Words the Bible translates as serve
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 12 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- avadעָבַדto serve: to do directed labor on behalf of someone or something, whether working the soil, laboring for a master, or worshiping a god.
- douleuōδουλεύωto serve as a slave: to belong to a master and give the obedience and labor a slave owes him
- latreuōλατρεύωto render the religious service a creature owes to a god: to worship, to serve God
- sharatשָׁרַתto wait on someone in trusted, honored service: to attend a person of rank or to minister before God
- therapeuōθεραπεύωto serve: to wait on someone and attend to their needs
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- to heal: to restore a sick or injured person to health
- paratithēmiπαρατίθημιto set before someone: to place food on the table for a guest, or lay a teaching out for a listener to consider
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- to entrust: to place something valuable into trustworthy hands to be guarded and given back or handed on
- diakoneōδιακονέωto serve someone by meeting their needs: to wait on them, look after them, or carry out a task on their behalf.
- tsavaצָבָאto serve in a mustered company: to march out to war, or to take a turn of organized duty at the sanctuary
- pelaḥפְּלַחto render service to someone: the work and loyalty a person owes to a god, a sanctuary, or a sovereign
- hupēreteōὑπηρετέωto servenot studied yet
- prosedreuōπροσεδρεύωto sit near/servenot studied yet
- tsavatצָבַטto servenot studied yet
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