Oved edom עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם

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Oved edom
עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם
Transliterationoved edom
Strong's numberH5654
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechname of a man
GlossObed-edom
Occurrences40 in 15 verses
Most frequent in1 Chronicles (11)

Oved edom (Hebrew עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם, Strong's H5654) is a name of a man in the Old Testament, glossed “Obed-edom”. It occurs 40 times.

Definition

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.10;
son of: Jeduthun (H3038);
brother of: Mattithiah (H4993H), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H) and Hashabiah (H2811I);
father of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Sachar (H7940), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469)
Also named: shim.i (שִׁמְעִי "Shimei" H8096X)
§ Obed-edom = "servant of Edom"
1) a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem
2) a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper
2a) the family descended from him

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVobed edom (20)
BSBobed edom (17), along with obed edom (1)

Verses

Every verse with Oved edom, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Samuel

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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