Person of Interest

    Obed

    meaning: a servant; workman

    1



Dictionary Summary:A son of Boaz and Ruth ([Ruth 4:21](/ruth#Ruth.4.21), [22](/ruth#Ruth.4.22)), and the grandfather of David ([Matt. 1:5](/matt#Matt.1.5)). 2


Father

    Boaz

    meaning: or Booz

    1

Mother

    Ruth

    meaning: drunk; satisfied

    1

Children

    Jesse

    meaning: gift; oblation; one who is

    1


Cross References
BookCross-References
Ruth
    4.17 4.21 4.22 
1Chr
    2.12 
Matt
    1.5 
Luke
    3.32 

Figure1:  A table of cross references between the selected passage and other passages   (Data from Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.) 

      1

      Alistair de Blacquiere-Clarkson, “ai-BIBLE Bible Names JSON Factsheet Aggregating Material from Smith’s Bible Dictionary & Hitcocks’s New and Complete Analysis of the Bible.” ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      2

      M.G.Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary, ai-BIBLE electronic edition, version 1.0. 

      3

      Robert Rouse, “Theographic Bible Information,” Theographic-Bible-Metadata, 2020, https://github.com/robertrouse/theographic-bible-metadata.