Person

Obed

Oved

עוֹבֵד

Serving; worshiper.

Obed is the son of Boaz and Ruth, father of Jesse, grandfather of David.

View Line of Christ

Matthew and Luke both frame a genealogy around Joseph, yet the names differ after David (Solomon in Matthew, Nathan in Luke). Scripture does not explain the difference. Common theories: (1) Matthew gives the legal/royal line and Luke another kinship line (blood, adoption, or levirate), both tied to Joseph; (2) one list is Joseph’s and Luke’s is Mary’s, with Joseph named because Yahshua was “as was supposed” his son (Luke 3:23)—a reading Luke never states outright; (3) both are Joseph’s by different reckonings (for example legal father and biological father). The chains below follow each Gospel as written.

Line of Christ (Matthew)

From Adam to Yahshua. Genesis carries the line to Abraham; Matthew’s genealogy carries it from Abraham to Yahshua through David and Solomon, ending at Joseph the husband of Mary.

Line of Christ (Luke)

Luke 3:23–38 as written: from Yahshua, “the son (as was supposed) of Joseph,” back through Heli and Nathan son of David to Adam. The names after David differ from Matthew.

Strong’s

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עוֹבֵד H5744

ʻÔwbêd · o-bade'

Obed, the name of five Israelites

active participle of H5647 (עָבַד); serving;

KJV glosses: Obed.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Francis Brown, S. R. Driver, and Charles A. Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906). Public-domain digital text.

עוֺבֵד H5744

Biblical Hebrew

עוֺבֵד, עֹבֵד proper name, masculine (worshipper; compare Sabean עבד Os22 and DHMZMG xxxvii (1883), 14; — 1. son of Boaz and Ruth Ruth 4:17, vRuth 4:21 = 1Chr 2:12; Ruth 4:22 (only here עֹבֵד) = 1Chr 2:12, ᵑ6 Ωβηδ.

2. names in Judah, ᵐ5 Ωβηδ:

a. 1Chr 2:37; 1Chr 2:38

b. 2Chr 23:1.

3. a mighty man of David 1Chr 11:47, ᵐ5 Ιωβηθ, A Ιωβηδ.

4. a doorkeeper 1Chr 26:7 ᵐ5 Ωβηδ.