldees: dwell in the land, and serve H5647 the king of Babylon; and it shall be well with you.

1 Chronicles 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: H5647 neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.

1 Chronicles 28:9 - And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve H5647 him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.

2 Chronicles 2:18 - And he set threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens, and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain, and three thousand and six hundred overseers to set H5647 the people a work. H5647

2 Chronicles 7:19 - But if ye turn away, and forsake my statutes and my commandments, which I have set before you, and shall go and serve H5647 other gods, and worship them;

2 Chronicles 7:22 - And it shall be answered, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, which brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served H5647 them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.

2 Chronicles 10:4 - Thy father made our yoke grievous: now therefore ease thou somewhat the grievous servitude of thy father, and his heavy yoke that he put upon us, and we will serve H5647 thee.

2 Chronicles 24:18 - And they left the house of the LORD God of their fathers, and served H5647 groves and idols: and wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their trespass.

2 Chronicles 30:8 - Now be ye not stiffnecked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves unto the LORD, and enter into his sanctuary, which he hath sanctified for ever: and serve H5647 the LORD your God, that the fierceness of his wrath may turn away from you.

2 Chronicles 33:3 - For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had broken down, and he reared up altars for Baalim, and made groves, and worshipped all the host of heaven, and served H5647 them.

2 Chronicles 33:16 - And he repaired the altar of the LORD, and sacrificed thereon peace offerings and thank offerings, and commanded Judah to serve H5647 the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 33:22 - But he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as did Manasseh his father: for Amon sacrificed unto all the carved images which Manasseh his father had made, and served H5647 them;

2 Chronicles 34:33 - And Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that pertained to the children of Israel, and made all that were present in Israel to serve, H5647 even to serve H5647 the LORD their God. And all his days they departed not from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.

2 Chronicles 35:3 - And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve H5647 now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

Nehemiah 9:35 - For they have not served H5647 thee in their kingdom, and in thy great goodness that thou gavest them, and in the large and fat land which thou gavest before them, neither turned they from their wicked works.

Job 21:15 - What is the Almighty, that we should serve H5647 him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?

Job 36:11 - If they obey and serve H5647 him, they shall spend their days in prosperity, and their years in pleasures.

Job 39:9 - Will the unicorn be willing to serve H5647 thee, or abide by thy crib?

Psalms 2:11 - Serve H5647 the LORD with fear, and rejoice with trembling.

Psalms 18:43 - Thou hast delivered me from the strivings of the people; and thou hast made me the head of the heathen: a people whom I have not known shall serve H5647 me.

Psalms 22:30 - A seed shall serve H5647 him; it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation.

Psalms 72:11 - Yea, all kings shall fall down before him: all nations shall serve H5647 him.

Psalms 97:7 - Confounded be all they that serve H5647 graven images, that boast themselves of idols: worship him, all ye gods.

Psalms 100:2 - Serve H5647 the LORD with gladness: come before his presence with singing.