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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
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"
- 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
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
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 Os22and 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.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
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