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Oded in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o'-ded (`owdhedh (2 Ch 15), `odhedh (elsewhere), `odhedh, "restorer"): (1) According to 2 Ch 15:1, he was the father of Azariah who prophesied in the reign of Asa of Judah (c 918-877), but 15:8 makes Oded himself the prophet. The two verses should agree, so we should probably read in 15:8, "the prophecy of Azariah, the son of Oded, the prophet...

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Og in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(giant, literally long-necked), an Amoritish king of Bashan, whose rule extended over sixty cities. Jos 13:12 He was one of the last representatives of the giant race of Rephaim, and was, with his children and his people, defeated and exterminated by the Israelites at Edrei immediately after the conquest of Sihon. Nu 32:33; De 3:1-13 Also De 1...

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Nymphas in Hitchcock's Bible Names

spouse; bridegroom...

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Obal in Naves Topical Bible

-Also called EBAL -A son of Joktan Ge 10:28; 1Ch 1:22...

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Obed in Easton's Bible Dictionary

serving; worshipping. (1.) A son of Boaz and Ruth (Ruth 4:21, 22), and the grandfather of David (Matt. 1:5). (2.) 1 Chr. 2:34-38. (3.) 1 Chr. 26:7. (4.) 2 Chr. 23:1....

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Obadiah in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o-ba-di'-a (`obhadhyah, more fully `obhadhyahu, "servant of Yahweh"): (1) The steward or prime minister of Ahab, who did his best to protect the prophets of Yahweh against Jezebel's persecution. He met Elijah on his return from Zarephath, and bore to Ahab the news of Elijah's reappearance (1 Ki 18:3- 16). (2) The prophet (Ob 1:1). See OBADIAH, ...

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Obal in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(stripped bare), son of Joktan, and, like the rest of family, apparently the founder of an Arab tribe. Ge 10:28 In 1Ch 1:22 the name is written EBAL....

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Obal in Easton's Bible Dictionary

stripped, the eight son of Joktan (Gen. 10:28); called also Ebal (1 Chr. 1:22)....

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Obed in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

1. Son of Boaz and Ruth (Rth 4:17); father of Jesse, David's father (1 Chronicles 2:12; Matthew 1:5; Luke 3:22). Hannah in her song (1 Samuel 2:5; 1 Samuel 2:7; 1 Samuel 2:10, "they that were hungry ceased ... the barren hath borne seven ... the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich") apparently alludes to Ruth's experience as reproduced in her own...

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Obadiah in Naves Topical Bible

-1. The governor of Ahab's house Conceals one-hundred prophets persecuted by Jezebel in a cave 1Ki 18:3,4 Meets Elijah and receives a commission from him 1Ki 18:3-16 -2. Head of a family 1Ch 3:21 -3. A descendant of Tola 1Ch 7:3 -4. Son of Azel 1Ch 8:38; 9:44 -5. A Levite 1Ch 9:16 -6. A Gadite warrior who joined David at Ziklag 1Ch 1...

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