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Lexicon :: Strong's H5654 - ʿōḇēḏ 'ĕḏōm

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עֹבֵד אֱדֹם
Transliteration
ʿōḇēḏ 'ĕḏōm
Pronunciation
o-bade' ed-ome'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From the act part of עָבַד (H5647) and אֱדֹם (H123)
Variant Spellings

Variant spellings for this word: עבד אדם (Gesenius) עבד אדום (Strongs)

Strong’s Definitions

עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm, o-bade' ed-ome'; from the active participle of H5647 and H123; worker of Edom; Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites:—Obed-edom.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5654 in the following manner: Obededom (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5654 in the following manner: Obededom (20x).

  1. 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

      1. the family descended from him

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm, o-bade' ed-ome'; from the active participle of H5647 and H123; worker of Edom; Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites:—Obed-edom.
STRONGS H5654: Abbreviations
† עֹבֵדאֱדֹם, and (2 Chronicles 25:24) אֱדוֺם ע׳ proper name, masculine (servant of (god) Edom, compare עבד אדם CISNo. 295; DrSm 206, 298 and references, RSSem i. 43; 2nd ed. 42 and references, HPS 2 Samuel 6:10; but BaeRel 10 servant of man, אֱדֹם = אָדָם, which is thought possible by NöZMG xlii (1888), 470 BuhlEdomiter 49); —
1. the Gittite who harboured the ark 2 Samuel 6:10, 11 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 6:12 (twice in verse) = 1 Chronicles 13:13, 14 (twice in verse), 1 Chronicles 15:25; Greek Version of the LXX Αβεδδαρα, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβεδδαδαν.
2. (= 1 ?) one of the chief Levitical singers and doorkeepers 1 Chronicles 15:18, 21, 24; 1 Chronicles 16:5, 38 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 26:4, 8 (twice in verse); 1 Chronicles 26:15; Greek Version of the LXX Αβαεδωμ, Αβδεδωμ, etc., LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβεδδομ.
3. the family of the same 2 Chronicles 25:24 (not in || 2 Kings 14:14).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

2 Samuel

6:10; 6:10; 6:11; 6:12

2 Kings

14:14

1 Chronicles

13:13; 13:14; 15:18; 15:21; 15:24; 15:25; 16:5; 16:38; 26:4; 26:8; 26:15

2 Chronicles

25:24; 25:24

H5654

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5654 matches the Hebrew עֹבֵד אֱדֹם (ʿōḇēḏ 'ĕḏōm),
which occurs 40 times in 15 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:10

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:10 - So David would not remove the ark of Jehovah unto him into the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:11

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:11 - And the ark of Jehovah remained in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and Jehovah blessed Obed-edom, and all his house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 6:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 6:12 - And it was told king David, saying, Jehovah hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:13

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:13 - So David removed not the ark unto him into the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 13:14

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 13:14 - And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months: and Jehovah blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:18

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:18 - and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:21 - and Mattithiah, and Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps set to the Sheminith, to lead.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:24

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:24 - And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 15:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 15:25 - So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:5 - Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with psalteries and with harps; and Asaph with cymbals, sounding aloud;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 16:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:38 - and Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be doorkeepers;

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:4 - And Obed-edom had sons: Shemaiah the first-born, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethanel the fifth,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:8 - All these were of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men in strength for the service; threescore and two of Obed-edom.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 26:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 26:15 - To Obed-edom southward; and to his sons the store-house.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 25:24

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 25:24 - And he took all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom, and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.
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