עָבַד (ʿābad) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning work. It appears
289 times
in 25 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5647).
Also rendered
to serve
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1553)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1553)work, serve; labour, do work, work for another, serve as subjects, with Levitical service; be tilled, cultivated; compel to labour, make to serve as subjects, cause to serve; be led, enticed to serve; enslave; keep in bondage…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָבַדverb: work, serve
Qal
1.labour, work, do work
2.work for another
3.serve as subjects
4.serve God
5.serve Jehovah with Levitical service
Niphal
1.be tilled, of land
2.doubtful cultivated field
Pualworked
Hiphil
1.compel to labour as slaves
2.make to serve as subjects
3.cause to serve God
Hophalbe led or enticed to serve
Strong's H5647עָבַד: to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. KJV:× be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.