Obed

Obed

See also: obed and oběd

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אובד‎ or עובד‎ (Oved, “servant”).

Proper noun

Obed

1. The son of Ruth and Boaz, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, grandson of Naomi.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Ruth 4:17:

     :

     And the women her neighbours gave it a name, saying, There is a son born to Naomi; and they called his name Obed: he is the father of Jesse, the father of David.

2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
3. A stream draining a part of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, USA.

Related terms

• Obadiah

Translations

son of Ruth and Boaz

Chinese: Mandarin: 俄備得／俄备得 (zh) (Ébèidé), (Catholic) 敖貝／敖贝 (Áobèi) Hebrew: עוֹבֵד‎ Kazakh: Ғабит (Ğabit) Spanish: Obed

male given name

Hebrew: עוֹבֵד‎

See also

• Obed on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Obed River on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Bode, Debo, bedo, bode