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Strong's #5744 - עוֹבֵד

Transliteration

ʻÔwbêd

Phonetics

o-bade'

Origin

act part of (H5647)

Parts of Speech

proper masculine noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' 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

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

BSB (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

CSB (9)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

ESV (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

KJV (9)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 5

2 Chronicles 1

LEB (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

LSB (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

N95 (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

NAS (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (10)

Ruth 3

1 Chronicles 6

2 Chronicles 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

עוֺבֵד, עֹבֵד proper name, masculine ( worshipper; compare Sabean עבד Os^22and DHM^{ZMG xxxvii (1883), 14}; —

1 son of Boaz and Ruth Ruth 4:17, Ruth 4:21 = 1 Chronicles 2:12; Ruth 4:22 (only here עֹבֵד) = 1 Chronicles 2:12, ᵑ6 Ωβηδ.

2 names in Judah, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ:

a. 1 Chronicles 2:37,38

b. 2 Chronicles 23:1.

3 a mighty man of David 1 Chronicles 11:47, ᵐ5 Ιωβηθ, A Ιωβηδ.

4 a doorkeeper 1 Chronicles 26:7 ᵐ5 Ωβηδ.

List of Word Forms

וְעֹבֵד֙ וְעוֹבֵ֔ד וְעוֹבֵ֖ד וְעוֹבֵ֧ד וְעוֹבֵד֙ ועבד ועובד עוֹבֵ֔ד עוֹבֵ֜ד עוֹבֵֽד׃ עובד עובד׃ ‘ō·w·ḇêḏ ‘ōwḇêḏ oVed veoVed wə‘ōḇêḏ wə‘ōwḇêḏ wə·‘ō·ḇêḏ wə·‘ō·w·ḇêḏ