Strongs Number: H5662
- Hebrew Word
- עֹבַדְיָה
- Transliteration
- ʻÔbadyâh
- Phonetic
- o-bad-yaw'
- Part of Speech
- Proper Name Masculine
- Strongs Definition
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serving Jah; {Obadjah} the name of thirteen Israelites
- BDB Definition
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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
a. the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom
2. father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David
3. a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah
4. 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 David
6. a chief of the tribe of Issachar
7. a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul
8. 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 Judah
11. a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra
12. a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah
13. one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
a. perhaps the same as 12
- Origin
- Active participle of H5647 and H3050
- Bible Usage
- Obadiah.