Obadiah
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).
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Pronunciation
[edit]- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/
- Rhymes: -aɪə
Proper noun
[edit]Obadiah
- (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.
- Synonym: (abbreviation) Obad.
- (biblical) A minor prophet.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Obadiah 1:1::
- The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.
- A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.
Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]book of the Old Testament
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Scottish Gaelic
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Obadiah m
- (biblical) Obadiah
- (biblical) Obadiah, the thirty-first book of the Old Testament
Coordinate terms
[edit]- (Scottish Gaelic books of the Old Testament) Genesis, Ecsodus, Lebhiticus, Àireamh, Deuteronomi, Iosua, Britheamhan, Rut, 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, 1 Rìghrean, 2 Rìghrean, 1 Eachdraidh, 2 Eachdraidh, Esra, Nehemiah, Ester, Iob, Sailm, Gnàth-fhacail, Eclesiastes, Dàn Sholaimh, Isaiah, Ieremiah, Tuireadh, Eseciel, Daniel, Hosèa, Ioel, Amos, Obadiah, Ionah, Micah, Nahum, Habacuc, Sephaniah, Hagai, Sechariah, Malachi (Category: gd:Books of the Bible)
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