'Serve' in the Bible

“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as it is today.

he may serve in the name of Yahweh his God like all his fellow Levites who minister there in the presence of the Lord.

If it accepts your offer of peace and opens its gates to you, all the people found in it will become forced laborers for you and serve you.

Then the priests, the sons of Levi, will come forward, for Yahweh your God has chosen them to serve Him and pronounce blessings in His name, and they are to give a ruling in every dispute and case of assault.

Because you didn’t serve the Lord your God with joy and a cheerful heart, even though you had an abundance of everything,

you will serve your enemies the Lord will send against you, in famine, thirst, nakedness, and a lack of everything. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.