עֲבֹדָה ʻăbôdâh
Meaning
work of any kind
In the King James Version: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
Derivation: or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד);
Where it is used
- Isaiah 28:21 For the LORD will rise up as at Mount Perazim. He will rouse Himself as in the Valley of Gibeon, to do His work, His strange work, and to perform His task, His disturbing task.
- Isaiah 32:17 The work of righteousness will be peace; the service of righteousness will be quiet confidence forever.
- Lamentations 1:3 Judah has gone into exile under affliction and harsh slavery; she dwells among the nations but finds no place to rest. All her pursuers have overtaken her in the midst of her distress.
- Ezekiel 29:18 “Son of man, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon caused his army to labor strenuously against Tyre. Every head was made bald and every shoulder made raw. But he and his army received no wages from Tyre for the labor they expended on it.
- Ezekiel 44:14 Yet I will appoint them to keep charge of all the work for the temple and everything to be done in it.