Obed

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Boaz and Ruth ( Ruth 4:17); father of Jesse, David's father ( 1 Chronicles 2:12;  Matthew 1:5;  Luke 3:22). Hannah in her song ( 1 Samuel 2:5;  1 Samuel 2:7;  1 Samuel 2:10, "they that were hungry ceased ... the barren hath borne seven ... the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich") apparently alludes to Ruth's experience as reproduced in her own. Ruth poor and gleaning in the grain becomes wife of Boaz, the "mighty man of wealth." From her springs "the Anointed King" Messiah, of whom Hannah sings. The famine which drove Elimelech's sons to Moab was not long before, due in part to Philistine inroads (compare 1 Samuel 4). The women congratulated Naomi on Obed's birth: "the Lord hath not left thee without a kinsman ( Goel "redeemer"), that his name may be famous in Israel, and he shall be ... a nourisher of thine old age, for thy daughter in law, which is better to thee than sorest sons, hath borne him" ( Ruth 4:14-15).

2.  1 Chronicles 2:37-38.

3.  1 Chronicles 11:47.

4.  1 Chronicles 26:7.

5. Father of Azariah. ( 2 Chronicles 23:1).

Smith's Bible Dictionary

O'bed. (Serving).

1. Son of Boaz, and Ruth, the Moabitess, and father of Jesse.  Ruth 4:17. (B.C. 1360). The circumstances of his birth, which make up all that we know about him, are given with much beauty in the book of Ruth. The name of Obed occurs only in  Ruth 4:17, and in the four genealogies,  Ruth 4:21-22;  1 Chronicles 2:12;  Matthew 1:5;  Luke 3:32.

2. A descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan, in the line of Jerahmeel.  1 Chronicles 2:37-38. (B.C. after 1014).

3. One of David's mighty men.  1 Chronicles 11:47. (B.C. 1046).

4. One of the gate-keepers of the Temple, son of Shemaiah, the first-born of Obed-edom.  1 Chronicles 26:7. (B.C. 1017).

5. Father of Azariah, one of the captains of hundreds, who joined with Jehoiada, in the revolution, by which Athaliah fell.  2 Chronicles 23:1. (B.C. before 876).

Morrish Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess, and father of Jesse.  Ruth 4:17-22;  1 Chronicles 2:12;  Matthew 1:5;  Luke 3:32 .

2. Son of Ephlal, a descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan.   1 Chronicles 2:37,38 .

3. One of David's mighty men.   1 Chronicles 11:47 .

4. Son of Shemaiah, a Korhite.   1 Chronicles 26:7 .

5. Father of Azariah.   2 Chronicles 23:1 .

Holman Bible Dictionary

 Ruth 3:13-17 Matthew 1:5 Luke 3:32

2. Son of Ephal and father of Jehu ( 1 Chronicles 2:37-38 ).  3 . One of David's mighty men ( 1 Chronicles 11:47 ).  4 . Gatekeeper in Solomon's Temple ( 1 Chronicles 26:7 ).  5 . Father of Azariah, a commander assisting in coronation of King Josiah ( 2 Chronicles 23:1 ). See Athaliah .

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

OBED . 1. The son of Boaz and Ruth, the father of Jesse and grandfather of David (  Ruth 4:17 ), and an ancestor of our Lord (  Matthew 1:5 ,   Luke 3:32 ). 2. A descendant of Sheshan (  1 Chronicles 2:37 ff.). 3. One of David’s heroes (  1 Chronicles 11:47 ). 4. A son of Shemaiah (  1 Chronicles 26:7 ). 5. The father of Azariah (  2 Chronicles 23:1 ).

Easton's Bible Dictionary

 2 Chronicles 23:1 .

Copyright Statement These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., DD Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Obed'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/o/obed.html. 1897.

Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary

a prophet of the Lord, who, being at Samaria when the Israelites of the ten tribes returned from the war with their King Pekah, together with two hundred thousand of the people of Judah, whom they had taken captive, went out to meet them; and through his remonstrances the captives were liberated, 2 Chronicles 28. This circumstance is all that is recorded concerning Obed.

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

We meet with two of this name in Scripture, Obed the father of Jesse,  Ruth 4:17—and Obed the father of Jehu,  1 Chronicles 2:37. The name is Hebrew, and means servant.

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Son of Boaz and Ruth, and grandfather of David,  Ruth 4:17 . See also the genealogies of Christ,  Matthew 1:5   Luke 3:32 .

Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament

OBED. —Father of Jesse, mentioned in both genealogies of our Lord ( Matthew 1:5,  Luke 3:32).

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(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 ( Ruth 4:17;  1 Chronicles 2:12). B.C. cir. 1360. The name occurs in the genealogies of Christ given in  Matthew 1:5 and  Luke 3:33. (See David); (See Genealogy).

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

3. The third named of the sons of Shemaiah who were gate-keepers of the Temple ( 1 Chronicles 26:7). B.C. cir. 1017.

4. Son of Ephlal and father of Jehu, descendant of Jarha, the Egyptian slave of Sheshan in the family of Jerahmeel ( 1 Chronicles 2:37-38, from which it appears that he was grandson of Zabad [q.v.], one of David's warriors). B.C. considerably post 1014.

5. Father of Azariah, which latter was one of the captains of hundreds who joined with. Jehoiada in the revolution by which Athaliah fell. ( 2 Chronicles 23:1). B.C. ante 876.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ō´bed ( עובד , עבד , ‛ōbhēdh , "worshipper"; in the New Testament Ἰωβήδ , Ióbḗd ):

(1) Son of Boaz and Ruth and grandfather of David (Rth 4:17, Rth 4:21, Rth 4:22;  1 Chronicles 2:12;  Matthew 1:5;  Luke 3:32 ).

(2) Son of Ephlal and descendant of Sheshan, the Jerahmeelite, through his daughter who was married to Jarha, an Egyptian servant of her father's ( 1 Chronicles 2:37 ,  1 Chronicles 2:38 ).

(3) One of David's mighty men ( 1 Chronicles 11:47 ).

(4) A K orahite doorkeeper, son of Shemaiah, and grandson of Obed-edom ( 1 Chronicles 26:7 ).

(5) Father of Azariah, one of the centurions who took part with Jehoiada in deposing Queen Athaliah and crowning Joash ( 2 Chronicles 23:1; compare 2 Ki 11:1-16).

Kitto's Popular Cyclopedia of Biblial Literature

O´bed (serving), son of Boaz and Ruth, and father of Jesse the father of David, according to the apparently incomplete genealogical list . The name occurs in the genealogies of Matthew and Luke .