H5647

עבד

ibad

Verb · A primitive root

A primitive root; to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.:—× be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, 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,

Outline

to work, serve

(Qal)

to labour, work, do work
to work for another, serve another by labour
to serve as subjects
to serve (God)
to serve (with Levitical service)

(Niphal)

to be worked, be tilled (of land)
to make oneself a servant

(Pual) to be worked
(Hiphil)

to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve
to cause to serve as subjects

(Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

Usages (1/6)

Genesis 2:5

And every plant of the field before it was in the earth, and every herb of the field before it grew: for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth, and there was not a man to till the ground.

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Genesis 2:15

And the LORD God took the man, and put him into the garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it.

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Genesis 3:23

Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.

Breakdown

From this point onwards, man had to cultivate the land, whereas before this was not necessary.

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Genesis 4:2

And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground.

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Genesis 4:12

When thou tillest the ground, it shall not henceforth yield unto thee her strength; a fugitive and a vagabond shalt thou be in the earth.

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Genesis 14:4

Twelve years they served Chedorlaomer, and in the thirteenth year they rebelled.

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Genesis 15:13

And he said unto Abram, Know of a surety that thy seed shall be a stranger in a land that is not theirs, and shall serve them; and they shall afflict them four hundred years;

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Genesis 15:14

And also that nation, whom they shall serve, will I judge: and afterward shall they come out with great substance.

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Genesis 25:23

And the LORD said unto her, Two nations are in thy womb, and two manner of people shall be separated from thy bowels; and the one people shall be stronger than the other people; and the elder shall serve the younger.

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Genesis 27:29

Let people serve thee, and nations bow down to thee: be lord over thy brethren, and let thy mother’s sons bow down to thee: cursed be every one that curseth thee, and blessed be he that blesseth thee.

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Genesis 27:40

And by thy sword shalt thou live, and shalt serve thy brother; and it shall come to pass when thou shalt have the dominion, that thou shalt break his yoke from off thy neck.

Breakdown

The sword represents a killing instrument, e.g. a gun. Who goes around boasting of their military might today? Whose response to any situation is to send in a sword? Answering these two questions helps to identify who the Edomites are today. break his yoke After the time of King David and King Solomon; during the time of Rehoboam and the split.

Who are the Edomites