Strong's Number 5744

Transliteration:
`Owbed {o-bade'}
Word Origin:
act part of 5647
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Obed 10

Total: 10
Definition:
Obed = "serving"
  1. son of Boaz by Ruth and the grandfather of David
  2. 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