Obadiah
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to
meet Elijah....
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And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of
Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of
Shechaniah....
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And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah;
Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them
chief men....
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Ovadyah, (Hebrew: עובדיה) is a Biblical theophorical name,
meaning "servant of Yahweh" or "worshipper of Yahweh."[1] It
is cognate to the Arabic name ‘Abdullah. Another similar name
in Arabic is Obaidullah/ `Ubaydullah (Arabic: عبيد الله) is a
male Arabic given name that means "little servant of Allah".
The form of his name used in the Septua...
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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).
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-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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(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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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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("worshipper of Jehovah"; Arabic: Abdallah.)
1. One of Israhiah's "five" sons, of Issachar (1
Chronicles 7:3). But as four only are mentioned, Kennicott
with four manuscripts omits "and the sons of Israhiah," thus
making him brother not father of Obadiah, and both sons of
Uzzi. Syriac and Arabic have our text, but "four."
2. 1 Chronicles 8:...
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