Lexical Definition

‎עֹבַדְיָה‎ ʻÔbadyâh (o-bad-yaw') Obadiah ^N:N-M-P
or עֹבַדְיָהוּ ʻÔbadyâhûw (obad-yaw'-hoo); active participle of ‎עָבַד‎ and ‎יָהּ‎; serving Jah

Obadiah.

• § Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"
• Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites

1) the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with Jeremiah, Ezekiel, and Daniel
1a) the prophetic book by him; prophesies against Edom
2) father of Ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of Zebulun in the time of David
3) a Merarite Levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king Josiah of Judah
4) chief of the household of king Ahab of Israel; an devout worshipper of Jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of Jezebel
5) a descendant of David
6) a chief of the tribe of Issachar
7) a Benjamite, one of the 6 sons of Azel and a descendant of king Saul
8) a Levite, son of Shemaiah and a descendant of Jeduthun
9) a Gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced Gadites who joined David at Ziklag
10) a prince of Judah in the time of king Jehoshaphat of Judah
11) a priest, son of Jehiel of the sons of Joab who returned from exile with Ezra
12) a gatekeeper in the time of Nehemiah
13) one of the men who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah
13a) perhaps the same as 12

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ‎, ‎עֹבַדְיָה‎ proper name, masculine (servant of Yah, compare Gray^{Prop. N. 295, No. 90}; also Phoenician ‎עבדבעל‎, Palmyrene ‎עבדבל‎, Old Aramaic ‎עבדההד‎ Lzb³³³, Old Hebrew ‎עבדיהו‎ Id.³³⁴); — I. ‎עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ‎:

1. chief of Ahab's household 1Kgs 18:3 (twice in verse); 1Kgs 18:4; 1Kgs 18:5; 1Kgs 18:6; 1Kgs 18:7; 1Kgs 18:16, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ιου.

2. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun 1Chr 27:19, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ιου (genitive).

3. a Levite overseer in time of Josiah 2Chr 34:12, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια, A ᵐ5^L Αβδιας. II. ‎עֹבַדְיָה‎:

1. the prophet Obad 1:1, ᵐ5 Οβδ(ε)ιου (genitive), Αβδ(ε)ιου.

2. a descendant of David 1Chr 3:21, ᵐ5 Αβδεια, ᵐ5^L Οβδιας.

3. chief of tribe of Issachar 1Chr 7:3, ᵐ5 Μειβδεια, A Οβδια, ᵐ5^L Αβδια.

4. a Benjamite 1Chr 8:38; 1Chr 9:44, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια.

5. a Levite 1Chr 9:16 (|| ‎עַבְדָּא‎ Neh 11:17), ᵐ5 Αβδεια A Οβδια, ᵐ5^L Αβια.

6. a Gadite chief 1Chr 12:9*, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια.

7. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat 2Chr 17:7, ᵐ5 Αβ(δ)ιαν.

8. priestly companion of Ezra Ezra 8:9; Neh 10:6*, ᵐ5 Αδεια, Αβ(α)δ(ε)ια, ᵐ5^L Αβδιου, Αβιας.

9. a doorkeeper Neh 12:25, ‎א‎ Οβδιας, ᵐ5^L Αβδιας.

Brown-Driver-Briggs References