Original: עֹבַדְיָה

Transliteration: ʻÔbadyâh

Phonetic: o-bad-yaw'

Short Definition: Obadiah

Original: עבדיהוּ עבדיה

Transliteration: ‛ôbadyâh ‛ôbadyâhû

Phonetic: o-bad-yaw'

BDB 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
   1. 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
   1. a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
   2. a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra
   3. a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah
   4. one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
      1. perhaps the same as 12

Origin: act part of H5647 and H3050

TWOT entry: None

Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine

Cognate: H4566, H5647, H5650, H5651, H5652, H5653, H5654, H5655, H5656, H5657, H5658, H5659, H5660, H5661, H5663, H5664, H5744