ʿōḇaḏyâ - King James Version

ʿōḇaḏyâ o-bad-yaw'

Parts of Speech Proper Name Masculine

ʿōḇaḏyâ 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

Original Language hydb[

Origin act part of (05647) and (03050)

Strong's Number 05662

TDNT Entry None