A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.18.3 § 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
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H5662 — עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ
o.vad.yah · Obadiah · Hebrew/Aramaic
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1 Kings 18:3 · עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ · וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּand Ahab calleth unto Obadiah, who is over the house—and Obadiah hath been fearing Jehovah greatly,1 Kings 18:4 · עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּand it cometh to pass, in Jezebel’s cutting off the prophets of Jehovah, that Obadiah taketh a hundred prophets, and hideth them, fifty men in a cave, and hath sustained them with bread and water—1 Kings 18:5 · עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּand Ahab saith unto Obadiah, ‘Go through the land, unto all fountains of waters, and unto all the brooks, if so be we find hay, and keep alive horse and mule, and do not cut off any of the cattle.’1 Kings 18:6 · וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּAnd they apportion to themselves the land, to pass over into it; Ahab hath gone in one way by himself, and Obadiah hath gone in another way by himself;1 Kings 18:7 · עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙and Obadiah is in the way, and lo, Elijah—to meet him; and he discerneth him, and falleth on his face, and saith, ‘Art thou he—my lord Elijah?’1 Kings 18:16 · עֹבַדְיָ֛הוּAnd Obadiah goeth to meet Ahab, and declareth it to him, and Ahab goeth to meet Elijah,1 Chronicles 3:21 · עֹבַדְיָ֖הAnd sons of Hananiah: Pelatiah, and Jesaiah, sons of Rephaiah, sons of Arnan, sons of Obadiah, sons of Shechaniah.1 Chronicles 7:3 · וְ֠עֹבַדְיָהAnd sons of Uzzi: Izrahiah; and sons of Izrahiah: Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, Hamishah—all of them heads.1 Chronicles 8:38 · וְעֹבַדְיָ֖הAnd to Azel are six sons, and these are their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these are sons of Azel.1 Chronicles 9:16 · וְעֹבַדְיָה֙and Obadiah son of Shemariah, son of Galal, son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah, son of Asa, son of Elkanah, who is dwelling in the villages of the Netophathite.1 Chronicles 9:44 · וְעֹבַדְיָ֖הAnd to Azel are six sons, and these their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these are sons of Azel.1 Chronicles 12:9 · עֹבַדְיָה֙Ezer the head, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,1 Chronicles 27:19 · עֹבַדְיָ֑הוּof Zebulun, Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth son of Azriel;2 Chronicles 17:7 · וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣הAnd in the third year of his reign he hath sent for his heads, for Ben-Hail, and for Obadiah, and for Zechariah, and for Nethaneel, and for Michaiah, to teach in cities of Judah,2 Chronicles 34:12 · וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּAnd the men are working faithfully in the business, and over them are appointed Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathite, to overlook; and of the Levites, every one understanding about instruments of song,Ezra 8:9 · עֹבַדְיָ֖הFrom the sons of Joab: Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him two hundred and eighteen who are males.Nehemiah 10:5 · עֹֽבַדְיָֽה׃Harim, Meremoth, Obadiah,Nehemiah 12:25 · עֹבַדְיָ֥הMattaniah, and Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, Akkub, are gatekeepers, keeping charge in the gatherings of the gates.Obadiah 1:1 · עֹֽבַדְיָ֑הThus said the Lord Jehovah to Edom, A report we have heard from Jehovah, And an ambassador among nations was sent, ‘Rise, yea, let us rise against her for battle.’