ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm — H5654

Definition

masculine proper noun

Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites

1. Obed-edom = "servant of Edom"
2. 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
3. a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper
1. the family descended from him

Usually translated as

Obed-edom

Origin

from the active participle of H5647 and H123; worker of Edom

• Derived from ʻâbad (H5647)
• Derived from ʼĔdôm (H123)

Occurrences

ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm occurs 20 times in 15 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Samuel (3), 1 Chronicles (11), 2 Chronicles (1)

• 2 Samuel 6:10 — So David would not remove the ark of the LORD unto him into the city of David: but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom (עֹבֵֽד) the Gittite.
• 2 Samuel 6:11 — And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom (עֹבֵ֥ד) the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom, and all his household.
• 2 Samuel 6:11 — And the ark of the LORD continued in the house of Obed-edom the Gittite three months: and the LORD blessed Obed-edom (אֱדֹ֛ם), and all his household.
• 2 Samuel 6:12 — And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom (עֹבֵ֤ד), and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with gladness.
• 2 Samuel 6:12 — And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth unto him, because of the ark of God. So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom (אֱדֹם֙) into the city of David with gladness.
• 1 Chronicles 13:13 — So David brought not the ark home to himself to the city of David, but carried it aside into the house of Obed-edom (עֹבֵֽד) the Gittite.
• 1 Chronicles 13:14 — And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom (עֹבֵ֥ד) in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that he had.
• 1 Chronicles 13:14 — And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house three months. And the LORD blessed the house of Obed-edom (אֱדֹ֛ם), and all that he had.
• 1 Chronicles 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 Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom (וְעֹבֵ֥ד), and Jeiel, the porters.
• 1 Chronicles 15:21 — And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom (וְעֹבֵ֣ד), and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
• 1 Chronicles 15:24 — And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God: and Obed-edom (וְעֹבֵ֤ד) and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
• 1 Chronicles 15:25 — So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obed-edom (עֹבֵֽד) with joy.
• 1 Chronicles 16:5 — Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obed-edom (וְעֹבֵ֨ד): and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals;
• 1 Chronicles 16:38 — And Obed-edom (וְעֹבֵ֥ד) with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
• 1 Chronicles 16:38 — And Obed-edom with their brethren, threescore and eight; Obed-edom (אֱדֹ֛ם) also the son of Jeduthun and Hosah to be porters:
• 1 Chronicles 26:4 — Moreover the sons of Obed-edom (וּלְעֹבֵ֥ד) were, Shemaiah the firstborn, Jehozabad the second, Joah the third, and Sacar the fourth, and Nethaneel the fifth,
• 1 Chronicles 26:8 — All these of the sons of Obed-edom (עֹבֵ֣ד): they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom.
• 1 Chronicles 26:8 — All these of the sons of Obed-edom: they and their sons and their brethren, able men for strength for the service, were threescore and two of Obed-edom (אֱדֹ֗ם).
• 1 Chronicles 26:15 — To Obed-edom (לְעֹבֵ֥ד) southward; and to his sons the house of Asuppim.
• 2 Chronicles 25:24 — And he took all the gold and the silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of God with Obed-edom (עֹבֵ֣ד), and the treasures of the king’s house, the hostages also, and returned to Samaria.