עָבַד290 verb work, serve (Old Aramaic עבד do make, especially Nabataean, Palmyrene (often), Lzb331 f. Cook86, so ᵑ7 עֲבַד, Syriac (very often); but also Old Aramaic Phoenician עבד slave, vassal (and in many proper names), ᵑ7 עַבְדָּא, Syriac id.; Assyrian abdu, id. (rare); Late Hebrew עָבַד serve, performs acts of worship (with accusative of congnate meaning with verb), and derivatives; Arabic worship, obey (God); compare WeSkizzen iii. 165; Heid. 141, II. enslave; slave, worshiper; Sabean עבד id. DHMSüdar. Alt. p. 18; GerberVerb. Denom. 14 ff. thinks be slave, serve (Qal) and enslave (Hiph`il) are denominative, compare also NöZMG xl (1886), 741); —
Qal272 Perfect 3 masculine singular
׳ע Ezk 29,18 +; suffix
עֲבָדוֺ Mal 3,18 +; 3 masculine plural
עָֽבְדוּ 5 Mos 7,4 עָבָ֑דוּ 4 Mos 4,26, + 64 t. Perfect;
Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יַעֲבֹד 1 Mos 25,23 +; suffix
יַעַבְדֵ֫נִי 2 Mos 4,23 יַעַבְדֶ֫נּוּ Sl 22,31;
2 Kong 10,18 3 masculine plural
יַעַבְדוּ 5 Mos 12,30 +;
יַעֲבֹ֑דוּ 1 Mos 15,14 (
Dr§ 103)
Job 36,11 2 masculine plural
תַּעַבְדוּן 2 Mos 3,12,
תַּעֲבֹד֑וּן Jos 24,15, + 99 t. Imperfect; (
תָּעָבְדֵם,
נָָֽעָבְדֵם see
Hoph`al);
Imperative עֲבֹד 1 Sam 26,19 suffix
עָבְדֵהוּ 1 Kron 28,9 עִבְדוּ 2 Mos 5,18 + 15 t.;
עֲבֹ֑דוּ Ezk 20,39 suffix
עִבְדֻהוּ 1 Sam 7,3 Infinitive construct עֲבֹד Mal 3,14 +;
עֲבָדֿ Jer 34,9;
Jer 34,10 suffix
עָבְדוֺ Jer 27,6 +, etc.;
Participle עֹבֵד 1 Mos 4,2 +; plural
עֹבְדִים 4 Mos 18,21 +; construct
עֹבְדֵי Sl 97,7 +; suffix
עֹבְדָיו 2 Kong 10,19 עֹבְדֵיהֶם Zak 2,13 —
1. labour, work, do work: absolute
2 Mos 20,9 =
2 Mos 34,21 =
5 Mos 5,13 (4th word);
2 Mos 5,18 (
E)
Praed 5,11 with accusative of thing,
till the ground
1 Mos 2,5;
1 Mos 3,23;
1 Mos 4,2;
1 Mos 4,12 (
J),
2 Sam 9,10;
Es 30,24;
Jer 27,11;
Zak 13,5;
Ord 12,11;
Ord 28,19 object omitted
5 Mos 15,19;
Ezk 48,19 vineyard
5 Mos 28,39 garden
1 Mos 2,16 (
J);
עֹבְרֵי פִשְׁתִּים Es 19,9 workers in flax;
עֹבְדֵ(יׅ הָעִיר Ezk 48,18;
Ezk 48,19 labourers of the city;
עֲבֹדָתוֺ ׳ע Es 28,21 work his work (only here of God, ||
עשׂה מַעֲשֵׂהוּ);
עבדה על ׳ע Ezk 29,18 serve a military service against.
