EBED

e'-bed (`ebhedh, "servant"):

(1) Father of Gaal, who rebelled against Abimelech (Judges 9:26-35).

(2) A companion of Ezra in his return (Ezra 8:6) = Obeth (1 Esdras 8:32).

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
Edited by James Orr, published in 1939 by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.