Obed

See also: obed and oběd

English

Etymology

From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (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, 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, Dobe, Debo, bode, dobe, bedo