2. work for another, serve him by labour: absolute
2 Mos 21,2 (
E); with accusative pers
1 Mos 29,15;
1 Mos 31,6;
2 Mos 21,6 (
E)
5 Mos 15,12;
5 Mos 15,18;
Mal 3,17;
Jer 34,14, king his people
1 Kong 12,7 subject animals
Jer 27,6;
Job 39,9 with accusative of person and thing
1 Mos 30,26 (twice in verse);
1 Mos 30,29 (
J); with
לְ person
2 Sam 16,19 עִם 1 Mos 29,25;
1 Mos 29,30 (
E)
3 Mos 25,40 (
P);
עִמָּדִי 1 Mos 29,27 (
E);
לִפְנֵי 2 Sam 16,19 (twice in verse); with
בְּ of price
1 Mos 29,18;
1 Mos 29,20;
1 Mos 29,25;
1 Mos 31,41 (
E)
Hos 12,13;
Ezk 29,20 with
בְּ person
work by means of another, use him as slave,
2 Mos 1,14;
3 Mos 25,39;
3 Mos 25,46 (
P)
Jer 22,13;
Jer 25,14;
Jer 27,7;
Jer 30,8;
Jer 34,9;
Jer 34,10.
3. serve as subjects: usually with accusative, their own chiefs or kings
Dom 9,28 (twice in verse);
Dom 9,38;
1 Sam 11,1;
1 Kong 5,1 +; other kings, by tribute
Sl 18,44 =
2 Sam 22,44;
Jer 27,7;
Jer 28,14;
2 Kong 25,24 +, other nations
2 Sam 10,19;
Jer 40,9;
Zak 2,13 +, kings other kings
2 Kong 18,7 +, with
לְ,
1 Sam 4,9 (twice in verse);
מַס עֹבֵד 1 Mos 49,15 (
J)
Jos 16,10;
1 Kong 9,21 (see
מַס); with
בְּ person,
work with, i.e. use as subjects, impose tribute upon,
Jer 25,14;
Jer 27,7;
Jer 30,8;
Ezk 34,27.
4. serve God:
\ \
a. with accusative
׳י,
2 Mos 3,12;
2 Mos 4,23;
2 Mos 7,16;
2 Mos 7,26 (
JE),
Sl 22,31;
Job 21,15;
Mal 3,14 +; with accusative of person and thing
2 Mos 10,26 (
E); accusative of person omitted,
Jer 2,20 (read
אֶעֱבוֺד Kt),
עבד זבח ומנחה Es 19,21 serve with peace-offering and grain-offering;
עבד עֲבֹדָה 2 Mos 13,5 (of
מַצֹּת).
\ \
b. other gods, with accusative
׳א 5 Mos 7,16;
5 Mos 12,2;
5 Mos 12,30 ;
אלהים אחרים 5 Mos 7,4;
5 Mos 8,19;
5 Mos 11,16;
5 Mos 13,7;
5 Mos 13,14;
5 Mos 17,3;
5 Mos 28,14;
5 Mos 28,36;
5 Mos 28,64;
5 Mos 29,25;
5 Mos 30,17;
5 Mos 31,20;
Jos 23,16;
Jos 24,2;
Jos 24,16;
Dom 2,10;
Dom 10,13;
1 Sam 8,8;
1 Sam 26,19;
1 Kong 9,6;
1 Kong 9,9;
2 Kong 17,35;
2 Kron 7,19;
2 Kron 7,22;
Jer 11,10;
Jer 13,10;
Jer 16,11;
Jer 16,13;
Jer 22,9;
Jer 25,6;
Jer 35,15 (all
D and Jeremiah);
אֱלֹהֵי הַגּוֺיִם 5 Mos 29,17 זָרִים Jer 5,19 כל צבא השׁמים 5 Mos 4,19;
2 Kong 21,3;
2 Kron 33,3;
Jer 8,2 הבעל(יםׅ Dom 2,11;
Dom 3,7;
Dom 10,6;
Dom 10,10;
Dom 1,10;
Dom 1,31;
Dom 22,54;
2 Kong 10,18 (twice in verse);
2 Kong 10,19 (twice in verse);
2 Kong 10,21;
2 Kong 10,22;
2 Kong 10,23 (twice in verse);
2 Kong 17,16 אלהי נֵכָר Jos 24,20;
Jer 5,19 (הַ)גִּלּוּלִים 2 Kong 17,12;
2 Kong 21,21 (twice in verse);
Ezk 20,39 האשׁרים 2 Kron 24,18 עצבים Sl 106,36 פסיל(יםׅ 2 Kron 33,22;
2 Kong 17,41 פסל 2 Kong 97,7 with
לְ,
לבעל Dom 2,13 לאלהים אחרים Jer 44,3.
