Strong's Number 5744
Transliteration:
`Owbed
{o-bade'}
Word Origin:
Part of Speech:
proper name masculine
Usage in the KJV:
Obed 10
Total: 10
Definition:
Obed = "serving"
- son of Boaz by Ruth and the grandfather of David
- a Judaite, a descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel
- a Judaite, father of Azariah, one of the captains of hundreds who joined with Jehoiada in the revolution by which Athaliah fell
- one of David's mighty warriors
- son of Shemaiah and a gatekeeper of the temple