Word Study · Strong's H5744 · Hebrew
עוֹבֵד
obed
o-bade'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÔwbêd
“Obed, the name of five Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Obed, the name of five Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Obed.
- 10occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 3 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 8inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 10 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 8
- עוֹבֵ֔ד2
- עוֹבֵֽד׃2
- וְעֹבֵד֙1
- וְעוֹבֵ֖ד1
- וְעוֹבֵד֙1
- וְעוֹבֵ֔ד1
- וְעוֹבֵ֧ד1
- עוֹבֵ֜ד1
How it is rendered · 2
- and Obed5
- Obed5
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)5
- proper noun (a name)5
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HC/Npm · 5
- HNpm · 5
All 10, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ruth3 occurrences
- Ruth 4:17עוֹבֵ֔דovedproper noun (a name)The neighbor women said, “A son has been born to Naomi,” and they named him Obed. He became the father of Jesse, the father of David.here: Obed
- Ruth 4:21עוֹבֵֽד׃ovedproper noun (a name)Salmon was the father of Boaz, Boaz was the father of Obed,here: Obed
- Ruth 4:22וְעֹבֵד֙veovedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Obed was the father of Jesse, and Jesse was the father of David.here: and Obed
1 Chronicles6 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 2:12עוֹבֵ֔דovedproper noun (a name)Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.here: Obed
- 1 Chronicles 2:12וְעוֹבֵ֖דveovedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Boaz was the father of Obed, and Obed was the father of Jesse.here: and Obed
- 1 Chronicles 2:37עוֹבֵֽד׃ovedproper noun (a name)Zabad was the father of Ephlal, Ephlal was the father of Obed,here: Obed
- 1 Chronicles 2:38וְעוֹבֵד֙veovedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Obed was the father of Jehu, Jehu was the father of Azariah,here: and Obed
- 1 Chronicles 11:47וְעוֹבֵ֔דveovedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Eliel, Obed, and Jaasiel the Mezobaite.here: and Obed
- 1 Chronicles 26:7וְעוֹבֵ֧דveovedconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Shemaiah’s sons were Othni, Rephael, Obed, and Elzabad; his brothers were Elihu and Semachiah, also capable men.here: and Obed