Dictionary entry

EBED

Smith's Bible Dictionary

(a servant). (Many MSS. have EBER.)

  1. Father of Gaal, who with his brethren assisted the men of Shechem in their revolt against Abimelech. (Judges 9:26,28,30,31,35) (B.C. 1206).
  2. Son of Jonathan; one of the Bene-Adin who returned form Babylon with Ezra. (Ezra 8:6)