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עֹבַדְיָהוּ

Biblical Hebrew

Obadiah — used 9 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

Obadiah tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ: n.pr.m. tree →

The whole BDB entry

n.pr.m. (servant of Yah, cf. GrayProp. N. 295, No. 90; also Ph. עבדבעל, Palm. עבדבל, Old Aramaic עבדההד Lzb333, OHeb. עבדיהו id.334);— עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ: chief of Ahab’s household 1 K 18:3(×2), 4, 5, 6, 7, 16, 𝔊 Αβδ(ε)ιου. father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun 1 Ch 27:19, 𝔊 Αβδ(ε)ιου (genit.). a Levite overseer in time of Josiah 2 Ch 34:12, 𝔊 Αβδ(ε)ια, A 𝔊L Αβδιας. עֹבַדְיָה: the prophet Ob 1, 𝔊 Οβδ(ε)ιου (genit.), Αβδ(ε)ιου. a descendant of David 1 Ch 3:21, 𝔊 Αβδεια, 𝔊L Οβδιας. chief of tribe of Issachar 1 Ch 7:3, 𝔊 Μειβδεια, A Οβδια, 𝔊L Αβδια. a Benjamite 1 Ch 8:38; 9:44, 𝔊 Αβδ(ε)ια. a Levite 1 Ch 9:16 (‖ עַבְדָּא Ne 11:17), 𝔊 Αβδεια, A Οβδια, 𝔊L Αβια. a Gadite chief 1 Ch 12:9, 𝔊 Αβδ(ε)ια. a prince in time of Jehoshaphat 2 Ch 17:7, 𝔊 Αβ(δ)ιαν. priestly companion of Ezra Ezr 8:9 Ne 10:6, 𝔊 Αδεια, Αβ(α)δ(ε)ια, 𝔊L Αβδιου, Αβιας. a doorkeeper Ne 12:25, א Οβδιας, 𝔊L Αβδιας.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 8 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 0 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Obadiah (8); of Obadiah (1).

In the verses

1 Chronicles 27:19 · tree →

לִזְבוּלֻ֕ן יִֽשְׁמַֽעְיָ֖הוּ בֶּן־עֹבַדְיָ֑הוּ לְנַ֨פְתָּלִ֔י יְרִימ֖וֹת בֶּן־עַזְרִיאֵֽל׃ס

Word for word: for Zebulun Ishmaiah the.son of.Obadiah for Naphtali Jerimoth the.son of.Azriel

JPS 1917: of Zebulun, Ishmaiah the son of Obadiah; of Naphtali, Jerimoth the son of Azriel;

1 Kings 18:3 · tree →

וַיִּקְרָ֣א אַחְאָ֔ב אֶל־עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּ אֲשֶׁ֣ר עַל־הַבָּ֑יִת וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ הָיָ֥ה יָרֵ֛א אֶת־יְהוָ֖ה מְאֹֽד׃

Word for word: and he.summoned Ahab (to) Obadiah who [was].over the household and Obadiah he.was fearing (et) Yahweh exceedingly

JPS 1917: And Ahab called Obadiah, who was over the household. — Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly;

On Mova

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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