Strong's Dictionary Number: [5662]
5662
1 Original Word: עֹבַדְיָה
2 Word Origin: act part of (05647) and (03050)
3 Transliterated Word: `Obadyah
4 TDNT/TWOT Entry: None
5 Phonetic Spelling: o-bad-yaw'
6 Part of Speech: Proper Name Masculine
7 Strong's Definition: or mObadyahuw {o-bad-yaw'-hoo}; active participle of [05647]05647 and [03050;]03050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites:--Obadiah.
8 Definition: Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah" - 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
- the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom
- father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David
- a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah
- 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
- a descendant of David
- a chief of the tribe of Issachar
- a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul
- a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun
- a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag
- a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
- a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra
- a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah
- one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
- perhaps the same as 12
9 English:
0 Usage: Obadiah
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