Avad
Verb: to work, to do, to serve, to make, to organize, putting someone to work
Noun form: slave, servant, worker, labourer, subject - one submiting allegiance to another (master, king, father)
- Till a land, dressing vines: Genesis 2:5,; Genesis 2:15
- Worship: Exodus 3:12):12) :12, 2 Kings 10:21)
- Bondage: Exodus 6:5)
Avadah = prayer
The KJV translates Strong's H5647 in the following manner: serve (227x), do (15x), till (9x), servant (5x), work (5x), worshippers (5x), service (4x), dress (2x), labour (2x), ear (2x), miscellaneous (14x).
Service to Yah is not considered work or bondage: Exodus 3:12