Lexicon
עֲבֻדָּה
a.vud.dah
H5657
H:N-F Hebrew

service

2
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

a.vud.dah denotes service or a body of servants within descriptions of a person's possessions.

The attested use places service within inventories of livestock and household resources, where the surrounding clauses also mention many servants.

Senses in use

  1. Service within household resources · dominant

    In Genesis 26:14, the singular absolute noun occurs in a list of sheep, cattle, and many servants; the APB renders the verse as a description of the man's possessions. In Job 1:3, it again stands in a livestock inventory that includes very many servants, and the APB presents the whole clause as the basis for the man's great status.

In the Anselm Project Bible: Across both verses, the APB presents the surrounding context as livestock and “many servants,”.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture