H5662 — עֹבַדְיָה (ʻÔbadyâh)
Strong's H5662 (Hebrew)
Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה (ʻÔbadyâh)
Pronunciation: o-bad-yaw'
Morphology: n-pr-m
Name Meaning: Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"
Derivation: or עֹבַדְיָהוּ (ʻÔbadyâhûw); active participle of עָבַד (ʻâbad) [H5647] and יָהּ (Yâhh) [H3050]; serving Jah;
Definition: Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
KJV Renderings: Obadiah.
Senses
- 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
Cross References
| Strong's | Original | Transliteration | Derivation | Definition | KJV Renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| H3050 | יָהּ | Yâhh | contraction for יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh) H3068, and meaning the same | Jah, the sacred name | Jah, the Lord, most vehement. Compare names in '-iah,' '-jah.' |
| H5647 | עָבַד | ʻâbad | a primitive root | to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc. | [idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er), transgress (from margin), (set a) work, be wrought, worshipper, |
Sources. The definition, derivation and KJV renderings are James Strong's own wording from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890) — public domain. The numbered senses and the Hebrew–Greek cross-references are the editorial work of the OpenScriptures Strong's dictionary, licensed CC BY-SA 3.0; their sense-outline conventions match the Outline of Biblical Usage (Online Bible, Larry Pierce), noted as a convention match rather than a documented claim.
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