STRONGS NUMBER H5744


Word Summary
Obed: "worshiper", the name of several Israelites
Original Word: עוֹבֵד
Transliteration: Obed
Phonetic Spelling: (o-bade')
Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
Short Definition: "worshiper", the name of several Israelites
Meaning: Obed -- "worshiper", the name of several Israelites
Strong's Concordance
Obed

Active participle of abad; serving; Obed, the name of five Israelites -- Obed.

see HEBREW abad

Brown-Driver-Briggs

H5744. Obed

עֹבֵד עוֺבֵד,proper name, masculine (worshipper; compare Sabean עבד‎ Os22and DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14; —

1 son of Boaz and Ruth Ruth 4:17, 4:21 = 1 Chronicles 2:12; Ruth 4:22 (only here עֹבֵד‎) = 1 Chronicles 2:12, ᵑ6Ωβηδ.

2 names in Judah, ᵐ5Ωβηδ:

a. 1 Chronicles 2:37-38,

b.2 Chronicles 23:1.

3 a mighty man of David 1 Chronicles 11:47, ᵐ5Ιωβηθ, A Ιωβηδ.

4 a doorkeeper 1 Chronicles 26:7 ᵐ5Ωβηδ.