Discovery Box| (0.50) | (Dan 7:14) | 1 tn Some take “serving” here in the sense of “worshiping.” |
| (0.50) | (Jer 52:18) | 3 tn Heb “with which they served (or “fulfilled their duty”).” |
| (0.50) | (2Ch 5:14) | 1 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.” |
| (0.50) | (2Ki 25:14) | 3 tn Heb “with which they served [or, ‘fulfilled their duty’].” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 22:53) | 1 tn Heb “he served Baal and bowed down to him.” |
| (0.50) | (1Ki 8:11) | 1 tn Heb “were not able to stand to serve.” |
| (0.49) | (2Ki 21:21) | 3 tn Heb “and he served the disgusting idols which his father served and he bowed down to them.” |
| (0.49) | (1Ki 12:7) | 1 tn Heb “and serve them and answer them,” understood as “serve them in how you answer them,” hence “grant their request.” |
| (0.43) | (Num 3:8) | 1 tn The construction uses the infinitive construct (epexegetically) followed by its cognate accusative. It would convey “to serve the service of the tabernacle,” but more simply it may be rendered as “serving.” Their spiritual and practical service is to serve. |
| (0.42) | (Heb 8:5) | 1 tn Grk “who serve in,” referring to the Levitical priests, but focusing on the provisional and typological nature of the tabernacle in which they served. |
| (0.42) | (Num 18:6) | 2 tn The infinitive construct in this sentence is from עָבַד (ʿavad), and so is the noun that serves as its object: to serve the service. |
| (0.42) | (Gen 40:4) | 1 sn He served them. This is the same Hebrew verb, meaning “to serve as a personal attendant,” that was translated “became [his] servant” in 39:4. |
| (0.40) | (2Pe 2:6) | 3 tn “To serve as” is not in Greek but is implied in the object-complement construction. |
| (0.40) | (2Co 11:8) | 1 sn That is, serve them free of charge (cf. the end of v. 7). |
| (0.40) | (Act 7:7) | 3 tn Or “and serve,” but with religious/cultic overtones (BDAG 587 s.v. λατρεύω). |
| (0.40) | (Luk 1:8) | 3 tn Grk “serving as priest in the order of his division before God.” |
| (0.40) | (Mat 6:21) | 2 sn Seeking heavenly treasure means serving others and honoring God by doing so. |
| (0.40) | (Hos 12:12) | 1 tn Heb “served” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. NLT “earned a wife.” |
| (0.40) | (Pro 14:28) | 1 tn The preposition serves as the beth essentiae—the glory is the abundant population, not in it. |
| (0.40) | (Job 41:4) | 2 tn The imperfect verb serves to express what the covenant pact would cover, namely, “that you take.” |
