עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ
o.vad.yahProper Noun (Masculine)H5662
Obadiah
From: or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of H5647 (עָבַד) and H3050 (יָהּ); serving Jah;
Short Definition
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Full Lexicon Entry
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at § Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah" 1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against ) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of ) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of ) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel 5) a descendant of ) a chief of the tribe of Issachar 7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king ) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun 9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag 10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of ) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with ) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah 13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah 13a) perhaps the same as 12
Grammar
Part of Speech Proper Noun (Masculine)
Morphology N:N-M-P
DescriptionProper Noun, Masculine
Occurrences
17 timesAppears 17 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
1 Chronicles
6
1 Kings
6
2 Chronicles
2
Ezra
1
Nehemiah
1
Key Passages
- 1 Chronicles 27:19
- 1 Chronicles 8:38
- 1 Kings 18:3
- 1 Kings 18:6
- 2 Chronicles 17:7
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