Word: MEC@CAR

Pronounce: o-bade' ed-ome'

Strong: H5654

Orig: from the active participle of 5647 and 123; worker of Edom; Obed-Edom, the name of five Israelites: --Obed-edom. H5647 H123

Use: Proper Name Masculine

Grk Strong:

Obed-edom = "servant of Edom"

1) a Levite and a Gittite who kept the ark after Uzzah was slain by God for touching the ark while it was being taken to Jerusalem
2) a Merarite Levite and a singer and gatekeeper
2a) the family descended from him