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True Words Baptist Church — Revelation 21:5
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ORIGINAL WORD · STRONG’S

עָבַד

H5647 · ʻâbad · aw-bad' · Hebrew

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Strong’s definition

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

KJV usage

× 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,

291mapped occurrences
261verses
36KJV renderings
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KJV renderings in this mapping

serve 159served 60do 14work 5worshippers 5till 4service 4servants 4serveth 3dress 2serving 2labour 2Serve 2tilleth 2tilled 2tiller 1tillest 1done 1thee 1servant 1made 1bondage 1keep 1compel 1bondmen 1execute 1with 1eared 1servedst 1been 1bondservice 1set 1man 1pass 1ear 1caused 1

Strong’s is a useful concordance and lexical reference layer. It does not by itself determine the meaning of a word in every context and is not a substitute for the verse, passage, or full grammatical analysis. Hebrew / Aramaic XML data: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0).

Mapped occurrences

Genesis 2:5Mapped KJV word: till

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

Genesis 2:15Mapped KJV word: dress

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

Genesis 3:23Mapped KJV word: till

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Genesis 4:2Mapped KJV word: tiller

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

Genesis 4:12Mapped KJV word: tillest

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

Genesis 14:4Mapped KJV word: served

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

Genesis 15:13Mapped KJV word: serve

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

Genesis 15:14Mapped KJV word: serve

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

Genesis 25:23Mapped KJV word: serve

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

Genesis 27:29Mapped KJV word: serve

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother's sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

Genesis 27:40Mapped KJV word: serve

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Genesis 29:15Mapped KJV word: serve

And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?

Genesis 29:18Mapped KJV word: serve

And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.

Genesis 29:20Mapped KJV word: served

And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.

Genesis 29:25Mapped KJV word: serve

And it came to pass, that in the morning, behold, it was Leah: and he said to Laban, What is this thou hast done unto me? did not I serve with thee for Rachel? wherefore then hast thou beguiled me?

Genesis 29:27Mapped KJV word: serve

Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.

Genesis 29:30Mapped KJV word: served

And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.

Genesis 30:26Mapped KJV word: served

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Genesis 30:26Mapped KJV word: done

Give me my wives and my children, for whom I have served thee, and let me go: for thou knowest my service which I have done thee.

Genesis 30:29Mapped KJV word: served

And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.

Genesis 31:6Mapped KJV word: served

And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.

Genesis 31:41Mapped KJV word: thee

Thus have I been twenty years in thy house; I served thee fourteen years for thy two daughters, and six years for thy cattle: and thou hast changed my wages ten times.

Genesis 49:15Mapped KJV word: servant

And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute.

Exodus 1:13Mapped KJV word: made

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Exodus 1:13Mapped KJV word: serve

And the Egyptians made the children of Israel to serve with rigour:

Exodus 1:14Mapped KJV word: serve

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 them serve, was with rigour.

Exodus 3:12Mapped KJV word: serve

And he said, Certainly I will be with thee; and this shall be a token unto thee, that I have sent thee: When thou hast brought forth the people out of Egypt, ye shall serve God upon this mountain.

Exodus 4:23Mapped KJV word: serve

And I say unto thee, Let my son go, that he may serve me: and if thou refuse to let him go, behold, I will slay thy son, even thy firstborn.

Exodus 5:18Mapped KJV word: work

Go therefore now, and work; for there shall no straw be given you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of bricks.

Exodus 6:5Mapped KJV word: bondage

And I have also heard the groaning of the children of Israel, whom the Egyptians keep in bondage; and I have remembered my covenant.

Exodus 7:16Mapped KJV word: serve

And thou shalt say unto him, The LORD God of the Hebrews hath sent me unto thee, saying, Let my people go, that they may serve me in the wilderness: and, behold, hitherto thou wouldest not hear.

Exodus 8:1Mapped KJV word: serve

And the LORD spake unto Moses, Go unto Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 8:20Mapped KJV word: serve

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh; lo, he cometh forth to the water; and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 9:1Mapped KJV word: serve

Then the LORD said unto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh, and tell him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 9:13Mapped KJV word: serve

And the LORD said unto Moses, Rise up early in the morning, and stand before Pharaoh, and say unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, Let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 10:3Mapped KJV word: serve

And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

Exodus 10:7Mapped KJV word: serve

And Pharaoh's servants said unto him, How long shall this man be a snare unto us? let the men go, that they may serve the LORD their God: knowest thou not yet that Egypt is destroyed?

Exodus 10:8Mapped KJV word: serve

And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?

Exodus 10:11Mapped KJV word: serve

Not so: go now ye that are men, and serve the LORD; for that ye did desire. And they were driven out from Pharaoh's presence.

Exodus 10:24Mapped KJV word: serve

And Pharaoh called unto Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the LORD; only let your flocks and your herds be stayed: let your little ones also go with you.

Exodus 10:26Mapped KJV word: serve

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

Exodus 10:26Mapped KJV word: serve

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the LORD our God; and we know not with what we must serve the LORD, until we come thither.

Exodus 12:31Mapped KJV word: serve

And he called for Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Rise up, and get you forth from among my people, both ye and the children of Israel; and go, serve the LORD, as ye have said.

Exodus 13:5Mapped KJV word: keep

And it shall be when the LORD shall bring thee into the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which he sware unto thy fathers to give thee, a land flowing with milk and honey, that thou shalt keep this service in this month.

Exodus 14:5Mapped KJV word: serving

And it was told the king of Egypt that the people fled: and the heart of Pharaoh and of his servants was turned against the people, and they said, Why have we done this, that we have let Israel go from serving us?

Exodus 14:12Mapped KJV word: serve

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Exodus 14:12Mapped KJV word: serve

Is not this the word that we did tell thee in Egypt, saying, Let us alone, that we may serve the Egyptians? For it had been better for us to serve the Egyptians, than that we should die in the wilderness.

Exodus 20:5Mapped KJV word: serve

Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;

Exodus 20:9Mapped KJV word: labour

Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work:

Exodus 21:2Mapped KJV word: serve

If thou buy an Hebrew servant, six years he shall serve: and in the seventh he shall go out free for nothing.