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Joshua 24:16

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6030 answered ויען

H5971 And the people העם

H559 and said ויאמר

H2486 God forbid חלילה

H5800 לנו מעזב

H853 את

H3068 the LORD יהוה

H5647 to serve לעבד

H430 gods אלהים

H312 other אחרים׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

And

the

H5971 people

H6030 answered

and

H559 said

God

H2486 forbid

that

should

H4480 forsake

the

H3068 LORD

H5647 serve

H312 other

H430 gods

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5647

Hebrew: עָבַד

Transliteration: ʻâbad

Pronunciation: aw-bad'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: X-(idiom) {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.

Definition:

to work (in any sense); by implication to {serve} {till } (causatively) {enslave} etc.

1. to work, serve

a. (Qal)

1. to labour, work, do work

2. to work for another, serve another by labour

3. to serve as subjects

4. to serve (God)

5. to serve (with Levitical service)

b. (Niphal)

1. to be worked, be tilled (of land)

2. to make oneself a servant

c. (Pual) to be worked

d. (Hiphil)

1. to compel to labour or work, cause to labour, cause to serve

2. to cause to serve as subjects

e. (Hophal) to be led or enticed to serve

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906