`Obadyah <05662>
hydbe `Obadyah or whydbe `Obadyahuw
| Pronunciation | : | o-bad-yaw' o-bad-yaw'-hoo |
| Origin | : | act part of 05647 and 03050 |
| Reference | : | - |
| PrtSpch | : | n pr m (noun proper masculine) |
| In Hebrew | : | whydbe 6, hydbe 6, hydbew 4, whydbew 3, hydbelw 1 |
| In NET | : | Obadiah 20 |
| In AV | : | Obadiah 20 |
| Count | : | 20 |
| Definition | : |
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 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
13a) perhaps the same as 12
or mObadyahuw {o-bad-yaw'-hoo}; active participle of 5647 and 3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites: KJV -- Obadiah. see HEBREW for 05647 see HEBREW for 03050 |
| Related Greek | : | - |
| Variations in Bible | : | Obadiah (NET, KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV, TEV) |
