עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם
ʻÔbêd ʼĔdôwm · o-bade' ed-ome'
Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: from the active participle of H5647 (עָבַד) and H123 (אֱדֹם); worker of Edom;
Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Obed-edom.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- אAlef1
Picture: ox head
- Concrete
- ox · bull · cattle
- Extended
- strength · leader · first · the one in front
- דDalet4
Picture: tent door hanging down
- Concrete
- door · curtain · entrance
- Extended
- a way in or out · moving back and forth · a path · hanging
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › the house, what is within › the doorway, the way in › strength, the leader › the doorway, the way in › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To see and know of the house, what is within of the doorway, the way in of strength, the leader of the doorway, the way in that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עֹבֵד אֱדוֹם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
40 occurrences · 40 OT · 0 NT · 20 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of obededom11 · 55%
- and obededom5 · 25%
- obededom2 · 10%
- to obededom1 · 5%
- with obededom1 · 5%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.