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Obadiah

Proper Name Noun Male Person

A man of the tribe of Issachar living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 1Ch.7.3; son of: Izrahiah (h3156); brother of: Michael (h4317K), Joel (h3100L) and Isshiah (h3449) § 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 1a) 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 13a) perhaps the same as 12

Proper Name

Proper Name Masculine

Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites; Obadiah.; or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of h5647 (עָבַד) and h3050 (יָהּ); serving Jah