5. serve ׳י with Levilical service (all
P; compare
RSSem i. 69): with accusative
עבד עֲבֹדָה (see
עֲבֹדָה)
4 Mos 3,7;
4 Mos 3,8;
4 Mos 4,23;
4 Mos 4,30;
4 Mos 4,47;
4 Mos 7,5;
4 Mos 8,11;
4 Mos 8,19;
4 Mos 8,22;
4 Mos 8,26;
4 Mos 16,9;
4 Mos 18,6;
4 Mos 18,21;
4 Mos 18,23;
Jos 22,27 accusative omitted
4 Mos 4,24;
4 Mos 4,26;
4 Mos 4,37;
4 Mos 4,41;
4 Mos 8,15 (but
⅏ ᵐ5 עבדה), v
4 Mos 8,25;
4 Mos 18,7.
Niph`al Perfect 3 masculine singular
נֶעְבָּ֑ד Praed 5,8 2 masculine plural
נֶעֱבַדְתֶּם Ezk 36,9 Imperfect 3 masculine singular
יֵעָבֵד 5 Mos 21,4 3 feminine singular
תֵּעָבֵד Ezk 36,34 —
2. Praed 5,8 מֶלֶךְ לְשָׂדֶה נֶעְבָּ֑ד dubious: a king for (devoted to) the
cultivated field (
Hi); a king
that maketh himself servant to the field (devoted to agriculture),
Desee Commentaries, especially De.
Pual Perfect 3 masculine singular
עֻבַּד 5 Mos 21,3;
Es 14,3 passive of
Qal, with
בְּ impersonal
5 Mos 21,3 of a calf with which
it has not been worked; hard
service with which it
was worked with captives Es 14,3.
Hiph`il Perfect 3 masculine singular
הֶעֱבִיד Ezk 29,18 2 masculine singular suffix
הֶעֱבַדְתַּ֫נִי Es 43,24,
הֶעֱבַדְתִּיךָ v
Es 43,23,
וְהַעֲבַדְתִּיךָ Jer 17,4 Imperfect 3 masculine singular
וַיַּעֲבֵד 2 Kron 34,33 3 masculine plural
יַעֲבִדוּ 2 Mos 1,13 Infinitive construct הַעֲבִיד 2 Kron 2,17 Participle plural
מַעֲבִדִים 2 Mos 6,15 —
1. compel to labour as slaves
2 Mos 1,13;
2 Mos 6,5 (
P)
2 Kron 2,17, +
1 Mos 47,21 (reading
הֶעֱבִיד לַעֲבָדִים),
2 Sam 12,31 (reading
וְהֶעֱבִיד +
בְּ at; on both these see
עבר Hiph`il near the end);
cause to serve, of army's service against, with accusative +
(על)אל Ezk 29,18 cause to labour, weary, with
בְּ of means
Es 43,23;
Es 43,24 (perhaps play on meanings
2, 3).
2. make to serve as subjects, with 2 accusative
Jer 17,4, +
Jer 15,14 (read
וְהַעֲבַרְתִּיךָ see
עבר Hiph`il near the end).
3. cause to serve God
2 Kron 34,33.
Hoph`al Imperfect 2 masculine singular suffix
תָּֽעָבְדֵם 2 Mos 20,5 =
5 Mos 5,9;
2 Mos 23,24 1 plural suffix
נָָֽעָבְדֵם 5 Mos 13,3 (
Köi. 259 Sta§ 549 g Thes; <
NesMarg. 12 f. Qal anomalously pointed (compare
WAG. ed. 2, i, 62 n. FlKl. Schr. i. 98);
Ges«GKC:60»§ 60 R. 1
Dr Qal falsely pointed as Hoph`al); —
be led or
enticed to serve other gods
2 Mos 20,5 =
5 Mos 5,9;
2 Mos 23,24;
5 Mos 13,8.