Exodus 14:5
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?
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Serving
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Titus 3:3
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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δουλεύω
douleúō · dool-yoo'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form29 total Strong's occurrences
to be a slave to (literal or figurative, involuntary or voluntary)
Strong's KJV usage: :--be in bondage, (do) serve(-ice).
Strong's first: Acts 20:19Strong's last: Titus 3:3
Open full G1398 profile →עָבַד
ʻâbad · aw-bad'
2 times translated as this KJV form291 total Strong's occurrences
to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
Strong's 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,
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Strong's first: Exodus 14:5Strong's last: Deuteronomy 15:18
Open full H5647 profile →διακονία
diakonía · dee-ak-on-ee'-ah
1 times translated as this KJV form34 total Strong's occurrences
attendance (as a servant, etc.); figuratively (eleemosynary) aid, (official) service (especially of the Christian teacher, or technically of the diaconate)
Strong's KJV usage: :--(ad-)minister(-ing, -tration, -try), office, relief, service(-ing).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 10:40Strong's last: Luke 10:40
Open full G1248 profile →λατρεύω
latreúō · lat-ryoo'-o
1 times translated as this KJV form21 total Strong's occurrences
to minister (to God), i.e. render religious homage
Strong's KJV usage: :--serve, do the service, worship(-per).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Acts 26:7Strong's last: Acts 26:7
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H5647
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?
H5647
It shall not seem hard unto thee, when thou sendest him away free from thee; for he hath been worth a double hired servant to thee, in serving thee six years: and the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all that thou doest.
G1248
But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone? bid her therefore that she help me.
G1398
Serving the Lord with all humility of mind, and with many tears, and temptations, which befell me by the lying in wait of the Jews:
G3000
Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
G1398
Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;
G1398
For we ourselves also were sometimes foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving divers lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful, and hating one another.
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serving
SERV'ING, participle present tense Working for; acting in subordination to; yielding obedience to; worshiping; also, performing duties; as serving in the army.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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