עֲבַד
a.vad (H6213H)
to make
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The Hebrew word "a.vad" (Strong's number H6213) primarily means "to make." Its semantic domain is Creation & Nature, indicating its connection to the processes of creation and the natural world. This verb is used 740 times in the Bible, demonstrating its significance and frequency in the Hebrew text. The word "a.vad" encompasses a range of meanings, including creating, forming, shaping, and fashioning. It can describe the act of bringing something into existence, whether it's a physical object, a living being, or a concept. In the context of creation, "a.vad" implies a sense of bringing order and structure to the world. Its usage suggests a dynamic and active process of shaping and forming, rather than a passive or static one. The high frequency of "a.vad" in the Bible underscores its importance in the Hebrew worldview. It highlights the idea that creation is an ongoing process, with God and humans both involved in shaping and forming the world. This verb's emphasis on making and creating suggests a deep connection between human activity and the natural world, and underscores the idea that humans have a role to play in shaping and forming their environment.
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God made the expanse, and divided the waters which were under the expanse from the waters which were above the expanse; and it was so.
God said, “Let the earth yield grass, herbs yielding seeds, and fruit trees bearing fruit after their kind, with their seeds in it, on the earth;” and it was so.
The earth yielded grass, herbs yielding seed after their kind, and trees bearing fruit, with their seeds in it, after their kind; and God saw that it was good.
God made the two great lights: the greater light to rule the day, and the lesser light to rule the night. He also made the stars.
God made the animals of the earth after their kind, and the livestock after their kind, and everything that creeps on the ground after its kind. God saw that it was good.
God said, “Let’s make man in our image, after our likeness. Let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the birds of the sky, and over the livestock, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.”
God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. There was evening and there was morning, a sixth day.
This is the history of the generations of the heavens and of the earth when they were created, in the day that Yahweh God made the earth and the heavens.
Yahweh God said, “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make him a helper comparable to him.”
Now the serpent was more subtle than any animal of the field which Yahweh God had made. He said to the woman, “Has God really said, ‘You shall not eat of any tree of the garden’?”
Their eyes were opened, and they both knew that they were naked. They sewed fig leaves together, and made coverings for themselves.
Yahweh God made garments of animal skins for Adam and for his wife, and clothed them.
This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, he made him in God’s likeness.
Yahweh was sorry that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him in his heart.
Yahweh said, “I will destroy man whom I have created from the surface of the ground—man, along with animals, creeping things, and birds of the sky—for I am sorry that I have made them.”
Make a ship of gopher wood. You shall make rooms in the ship, and shall seal it inside and outside with pitch.
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ship shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits.
You shall make a roof in the ship, and you shall finish it to a cubit upward. You shall set the door of the ship in its side. You shall make it with lower, second, and third levels.
In seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights. I will destroy every living thing that I have made from the surface of the ground.”
At the end of forty days, Noah opened the window of the ship which he had made,
Whoever sheds man’s blood, his blood will be shed by man, for God made man in his own image.
They said, “Come, let’s build ourselves a city, and a tower whose top reaches to the sky, and let’s make a name for ourselves, lest we be scattered abroad on the surface of the whole earth.”
I will make of you a great nation. I will bless you and make your name great. You will be a blessing.
to the place of the altar, which he had made there at the first. There Abram called on Yahweh’s name.
they made war with Bera, king of Sodom; Birsha, king of Gomorrah; Shinab, king of Admah; Shemeber, king of Zeboiim; and the king of Bela (also called Zoar).
Abraham hurried into the tent to Sarah, and said, “Quickly prepare three seahs of fine meal, knead it, and make cakes.”
Abraham ran to the herd, and fetched a tender and good calf, and gave it to the servant. He hurried to dress it.
He took butter, milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them. He stood by them under the tree, and they ate.
He urged them greatly, and they came in with him, and entered into his house. He made them a feast, and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.
Sarah said, “God has made me laugh. Everyone who hears will laugh with me.”
The child grew and was weaned. Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.
Make me savory food, such as I love, and bring it to me, that I may eat, and that my soul may bless you before I die.”
‘Bring me venison, and make me savory food, that I may eat, and bless you before Yahweh before my death.’
Go now to the flock and get me two good young goats from there. I will make them savory food for your father, such as he loves.
He went, and got them, and brought them to his mother. His mother made savory food, such as his father loved.
She gave the savory food and the bread, which she had prepared, into the hand of her son Jacob.
He also made savory food, and brought it to his father. He said to his father, “Let my father arise, and eat of his son’s venison, that your soul may bless me.”
Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Jacob said to his relatives, “Gather stones.” They took stones, and made a heap. They ate there by the heap.
Jacob traveled to Succoth, built himself a house, and made shelters for his livestock. Therefore the name of the place is called Succoth.
God said to Jacob, “Arise, go up to Bethel, and live there. Make there an altar to God, who appeared to you when you fled from the face of Esau your brother.”
Let’s arise, and go up to Bethel. I will make there an altar to God, who answered me in the day of my distress, and was with me on the way which I went.”
Now Israel loved Joseph more than all his children, because he was the son of his old age, and he made him a tunic of many colors.
On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants, and he lifted up the head of the chief cup bearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.
In the seven plenteous years the earth produced abundantly.
They came to the threshing floor of Atad, which is beyond the Jordan, and there they lamented with a very great and severe lamentation. He mourned for his father seven days.
You shall require from them the number of the bricks which they made before. You shall not diminish anything of it, for they are idle. Therefore they cry, saying, ‘Let’s go and sacrifice to our God.’
No straw is given to your servants, and they tell us, ‘Make brick!’ and behold, your servants are beaten; but the fault is in your own people.”
In the first day there shall be to you a holy convocation, and in the seventh day a holy convocation; no kind of work shall be done in them, except that which every man must eat, only that may be done by you.
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