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H5647 · עָבַד

ʻâbad

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.

KJV gloss list in the source

[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] 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,

Source pronunciation notation: aw-bad'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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