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
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Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Then they shall answere, Because they haue forsaken the couenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and serued them.
At the end of seven years let ye go every man his brother an Hebrew, which hath been sold unto thee; and when he hath served thee six years, thou shalt let him go free from thee: but your fathers hearkened not unto me, neither inclined their ear.
At the end of seuen yeeres, let ye go euery man his brother an Hebrew which hath bene sold vnto thee: and when he hath serued thee sixe yeeres, thou shalt let him goe free from thee, but your fathers hearkened not vnto me, neither inclined their eare.
1611 marginal noteOr, hath sold himselfe.
1611 marginal noteExo.21.2 deut. 15.12
¶ Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, which served the king of Babylon, into Jerusalem,
¶ Now in the fifth moneth, in the tenth day of the moneth (which was the nineteenth yeere of Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon) came Nebuzaradan captaine of the guard, which serued the king of Babylon, into Ierusalem;
1611 marginal noteOr, chiefe Marshall. Heb. chiefe of the executioners or slaughtermen. And so vers.14. &c.
1611 marginal noteHeb. stood before.
Son of man, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon caused his army to serve a great service against Tyrus: every head was made bald, and every shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his army, for Tyrus, for the service that he had served against it:
Sonne of man, Nebuchad-rezzar king of Babylon caused his armie to serue a great seruice against Tyrus: euery head was made balde, and euery shoulder was peeled: yet had he no wages, nor his armie for Tyrus, for the seruice that he had serued against it.
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he served against it, because they wrought for me, saith the Lord God.
I haue giuen him the land of Egypt for his labour wherewith he serued against it, because they wrought for me, saith the LORD God.
1611 marginal noteOr, for his hire.
And the tree of the field shall yield her fruit, and the earth shall yield her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the Lord, when I have broken the bands of their yoke, and delivered them out of the hand of those that served themselves of them.
And the tree of the field shal yeeld her fruite, and the earth shall yeeld her increase, and they shall be safe in their land, and shall know that I am the LORD, when I haue broken the bands of their yoke, and deliuered them out of the hand of those that serued themselues of them.
And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
And Iacob fled into the countrey of Syria, and Israel serued for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheepe.
1611 marginal noteGen.28.5.
1611 marginal noteGene.29.20,28.
And she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day.
And she was a widow of about fourescore and foure yeeres, which departed not from the Temple, but serued God with fastings and prayers night and day.
There they made him a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him.
There they made him a supper, and Martha serued: but Lazarus was one of them y t sate at the table with him.
For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell on sleep, and was laid unto his fathers, and saw corruption:
For Dauid after he had serued his owne generation by the will of God, fell on sleepe, and was laide vnto his fathers, and saw corruption:
1611 marginal noteOr, after he had in his owne age serued the will of God.
1611 marginal note1.Kings 2.10.
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