Strong's H5662 (Hebrew)[edit | edit source]

Lemma: עֹבַדְיָה (ʻÔbadyâh)

Pronunciation: o-bad-yaw'

POS: o-bad-yaw' Morph: n-pr-m

Exegesis: or ; active participle of and ; serving Jah;

Definition: or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of עָבַד and יָהּ; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites; Obadiah.

KJV Usage: Obadiah.

Senses[edit | edit source]

• 1. Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"
• 2. 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
• 3. 1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom
• 4. 2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David
• 5. 3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah
• 6. 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
• 7. 5) a descendant of David
• 8. 6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar
• 9. 7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul
• 10. 8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun
• 11. 9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag
• 12. 10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
• 13. 11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra
• 14. 12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah
• 15. 13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
• 16. 13a) perhaps the same as 12

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