Strong H56474 sensesעָבַד

The 4 senses of Strong H5647

The lexicon tells 4 senses apart under this number. In the Bible, each word leads to the one it has in its verse. Strong H5647 appears in 263 verses of the KJV, all senses together.

1. to serve: ministerH5647H: minister/serve[God/tabernacle/temple]/worship142 verses · 18 books
2. to serveH5647G: serve[someone]86 verses · 18 books
3. to serve: labourH5647I: labour/do(work)29 verses · 12 books
4. to serve: burdenH5647J: burden2 verses · Isaiah

General definition

In the Bible

Translated in the KJV by

• serve202
• do14
• work4
• worshipper4
• service4
• thou4
• servant3
• be2
• become2
• dress2
• keep2
• serveth2

First verses

1. Genesis 2:5
   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.
2. Genesis 2:15
   And the Lord God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.
3. Genesis 3:23
   Therefore the Lord God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.
4. Genesis 4:2
   And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.
5. Genesis 4:12
   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.
6. Genesis 14:4
   Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.
7. Genesis 15:13
   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;
8. Genesis 15:14
   And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.
9. Genesis 25:23
   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.
10. Genesis 27:29
    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.
11. Genesis 27:40
    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.
12. Genesis 29:15
    And Laban said unto Jacob, Because thou art my brother, shouldest thou therefore serve me for nought? tell me, what shall thy wages be?
13. Genesis 29:18
    And Jacob loved Rachel; and said, I will serve thee seven years for Rachel thy younger daughter.
14. Genesis 29:20
    And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.
15. Genesis 29:25
    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?
16. Genesis 29:27
    Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years.
17. Genesis 29:30
    And he went in also unto Rachel, and he loved also Rachel more than Leah, and served with him yet seven other years.
18. Genesis 30:26
    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.
19. Genesis 30:29
    And he said unto him, Thou knowest how I have served thee, and how thy cattle was with me.
20. Genesis 31:6
    And ye know that with all my power I have served your father.