Obed 994279 225921680 2008-07-16T00:57:14Z Bunnyhop11 7345738 :''See also: [[Obed River]].'' In the [[Tanakh]], '''Obed''' ({{Hebrew Name 1| עובד|Oved}}) was a son of [[Boaz]] and [[Book of Ruth|Ruth]] (Ruth 4:21, 22), the father of [[Jesse]], and the grandfather of [[David]] In the Christian Scriptures, He is one of Jesus' ancestors through the aforementioned genealogy found in the gospels. The name Obed is cognate with [[Arabic]] "[[Abd (Arabic)|Abd]]", meaning "servant, worshipper". {{Adam to David}} {{Tanakh-stub}} [[ca:Obed]] [[de:Obed]] [[el:Ωβήδ]] [[es:Obed]] [[fa:عوبید]] [[id:Obed]] [[nl:Obed]] [[pl:Obed]] [[sv:Obed]]