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Ezra 6:16

“And the children of Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the rest of the children of the captivity, kept the dedication of this house of God with joy,” (KJV)

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Lexical meaning

עֲבַדʻăbad · ab-bad'
H5648 · Aramaic

Definition: to do, make, prepare, keep, etc.
Derivation: (Aramaic) corresponding to H5647 (עָבַד);
KJV renderings: [idiom] cut, do, execute, go on, make, move, work.
Grammar: וַ — conjunction
עֲבַ֣דוּ — verb Peal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, plural
Code AC/Vqp3mp
Usage: Occurs 28 times in the Hebrew Bible.Ezra 4:15 Ezra 4:19 Ezra 4:22 Ezra 5:8 Ezra 6:8

Theological interpretation (AI)

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Verse 15 Verse 17

Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.