- Original: עבדיהוּ עבדיה
- Transliteration: `Obadyah
- Phonetic: o-bad-yaw'
- 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
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: act part of
H5647 and
H3050
- TWOT entry: None
- Part(s) of speech: Proper Name Masculine
- Strong's: Active participle of
H5647 and
H3050 ; serving Jah;
Obadjah the name of thirteen Israelites: - Obadiah.
Total KJV Occurrences: 20
• Obadiah, 20
1 Kings 18:3(2);
1 Kings 18:4;
1 Kings 18:5;
1 Kings 18:6;
1 Kings 18:7;
1 Kings 18:16;
1 Chronicles 3:21;
1 Chronicles 7:3;
1 Chronicles 8:38;
1 Chronicles 9:16;
1 Chronicles 9:44;
1 Chronicles 12:9;
1 Chronicles 27:19;
2 Chronicles 17:7;
2 Chronicles 34:12;
Ezra 8:9;
Nehemiah 10:5;
Nehemiah 12:25;
Obadiah 1:1