Avuddah עֲבֻדָּה
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| עֲבֻדָּה | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | avuddah |
| Strong's number | H5657 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | feminine noun |
| Gloss | service |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
| Most frequent in | Genesis (1) |
Avuddah (Hebrew עֲבֻדָּה, Strong's H5657) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “service”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
service, household servants
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | servants (1), household (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | servants (2) |
Verses
Every verse with Avuddah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Genesis
- Genesis 26:14For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.He owned so many flocks and herds and servants that the Philistines envied him.
Job
- Job 1:3His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east.and he owned 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke of oxen, 500 female donkeys, and a very large number of servants. Job was the greatest man of all the people of the East.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).