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1 Samuel 4:9
Masoretic Text 1524
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
Hebrew-English Dictionary
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
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.