# H5654 עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם

עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם (ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm), Strong’s H5654: Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites KJV: Obed-edom.. Occurs 40 times.

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*ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm* — Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites

KJV: Obed-edom.

Built from [עָבַד ʻâbad](https://besorah.bible/word/H5647) (to work) + [אֱדֹם ʼĔdôm](https://besorah.bible/word/H123) (Edom, the elder twin-brother of Jacob) — means “worker of Edom”

Occurs 40 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עֹבֵד אֱדֹם, and ע׳ אֱדוֹם n.pr.m. (servant of (god) Edom)
- 1 the Gittite who harboured the ark
- 2 one of the chief Levitical singers and doorkeepers
- 3 the family of the same

## Where it occurs
- [2 Samuel 6:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=10) — So David would not move the LORD’s ark to be with him in David’s city; but David carried it aside into Obed-Edom the…
- [2 Samuel 6:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=11) — The LORD’s ark remained in Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom and all his house.
- [2 Samuel 6:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/6?v=12) — King David was told, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of God’s ark.”…
- [1 Chronicles 13:13](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/13?v=13) — So David didn’t move the ark with him into David’s city, but carried it aside into Obed-Edom the Gittite’s house.
- [1 Chronicles 13:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/13?v=14) — God’s ark remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house three months; and the LORD blessed Obed-Edom’s house and…
- [1 Chronicles 15:18](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=18) — and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah…
- [1 Chronicles 15:21](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=21) — and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to…
- [1 Chronicles 15:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=24) — Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the shofars before God’s…
- [1 Chronicles 15:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/15?v=25) — So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands went to bring the ark of the LORD’s covenant up out of…
- [1 Chronicles 16:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-chronicles/16?v=5) — Asaph the chief, and second to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-Edom…