This name belongs to 12 different people in the Bible:
- Obadiah: Gadite warrior who joined David
- Obadiah: Ruler over Zebulun in David's time
- Obadiah: Descendant of David
- Obadiah: Son of Azel
- Obadiah: Son of Izrahiah
- Obadiah: Gatekeeper, descendant of Jeduthun
- Obadiah: Ahab's palace administrator, protected prophets
- Obadiah: Levite sent to teach in Judah
- Obadiah: Levite overseer of temple repairs
- Obadiah: Returnee from Babylon
- Obadiah: Signatory to Nehemiah's covenant
- Obadiah: Prophet who prophesied against Edom
Definition
or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of H5647 and H3050; serving Jah; Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Traditional renderings: Obadiah.
Traditional renderings: Obadiah.
Glossary entries
Where it occurs
Occurrences
20 total
- 1 Kings 18:3 (2×)עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ · Obadiah; וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ · Now Obadiah…and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,
- 1 Kings 18:4עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּ · Obadiah…for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
- 1 Kings 18:5עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּ · ObadiahThen Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”
- 1 Kings 18:6וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ · and ObadiahSo they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.
- 1 Kings 18:7עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ · Now as ObadiahNow as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”
- 1 Kings 18:16עֹבַדְיָ֛הוּ · So ObadiahSo Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.
- 1 Chronicles 3:21עֹבַדְיָ֖ה · of ObadiahThe descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.
- 1 Chronicles 7:3וְ֠עֹבַדְיָה · ObadiahThe son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah: Michael, Obadiah, Joel, and Isshiah. All five of them were chiefs.
- 1 Chronicles 8:38וְעֹבַדְיָ֖ה · ObadiahAzel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 9:16וְעֹבַדְיָה֙ · ObadiahObadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.
- 1 Chronicles 9:44וְעֹבַדְיָ֖ה · ObadiahAnd Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.
- 1 Chronicles 12:9עֹבַדְיָה֙ · ObadiahEzer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,
- 1 Chronicles 27:19עֹבַדְיָ֑הוּ · of Obadiah…over Zebulun was Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; over Naphtali was Jerimoth son of Azriel;
- 2 Chronicles 17:7וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה · ObadiahIn the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,
- 2 Chronicles 34:12וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ · and ObadiahAnd the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,
- Ezra 8:9עֹבַדְיָ֖ה · Obadiah…from the descendants of Joab, Obadiah son of Jehiel, and with him 218 men;
- Nehemiah 10:5עֹֽבַדְיָֽה׃ · ObadiahHarim, Meremoth, Obadiah,
- Nehemiah 12:25עֹבַדְיָ֥ה · ObadiahMattaniah, Bakbukiah, Obadiah, Meshullam, Talmon, and Akkub were gatekeepers who guarded the storerooms at the gates.
- Obadiah 1:1עֹֽבַדְיָ֑ה · of ObadiahThis is the vision of Obadiah: This is what the Lord GOD says about Edom—We have heard a message from the LORD; an envoy has been sent among the nations to say, “Rise up, and let us go to battle against her!”—