Morphology Explorer — عبد

bd

Root analysis: 278 occurrences across 251 verses in the Quran

عبد
bd
we worship
278
Total Occurrences
251
Verses
114
Unique Forms
2
POS Categories

Word Breakdown

Root
عبد
Primary Part of Speech
Verb
Morphological Features
IMPF|1P
Imperfect, 1st Person Plural
English Meaning
we worship
Related Lemmas from This Root
عَبْد عَبَدَ عابِد عِبادَت عَبَّد عابِدَة

Part-of-Speech Distribution

Noun ×152 Verb ×126

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Word Forms in the Quran 114

تَعْبُدُونَ ta'buduna 20 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi 17 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua 15 عِبَادِنَا ibaadinaa 9 يَعْبُدُ ya'budu 8 أَعْبُدُ aa'budu 8 يَعْبُدُونَ ya'buduna 8 عِبَادِى ibaadia 6 عَبْدًا abdana 6 تَعْبُدُوٓا۟ ta'budua 6 بِعِبَادِهِۦ bi'ibaadihi 6 عِبَادَ ibaada 6 بِٱلْعِبَادِ bil'ibaadi 5 لِّلْعَبِيدِ llil'abidi 5 أَعْبُدَ aa'buda 5 عَٰبِدُونَ aabiduna 4 فَٱعْبُدُوهُ fa'buduhu 4 وَيَعْبُدُونَ waya'buduna 4 نَعْبُدُ na'budu 3 عِبَادِكَ ibaadika 3 عِبَادَتِهِۦ ibaadatihi 3 عِبَادَكَ ibaadaka 3 فَٱعْبُدُونِ fa'buduni 3 عَٰبِدِينَ aabidina 3 عِبَادِهِ ibaadihi 3 يَٰعِبَادِ yaa'ibaadi 3 اعْبُدُوا a'budua 2 عَبْدِنَا abdinaa 2 عِبَادًا ibaadana 2 أَتَعْبُدُونَ aata'buduna 2 +84 more

Quranic Concordance 278

Every occurrence of the root عبد in the Quran, showing the word form, part of speech, morphological features, and verse reference.

Tense / Aspect

Perfect
Completed action (past tense)
Imperfect
Ongoing or future action (present/future)
Imperative
A command or request

Voice

Active
Subject performs the action
Passive
Subject receives the action

Person

1st Person
Speaker ("I" or "we")
2nd Person
Addressed ("you")
3rd Person
Spoken about ("he", "she", "they")

Gender & Number

Masculine / Feminine
Grammatical gender of the subject
Singular
One person or thing
Dual
Exactly two (unique to Arabic)
Plural
Three or more

Case

Nominative
Subject of the sentence
Accusative
Object of the verb
Genitive
After a preposition or in possession

State

Definite
With "al-" (the)
Indefinite
Without "al-" (a/an)

Derivation

Participle
Verb form used as adjective/noun
Verbal Noun
Noun derived from a verb (like "-ing" or "-tion")

Example: "Imperfect, 1st Person Plural" means an ongoing action by "we" — e.g., "we worship" (na'budu).

Verse Arabic Transliteration English POS Features
1:5 نَعْبُدُ na'budu we worship Verb Imperfect, 1st Person Plural
2:21 اعْبُدُوا a'budua worship! Verb Imperative, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
2:23 عَبْدِنَا abdinaa servant, slave Noun Noun
2:83 تَعْبُدُونَ ta'buduna you will worship Verb Imperfect, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
2:90 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
2:133 تَعْبُدُونَ ta'buduna (v.) servant, slave Verb V
2:133 نَعْبُدُ na'budu (v.) servant, slave Verb V
2:138 عَٰبِدُونَ aabiduna servant, slave Noun Noun
2:172 تَعْبُدُونَ ta'buduna (v.) servant, slave Verb V
2:178 وَٱلْعَبْدُ wal'abdu servant, slave Noun Noun
2:178 بِٱلْعَبْدِ bil'abdi servant, slave Noun Noun
2:186 عِبَادِى ibaadia servant, slave Noun Noun
2:207 بِٱلْعِبَادِ bil'ibaadi servant, slave Noun Noun
2:221 وَلَعَبْدٌ wala'abdun servant, slave Noun Noun
3:15 بِٱلْعِبَادِ bil'ibaadi servant, slave Noun Noun
3:20 بِٱلْعِبَادِ bil'ibaadi servant, slave Noun Noun
3:30 بِٱلْعِبَادِ bil'ibaadi servant, slave Noun Noun
3:51 فَٱعْبُدُوهُ fa'buduhu (v.) servant, slave Verb V
3:64 نَعْبُدَ na'buda (v.) servant, slave Verb V
3:79 عِبَادًا ibaadana servant, slave Noun Noun
3:182 لِّلْعَبِيدِ llil'abidi servant, slave Noun Noun
4:36 وَاعْبُدُوا waa'budua And worship Verb Imperative, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
4:118 عِبَادِكَ ibaadika servant, slave Noun Noun
4:172 عَبْدًا abdana servant, slave Noun Noun
4:172 عِبَادَتِهِۦ ibaadatihi servant, slave Noun Noun
5:60 وَعَبَدَ wa'abada (v.) servant, slave Verb V
5:72 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
5:76 أَتَعْبُدُونَ aata'buduna Do you worship? Verb Imperfect, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
5:117 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
5:118 عِبَادُكَ ibaaduka servant, slave Noun Noun
6:18 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
6:56 أَعْبُدَ aa'buda (v.) servant, slave Verb V
6:61 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
6:88 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
6:102 فَاعْبُدُوهُ faa'buduhu so worship Him Verb Imperative, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
7:32 لِعِبَادِهِۦ li'ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
7:59 اعْبُدُوا a'budua Worship! Verb Imperative, 2nd Person Masc. Plural
7:65 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
7:70 لِنَعْبُدَ lina'buda (v.) servant, slave Verb V
7:70 يَعْبُدُ ya'budu (v.) servant, slave Verb V
7:73 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
7:85 ٱعْبُدُوا۟ budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
7:128 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
7:194 عِبَادٌ ibaadun servant, slave Noun Noun
7:206 عِبَادَتِهِۦ ibaadatihi servant, slave Noun Noun
8:41 عَبْدِنَا abdinaa servant, slave Noun Noun
8:51 لِّلْعَبِيدِ llil'abidi servant, slave Noun Noun
9:31 لِيَعْبُدُوٓا۟ lia'budua (v.) servant, slave Verb V
9:104 عِبَادِهِۦ ibaadihi servant, slave Noun Noun
9:112 ٱلْعَٰبِدُونَ l'aabiduna servant, slave Noun Noun
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