EBED ē’ bĕd (עֶ֨בֶד׃֙, LXX ̓Ωβήθ, slave, servant; perhaps a hypocoristicon for the theophoric name, עַבְדִּיאֵ֣ל, “servant of God”). 1. Father of Gaal who rebelled against Abimelech (Judg 9:26-35).

2. One of the sons of Adin who accompanied Ezra on his return (Ezra 8:6).

The word is also part of the compound name, Ebed-melech (q.v.), and an element in the expression, אֶבֶד יהוה, “Servant of the Lord” (on the concept, “slave of God” cf. E. Yamauchi, Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society, IX [1966], 31-49).