From abad; a deed -- work.
see HEBREW abad
Ecclesiastes 9:1HEB:הַצַּדִּיקִ֧ים וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים וַעֲבָדֵיהֶ֖ם בְּיַ֣ד הָאֱלֹהִ֑יםNAS: wise men, and their deeds are in the handKJV: and the wise, and their works, [are] in the handINT: righteous wise and their deeds the hand of God