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Nymphas in Fausset's Bible Dictionary

A disciple at Laodicea, whom Paul salutes "and the church which is in his house" (Colossians 4:15). An assembly of Christians met in his house. So delta, G, f, g, the Vulgate. (See NEW TESTAMENT.) But the Sinaiticus and the Alexandrinus and the Ephraemi Rescriptus manuscripts read "which is in their house," the Vaticanus manuscript has "her ho...

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Obal in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

o'-bal. See EBAL, 1....

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Obed in Smiths Bible Dictionary

(serving). 1. Son of Boaz and Ruth the Moabitess and father of Jesse. Ru 4:17 (B.C. 1360.) The circumstances of his birth which make up all that we know about him are given with much beauty in the book of Ruth. The name of Obed occurs only Ru 4:17 and in the four genealogies, Ru 4:21,22; 1Ch 2:12; Mt 1:5; Lu 3:32 2. A descendant of Jarha, th...

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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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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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