KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of serve, meaning to work for, obey, attend, minister to, worship, or fulfil a purpose.
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First occurrence: Genesis 14:4
Complete exact-word concordance
And they took their daughters to be their wives, and gave their daughters to their sons, and served their gods.
And they tooke their daughters to be their wiues, and gaue their daughters to their sonnes, and serued their gods.
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and forgat the Lord their God, and served Baalim and the groves.
And the children of Israel did euill in the sight of the LORD, and forgate the LORD their God, and serued Baalim, and the groues.
¶ Therefore the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
¶ Therefore the anger of the LORD was hote against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushan-Rishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel serued Chushan-Rishathaim eight yeeres.
1611 marginal noteHebr. Aram-naharaim.
So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.
So the children of Israel serued Eglon the King of Moab eighteene yeeres.
AND the men of Ephraim said unto him, Why hast thou served us thus, that thou calledst us not, when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharply.
¶And the men of Ephraim said vnto him, Why hast thou serued vs thus, that thou calledst vs not when thou wentest to fight with the Midianites? And they did chide with him sharpely.
1611 marginal noteHebr. what thing is this, thou hast done vnto vs?
1611 marginal noteHebr. strongly.
¶ And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsook the Lord, and served not him.
¶ And the children of Israel did euill againe in the sight of the LORD, and serued Baalim and Ashtaroth, and the gods of Syria, and the gods of Zidon, and the gods of Moab, and the gods of the children of Ammon, and the gods of the Philistines, and forsooke the LORD, and serued not him.
1611 marginal noteChap. 2.11, and 3.7. and 4.1. & 6.1. & 13.1.
1611 marginal noteChap. 2.13.
¶ And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.
¶ And the children of Israel cried vnto the LORD, saying, Wee haue sinned against thee, both because wee haue forsaken our God, and also serued Baalim.
Yet ye have forsaken me, and served other gods: wherefore I will deliver you no more.
Yet ye haue forsaken me, and serued other gods: wherefore I will deliuer you no more.
1611 marginal noteDeut. 32.15. ierem. 2.13.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and served the Lord: and his soul was grieved for the misery of Israel.
And they put away the strange gods from among them, and serued the LORD: and his soule was grieued for the misery of Israel.
1611 marginal noteHebr. gods of strangers.
1611 marginal noteHebr. was shortened.
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only.
Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim, and Ashtaroth, and serued the LORD onely.
1611 marginal noteIudg. 2.11.
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