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Lexicon :: Strong's H5662 - ʿōḇaḏyâ

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עֹבַדְיָה
Transliteration
ʿōḇaḏyâ
Pronunciation
o-bad-yaw'
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Part of Speech
proper masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Strong’s Definitions

עֹבַדְיָה ʻÔbadyâh, o-bad-yaw'; or עֹבַדְיָהוּ ʻÔbadyâhûw; active participle of H5647 and H3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites:—Obadiah.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x

The KJV translates Strong's H5662 in the following manner: Obadiah (20x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 20x
The KJV translates Strong's H5662 in the following manner: Obadiah (20x).

  1. 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

      1. 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

      1. perhaps the same as L above

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עֹבַדְיָה ʻÔbadyâh, o-bad-yaw'; or עֹבַדְיָהוּ ʻÔbadyâhûw; active participle of H5647 and H3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites:—Obadiah.
STRONGS H5662: Abbreviations
† עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ, עֹבַדְיָה proper name, masculine (servant of Yah, compare GrayProp. N. 295, No. 90; also Phoenician עבדבעל, Palmyrene עבדבל, Old Aramaic עבדההד Lzb333, Old Hebrew עבדיהו Id.334); —
I. עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ:
1. chief of Ahab's household 1 Kings 18:3 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:4, 5, 6, 7, 16, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδ(ε)ιου.
2. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun 1 Chronicles 27:19, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδ(ε)ιου (genitive).
3. a Levite overseer in time of Josiah 2 Chronicles 34:12, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδ(ε)ια, A LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβδιας.
II. עֹבַדְיָה:
1. the prophet Obadiah, Greek Version of the LXX Οβδ(ε)ιου (genitive), Αβδ(ε)ιου.
2. a descendant of David 1 Chronicles 3:21, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδεια, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Οβδιας.
3. chief of tribe of Issachar 1 Chronicles 7:3, Greek Version of the LXX Μειβδεια, A Οβδια, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβδια.
4. a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδ(ε)ια.
5. a Levite 1 Chronicles 9:16 (|| עַבְדָּא Nehemiah 11:17), Greek Version of the LXX Αβδεια A Οβδια, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβια.
6. a Gadite chief 1 Chronicles 12:9, Greek Version of the LXX Αβδ(ε)ια.
7. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Chronicles 17:7, Greek Version of the LXX Αβ(δ)ιαν.
8. priestly companion of Ezra Ezra 8:9; Nehemiah 10:6, Greek Version of the LXX Αδεια, Αβ(α)δ(ε)ια, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβδιου, Αβιας.
9. a doorkeeper Nehemiah 12:25, א Οβδιας, LXX of Lucian (Lag.) Αβδιας.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Kings

18:3; 18:4; 18:5; 18:6; 18:7; 18:16

1 Chronicles

3:21; 7:3; 8:38; 9:16; 9:44; 12:9; 27:19

2 Chronicles

17:7; 34:12

Ezra

8:9

Nehemiah

10:6; 11:17; 12:25

H5662

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5662 matches the Hebrew עֹבַדְיָה (ʿōḇaḏyâ),
which occurs 20 times in 19 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:3 - And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. (Now Obadiah feared Jehovah greatly:

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:4

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:4 - for it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah took a hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:5

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:5 - And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go through the land, unto all the fountains of water, and unto all the brooks: peradventure we may find grass and save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:6

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:6 - So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:7

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:7 - And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Is it thou, my lord Elijah?

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 18:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 18:16 - So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him; and Ahab went to meet Elijah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 3:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 3:21 - And the sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jeshaiah; the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shecaniah.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 7:3

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 7:3 - And the sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah. And the sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Isshiah, five; all of them chief men.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 8:38

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 8:38 - And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:16 - and Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 9:44

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 9:44 - And Azel had six sons, whose names are these: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 12:9

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:9 - Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 27:19

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 27:19 - of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah: of Naphtali, Jeremoth the son of Azriel:

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 17:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 17:7 - Also in the third year of his reign he sent his princes, even Ben-hail, and Obadiah, and Zechariah, and Nethanel, and Micaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 34:12

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:12 - And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and others of the Levites, all that were skilful with instruments of music.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 8:9 - Of the sons of Joab, Obadiah the son of Jehiel; and with him two hundred and eighteen males.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:5 - Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 12:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 12:25 - Mattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, were porters keeping the watch at the store-houses of the gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Oba 1:1

Unchecked Copy BoxOba 1:1 - The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord Jehovah concerning Edom: We have heard tidings from Jehovah, and an ambassador is sent among the nations, saying, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
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