עֲבֹדָה
ʻăbôdâh · ab-o-daw'
work of any kind
Lexicon
Derivation: or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד);
work of any kind
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: act, bondage, [phrase] bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, [idiom] wrought.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › to reveal, behold
To see and know of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֲבֹדָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
145 occurrences · 145 OT · 0 NT · 79 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- for the service13 · 15%
- no servile11 · 13%
- the service9 · 11%
- of the service8 · 10%
- bondage4 · 5%
- for the work3 · 4%
- to his service3 · 4%
- this is the service3 · 4%
- to their service2 · 2%
- according to all their service2 · 2%
- the work2 · 2%
- this service2 · 2%
- servitude2 · 2%
- their service2 · 2%
- my service2 · 2%
- in the service2 · 2%
- service2 · 2%
- for all the service2 · 2%
- upon the service2 · 2%
- so the service2 · 2%
- and the service2 · 2%
- the bondage1 · 1%
- all their service1 · 1%
- and in all manner of service1 · 1%
- thee this also for the service1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.