Obed

O'bed (Heb. Obed', עוֹבֵד, servant, i.e. of Jehovah; Sept. ᾿Ωβήδ in Ruth, and so in the N.T.; Ι᾿ωβήδ in Chronicles; v. r. ᾿Ωβήδ, etc.), the name of several Hebrews. See OBED-EDOI.

1. The son of Boaz and Ruth, and father of Jesse the father of David, according to the apparently incomplete genealogical list (Ru 4:17; 1Ch 2:12). B.C. cir. 1360. The name occurs in the genealogies of Christ given in Mt 1:5 and Lu 3:33. See DAVID; see GENEALOGY.

2. One of David's mighty men (1Ch 11:47). B.C. cir. 1046.