H5654

עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם

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Obed-edom

A man of the tribe of Levi living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.6.10; son of: Jeduthun (H3038); brother of: Mattithiah (H4993H), Gedaliah (H1436I), Zeri (H6874), Jeshaiah (H3470H) and Hashabiah (H2811I); father of: Shemaiah (H8098I), Jehozabad (H3075H), Joah (H3098I), Sachar (H7940), Nethanel (H5417K), Ammiel (H5988I), Issachar (H3485H) and Peullethai (H6469) Also named: shim.i (שִׁמְעִי "Shimei" H8096X) § 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 2a) the family descended from him

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

עֹבֵדאֱדֹם, and (2Chr 25:24) אֱדוֺם׳ע proper name, masculine (servant of (god) Edom, compare עבד אדם CIS^{No. 295}; Dr^{Sm 206, 298 and references}, RS^{Sem i. 43; 2nd ed. 42 and references}, HPS^{2Sam 6:10}; but Bae^{Rel 10} servant of man, אֱדֹם = אָדָם, which is thought possible by Nö^{ZMG xlii (1888), 470} Buhl^{Edomiter 49}); —

1. the Gittite who harboured the ark 2Sam 6:10; 2Sam 6:11 (twice in verse); 2Sam 6:12 (twice in verse) = 1Chr 13:13; 1Chr 13:14 (twice in verse), 1Chr 15:25 ᵐ5 Αβεδδαρα, ᵐ5^L Αβεδδαδαν.

2. (= 1 ?) one of the chief Levitical singers and doorkeepers 1Chr 15:18; 1Chr 15:21; 1Chr 15:24; 1Chr 16:5; 1Chr 16:38 (twice in verse); 1Chr 26:4; 1Chr 26:8 (twice in verse); 1Chr 26:15 ᵐ5 Αβαεδωμ, Αβδεδωμ, etc., ᵐ5^L Αβεδδομ.

3. the family of the same 2Chr 25:24 (not in || 2Kgs 14:14).

15 occurrences

II Samuel (3), I Chronicles (11), II Chronicles (1)