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ˌoʊ bəˈdaɪ əoba·di·ah
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Princeton's WordNet
Obadiah, Abdiasnoun
a Hebrew minor prophet
Obadiah, Abdias, Book of Obadiahnoun
an Old Testament book telling Obadiah's prophecies; the shortest book in the Christian Bible
Wiktionary
Obadiahnoun
A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
Obadiahnoun
A minor prophet.
Obadiahnoun
of biblical origin.
Etymology: From עובדיה "servant of Yahweh"; comparable to Arabic (ʕabd-állah) "servant of Allah".
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Obadiah
Obadiah (; Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה – ʿŌḇaḏyā or עֹבַדְיָהוּ – ʿŌḇaḏyāhū; "servant of Yah", or "Slave of Yah [YHVH]"), also known as Abdias, is a biblical prophet. The authorship of the Book of Obadiah is traditionally attributed to the prophet Obadiah.
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obadiah
Obadiah is a character from the Hebrew Bible or Old Testament. He was a prophet whose writings are collected in the Book of Obadiah, where he prophesied the downfall of the nation of Edom. Obadiah is also a Hebrew name meaning "servant of God."
Wikidata
Obadiah
Obadiah is a Biblical theophorical name, meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh." It is related to "Abdeel", "servant of God", which is also cognate to the Arabic name "Abdullah" or "Obaidullah". Turkish name Abdil or Abdi. The form of Obadiah's name used in the Septuagint is Obdios; in Latin it is Abdias. The Bishops' Bible has it as Abdi.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
Obadiah
a Hebrew prophet who appears to have lived about 588 B.C., shortly after the destruction of Jerusalem, at which the Edomites had assisted, and whose prophecy was written to assure the exiles in Babylon that the judgment of God had gone forth against Edom, and that with the execution of it Israel would be restored.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of obadiah in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of obadiah in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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