From H5647 (abad, 'to serve/work'). Abodah encompasses the full range of purposeful service β agricultural labor, construction work, priestly ministry, and most significantly, the organized worship service of the Tabernacle and Temple.
Abodah is the Hebrew word that unifies work and worship into a single concept. In the Pentateuch, it is the standard term for the Levitical service at the Tabernacle β every act of carrying, assembling, and ministering was abodah. This dismantles the sacred/secular divide: all work done faithfully for God's glory is worship. Paul echoes this in Romans 12:1, calling believers to present their bodies as living sacrifices β their 'reasonable service' (Greek: latreia, equivalent to abodah). The Protestant Reformation recovered this doctrine of the priesthood of all believers: every vocation is a priestly abodah.