# Obed

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #81,638

## Definitions
1. The son of Ruth and Boaz, father of Jesse and grandfather of David, grandson of Naomi.
2. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
3. A stream draining a part of the Cumberland Plateau in Tennessee, USA.

## Etymology
From Hebrew אובד or עוֹבֵד (Oved, “servant”).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/obed