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HebrewH5744Proper Noun (Masculine)

עוֹבֵד

o.ved

9Occurrences
H5744Strong's #
Proper Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

Obed, the name of five Israelites

active participle of H5647 (עָבַד); serving;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
A man of the tribe of Judah living before Israel's Monarchy, first mentioned at ; son of: Boaz (H1162) and Ruth (H7327); father of: Jesse (H3448) Also named: Ōbēd (*Ὠβήδ *"Obed" G5601) § Obed = "serving" 1) son of Boaz by Ruth and the grandfather of ) a Judaite, a descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel 3) a Judaite, father of Azariah, one of the captains of hundreds who joined with Jehoiada in the revolution by which Athaliah fell 4) one of David's mighty warriors 5) son of Shemaiah and a gatekeeper of the temple

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Proper Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

N:N-M-P

Full Description

Proper Noun, Masculine

Occurrences

עוֹבֵד appears 9 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Chronicles
5
Ruth
3
2 Chronicles
1

Key Passages

1 Chronicles 11:47BSB

Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.

1 Chronicles 2:12BSB

Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.

1 Chronicles 2:37BSB

Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,

1 Chronicles 2:38BSB

Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,

1 Chronicles 26:7BSB

Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.