עֲבֹדָה

ʻăbôdâh · Hebrew · Strong's H5656 · 145 occurrences

The KJV renders 28 different Hebrew and Greek words as “work”

What it means

work of any kind

or עֲבוֹדָה; from H5647 (עָבַד);

How the KJV renders it

act, bondage, effect, labour, ministering, office, serviceile, itude, tillage, use, work

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“work”

also renders ergázomai (G2038), poiéō (G4160), ergasía (G2039), érgon (G2041), prâxis (G4234), katergázomai (G2716), energéō (G1754), lógos (G3056), prâgma (G4229), dâbâr (H1697), châshab (H2803), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yêtser (H3336), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), maʻbâd (H4566), maʻbâd (H4567), maʻălâl (H4611), miphʻâl (H4659), miqshâh (H4749), ʻăbad (H5648), ʻăbîydâh (H5673), ʻălîylâh (H5949), ʻâsâh (H6213), pâlâʼ (H6381), pâʻal (H6466), pôʻal (H6467), pᵉʻullâh (H6468)

“labour”

also renders spoudázō (G4704), kópos (G2873), kopiáō (G2872), philotiméomai (G5389), érgon (G2041), yᵉgîyaʻ (H3018), yâgaʻ (H3021), yâlad (H3205), ʻâmâl (H5999), ʻâtsêb (H6092), ʻâsâh (H6213), pᵉʻullâh (H6468), shᵉdar (H7712)

“use”

also renders gínomai (G1096), chrēsis (G5540), échō (G2192), metéchō (G3348), chreía (G5532), chráomai (G5530), héxis (G1838), dâbar (H1696), mᵉlâʼkâh (H4399), ʻâsâh (H6213)

“office”

also renders diakonía (G1248), prâxis (G4234), kên (H3653), mishmâr (H4929), mishmereth (H4931), pᵉquddâh (H6486), pâqîyd (H6496)

“act”

also renders dâbâr (H1697), maʻăseh (H4639), ʻălîylâh (H5949), pôʻal (H6467)

“bondage”

also renders douleía (G1397)

“effect”

also renders dâbâr (H1697)

“ministering”

also renders leitourgikós (G3010)

“tillage”

also renders nîyr (H5215)

Questions this word decides

Where it appears

145 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 4:21 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 6:32 HNcfsc/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 6:48 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 9:13 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 9:19 HTd/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 9:28 HTd/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 23:24 HR/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 23:26 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3ms1 Chronicles 23:28 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 23:32 HR/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 24:3 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 24:19 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp1 Chronicles 25:1 HR/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 25:6 HR/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 26:8 HR/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 26:30 HC/R/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 27:26 HR/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 28:13 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 28:14 HC/Ncfsa1 Chronicles 28:15 HR/Ncfsc1 Chronicles 28:20 HNcfsc1 Chronicles 28:21 HNcfsa1 Chronicles 29:7 HR/Ncfsc1 Kings 12:4 HR/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 8:14 HNcfsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 10:4 HR/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 12:8 HC/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 24:12 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 29:35 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 31:2 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 31:16 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 31:21 HR/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 34:13 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 35:2 HR/Ncfsc2 Chronicles 35:10 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 35:15 HNcfsc/Sp3mp2 Chronicles 35:16 HNcfscDeuteronomy 26:6 HNcfsaExodus 1:14 HNcfsaExodus 2:23 HTd/NcfsaExodus 5:9 HTd/NcfsaExodus 5:11 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2mpExodus 6:6 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3mpExodus 6:9 HC/R/NcfsaExodus 12:25 HTd/NcfsaExodus 12:26 HTd/NcfsaExodus 13:5 HTd/NcfsaExodus 27:19 HNcfsc/Sp3msExodus 30:16 HNcfscExodus 35:21 HNcfsc/Sp3msExodus 35:24 HTd/NcfsaExodus 36:1 HNcfscExodus 36:3 HNcfscExodus 36:5 HTd/NcfsaExodus 38:21 HNcfscExodus 39:32 HNcfscExodus 39:40 HNcfscExodus 39:42 HTd/NcfsaEzekiel 29:18 HNcfsaEzekiel 44:14 HNcfsc/Sp3ms

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.