עֲבֹדָה (ʿăbōdâ) is
a Hebrew noun
meaning labour. It appears
145 times
in 15 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5656).
Also rendered
service
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1553c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1553c)labour, service; work; labour of servant or slave; service of captives or subjects; act, bondage, bondservant, effect, ministering, office, servile, servitude, tillage, use
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עֲבֹדָהnoun, feminine: labour, service
1.labour, work
2.labour of servant or slave
3.labour, service of captives or subjects
4.service of God
Strong's H5656עֲבֹדָה: work of any kind KJV:act, bondage, bondservant, effect, labour, ministering(-try), office, service(-ile, -itude), tillage, use, work, × wrought.
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.
Root family 1553: עָבַדʿābad — 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…