Bible Names N-Z

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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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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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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Obadiah in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(servant of the Lord), 1. A man whose sons are enumerated in the genealogy of the tribe of Judah. 1Ch 3:21 (B.C. 470.) 2. A descendant of Issachar and a chief man of his tribe. 1Ch 7:3 (B.C. 1014.) 3. One of the six sons of Azel, a descendant of Saul. 1Ch 8:33; 9:44 (B.C. 720.) 4. A Levite, son of Shemaiah, and descended from Jeduthun. 1Ch ...

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Obal in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Joktan's son (Genesis 10:28). EBAL in 1 Chronicles 1:22. Bochart conjectures that the troglodyte Aralitae of eastern Africa represent Obal....

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Obal in Hitchcock's Bible Names

inconvenience of old age...

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Nymphas in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(bridegroom), a wealthy and zealous Christian in Laodicea. Col 4:15 (A.D. 60.)...

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Obadiah in Easton's Bible Dictionary

servant of the Lord. (1.) An Israelite who was chief in the household of King Ahab (1 Kings 18:3). Amid great spiritual degeneracy he maintained his fidelity to God, and interposed to protect The Lord's prophets, an hundred of whom he hid at great personal risk in a cave (4, 13). Ahab seems to have held Obadiah in great honour, although he...

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