עֹבַדְיָהוּ

o.vad.yah

Obadiah

Strong’s H5662Proper name, a person20 times in the Hebrew Bible

obadiah20

In the text

1 Kings 18:3עֹבַדְיָהוּ
and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
1 Chronicles 3:21עֹבַדְיָה
The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
2 Chronicles 17:7וּלְעֹבַדְיָה
In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
Ezra 8:9עֹבַדְיָה
from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
Nehemiah 10:5עֹבַדְיָה
Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
Obadiah 1:1עֹבַדְיָה
This is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—

עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ, עֹבַדְיָה n.pr.m. (servant of Yah)

I. :

1. chief of Ahab’s household

2. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun

3. a Levite overseer in time of Josiah

II. :

1. the prophet

2. a descendant of David

3. chief of tribe of Issachar

4. a Benjamite

5. a Levite

6. a Gadite chief

7. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat

8. priestly companion of Ezra

9. a doorkeeper

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.