עֲבֹדָה
a.vo.dah (H5656G)
service
AI Word Study
The Hebrew word "a.vo.dah" (H5656G) is defined as "service". This term appears 25 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in the Hebrew language. The word encompasses a broad range of activities, from manual labor to personal devotion. In its various occurrences, "a.vo.dah" often refers to the work or labor that one performs for another, whether it be a master, a king, or a deity. This can include tasks such as serving food, attending to domestic duties, or working in a field. The word also carries connotations of loyalty, obedience, and dedication. The significance of "a.vo.dah" lies in its emphasis on the importance of work and service in the Hebrew worldview. It highlights the value of contributing to the well-being of others and the community, and underscores the idea that one's labor is a form of worship and devotion.
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Fulfill the week of this one, and we will give you the other also for the service which you will serve with me for seven more years.”
Give me my wives and my children for whom I have served you, and let me go; for you know my service with which I have served you.”
and they made their lives bitter with hard service in mortar and in brick, and in all kinds of service in the field, all their service, in which they ruthlessly made them serve.
In the course of those many days, the king of Egypt died, and the children of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried, and their cry came up to God because of the bondage.
Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
Moses spoke so to the children of Israel, but they didn’t listen to Moses for anguish of spirit, and for cruel bondage.
It shall happen when you have come to the land which Yahweh will give you, as he has promised, that you shall keep this service.
It will happen, when your children ask you, ‘What do you mean by this service?’
It shall be, when Yahweh brings you into the land of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, that you shall keep this service in this month.
They came, everyone whose heart stirred him up, and everyone whom his spirit made willing, and brought Yahweh’s offering for the work of the Tent of Meeting, and for all of its service, and for the holy garments.
“ ‘If your brother has grown poor among you, and sells himself to you, you shall not make him to serve as a slave.
“This is the service of the families of the Gershonites, in serving and in bearing burdens:
“Your father made our yoke difficult. Now therefore make the hard service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
All these were of the sons of Obed-Edom: they and their sons and their brothers, able men in strength for the service: sixty-two of Obed-Edom.
Of the Hebronites, Hashabiah and his brothers, men of valor, one thousand seven hundred, had the oversight of Israel beyond the Jordan westward, for all the business of Yahweh, and for the service of the king.
“Your father made our yoke grievous: now therefore make the grievous service of your father, and his heavy yoke which he put on us, lighter, and we will serve you.”
Nevertheless they will be his servants, that they may know my service, and the service of the kingdoms of the countries.”
So the service was prepared, and the priests stood in their place, and the Levites by their divisions, according to the king’s commandment.
The singers the sons of Asaph were in their place, according to the commandment of David, Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun the king’s seer; and the gatekeepers were at every gate. They didn’t need to depart from their service, because their brothers the Levites prepared for them.
Next to them, the Tekoites made repairs; but their nobles didn’t put their necks to the Lord’s work.
Now that which was prepared for one day was one ox and six choice sheep. Also fowls were prepared for me, and once in ten days a store of all sorts of wine. Yet for all this, I didn’t demand the governor’s pay, because the bondage was heavy on this people.
It will happen in the day that Yahweh will give you rest from your sorrow, from your trouble, and from the hard service in which you were made to serve,
Judah has gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude. She dwells among the nations. She finds no rest. All her persecutors overtook her within the straits.