{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H5647",
  "lemma": "עָבַד",
  "transliteration": "ʻâbad",
  "definition": "to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.",
  "kjv": "[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear…",
  "occurrences": 289,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עָבַד 290 vb. work, serve",
    "Qal",
    "1. labour, work, do work",
    "2. work for another, serve him by labour",
    "3. serve as subjects",
    "4. serve God",
    "5. serve י׳ with Levitical service",
    "Niph.",
    "1. be tilled, of land",
    "2. dub. cultivated field",
    "Pu. worked",
    "Hiph.",
    "1. compel to labour as slaves",
    "2. make to serve as subjects",
    "3. cause to serve God",
    "Hoph. be led or enticed to serve"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:5",
      "text": "No plant of the field was yet in the earth, and no herb of the field had yet sprung up; for the LORD God had not caused…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 2:15",
      "text": "The LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to cultivate and keep it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 3:23",
      "text": "Therefore the LORD God sent him out from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from which he was taken.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/3?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:2",
      "text": "Again she gave birth, to Cain’s brother Abel. Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 4:12",
      "text": "From now on, when you till the ground, it won’t yield its strength to you. You will be a fugitive and a wanderer in the…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/4?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 14:4",
      "text": "They served Chedorlaomer for twelve years, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/14?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 15:13",
      "text": "He said to Abram, “Know for sure that your offspring will live as foreigners in a land that is not theirs, and will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=13"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 15:14",
      "text": "I will also judge that nation, whom they will serve. Afterward they will come out with great wealth;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/15?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 25:23",
      "text": "The LORD said to her, “Two nations are in your womb. Two peoples will be separated from your body. The one people will…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/25?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Genesis 27:29",
      "text": "Let peoples serve you, and nations bow down to you. Be lord over your brothers. Let your mother’s sons bow down to you…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/27?v=29"
    }
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