Original Language Studio
Genesis 29:20
“And Jacob served seven years for Rachel; and they seemed unto him but a few days, for the love he had to her.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָבַדʻâbad · aw-bad'
H5647 · Hebrew
H5647 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] 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,
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יַּעֲבֹ֧ד — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
- Usage
- Occurs 289 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 2:5Genesis 2:15Genesis 3:23Genesis 4:2Genesis 4:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָבַד here.
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.