Thaer
H5662
- 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