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serve

Meaning of “serve”

To work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.

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209 occurrences193 verses32 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 15:13

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Luke 16:13
¶ No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Luke 16:13 · retained source text

¶ No seruant can serue two masters, for either he will hate the one, and loue the other: or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other: yee cannot serue God and Mammon.

1611 marginal noteMatth. 6.24.

Luke 17:8
And will not rather say unto him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Luke 17:8 · retained source text

And will not rather say vnto him, Make ready wherewith I may suppe, and gird thy selfe, and serue me, till I haue eaten and drunken: and afterward thou shalt eate and drinke.

Luke 22:26
But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Luke 22:26 · retained source text

But ye shall not be so; but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the yonger, and he that is chiefe, as he that doeth serue.

John 12:26
If any man serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be: if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.
2 word occurrences in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · John 12:26 · retained source text

If any man serue me, let him follow me, and where I am, there shall also my seruant be: If any man serue me, him will my father honour.

Acts 6:2
Then the twelve called the multitude of the disciples unto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Acts 6:2 · retained source text

Then the twelue called the multitude of the disciples vnto them, and said, It is not reason that we should leaue the word of God, and serue tables.

Acts 7:7
And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage will I judge, said God: and after that shall they come forth, and serve me in this place.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 7:7 · retained source text

And the nation to whom they shal bee in bondage, will I iudge, saide God: And after that shall they come forth, and serue me in this place.

Acts 27:23
For there stood by me this night the angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serve,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Acts 27:23 · retained source text

For there stood by me this night the Angel of God, whose I am, and whom I serue,

Romans 1:9
For God is my witness, whom I serve with my spirit in the gospel of his Son, that without ceasing I make mention of you always in my prayers;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 1:9 · retained source text

For God is my witnesse, whom I serue with my spirit in the Gospel of his Sonne, that without ceasing I make mention of you, alwayes in my prayers,

1611 marginal noteOr, in my spirit.

Romans 6:6
Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that henceforth we should not serve sin.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Romans 6:6 · retained source text

Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with him, that the bodie of sinne might bee destroyed, that hencefoorth we should not serue sinne.

Romans 7:6
But now we are delivered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held; that we should serve in newness of spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Romans 7:6 · retained source text

But now wee are deliuered from the law, that being dead wherein we were held, that we should serue in newnesse of spirit, and not in the oldnesse of the letter.

1611 marginal noteOr, being dead to that.

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