עֲבָד
ʻăbâd · H5652 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
-
deed
Causative action by which someone performs an event
ExamplesEcclesiastes 9:1 For I have taken all this to my heart, even to examine it all, that righteous people, wise people, and their deeds are in the hand of God. People do not know whether it will be love or hatred; anything awaits them.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הֶםtheir 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- יָדhand, power 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Near synonyms 2 words
- מְלָאכָה mᵉlâʼkâh · H4399 · work, task, craft
- Hebrew noun meaning 'work' or 'occupation,' widely used for labor, craftsmanship, and business. Though distinct from the עבד root family, it shares the core semantic field of 'work' and could substitute in many contexts referring to productive labor or tasks.
- פֹּעַל pôʻal · H6467 · deed, deeds
- Hebrew noun meaning 'work' or 'deed,' from a different root (פעל) but semantically overlapping with the concept of work/labor. Used for both the action of working and its product.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἔργον érgon · G2041 · act, deed, work
- Greek noun meaning 'work' or 'deed,' the standard LXX translation equivalent for Hebrew terms denoting work/labor, including the cognate family of עֲבָד (ʻăbâd, H5652). This is the natural Greek counterpart for the concept of 'work' in biblical translation.
- ἐργασία ergasía · G2039 · practice, behavior, trade
- Greek noun denoting work or labor activity, often in the sense of business or productive work. A strong Greek equivalent for the concept of 'work' as activity or task.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Happen002002003003
- A rare Aramaic noun for work or an accomplished deed, occurring in Ezra's decree describing the completed work of the temple's rebuilding.
Word family 11 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H5652. abad [עֲבָד] noun masculine work (late; Aramaic form); plural suffix עֲבָדֵיהֶם…
[עֲבָד] noun masculine work (late; Aramaic form); plural suffix עֲבָדֵיהֶם Ecc 9:1 (compare Syriac ).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org.