Aramaic word · H4567

מַעֲבַד

ma'avadohi

work

A Biblical Aramaic word, from the parts of the Old Testament written in Aramaic. Why Aramaic?

Appears once in the Aramaic of the Old Testament. ·

What it means

1) work

2) (TWOT) action (of God in history)

Abridged from Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), via STEPBible.org (CC BY 4.0).

Where it appears

Daniel · 1

  1. Daniel 4:37 מַעֲבָד֙וֹהִי֙ deeds his

    Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and exalt and glorify the King of heaven, for all His works are true and all His ways are just. And He is able to humble those who walk in pride.

    Here: 'His works, his deeds': what God actually does in history. Here that means what he did to Nebuchadnezzar.

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