Original: עֹבֵד אֱדֹום

Transliteration: ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm

Phonetic: o-bade' ed-ome'

Short Definition: Obed-edom

Original: עבד אדום

Transliteration: ‛ôbêd 'ĕdôm

Phonetic: o-bade' ed-ome'

BDB Definition:

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

Origin: from the act part of H5647 and H123

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H4566, H5647, H5650, H5651, H5652, H5653, H5655, H5656, H5657, H5658, H5659, H5660, H5661, H5662, H5663, H5664, H5744