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עֹבַדְיָהוּ

Strong’s: H5662b

Associated OET lemmas: עֹבַדְיָה · עֹבַדְיָהוּ

Authors: Reinier de Blois

Form 1

Part of speech: np

Related names: יהוה

Related lemmas: עבד

Sense 1: Obadiah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ► official; time of Ahab

Show passage in OET: KI1 18:3

OET-RV KI1 18:3

3 and King Ahav had summoned his palace manager Ovadyah (Obadiah). (Ovadyah was a sincere follower of Yahweh.

OET-LV KI1 18:3

3 And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he/it _called (to) ˊOⱱad^yāh who was_over the_household and_ˊOⱱad^yāh he _was fearing DOM YHWH exceedingly.

Show passage in OET: KI1 18:4

OET-RV KI1 18:4

4 When Queen Izevel (Jezebel) had tried to kill Yahweh’s prophets, Ovadyah had hidden a hundred prophets—fifty in each of two caves and kept them supplied with food and water.)

OET-LV KI1 18:4

4 And_he/it _was when_ ʼĪzeⱱel/(Jezebel) _cut _off DOM the _prophets _of YHWH and_ ˊOⱱad^yāh _he/it _took one _hundred prophets and_he_hid _them fifty man in_cave and_he_supplied _them food and_water.

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All 6 recorded passages for this sense

KI1: OET KI1 18:3–7 · OET KI1 18:16

Sense 2: Obadiah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ tribe of Zebulun; ► father of Ishmaiah, officer in charge of his tribe, time of David

Show passage in OET: CH1 27:19

OET-RV CH1 27:19

• 19 Ovadyah’s (Obadiah’s) son Yishmaeyah was the leader of the tribe of Zevulun.
• Azriel’s son Yerimot was the leader of the tribe of Naftali (Naphtali).

OET-LV CH1 27:19

19 For_Zəⱱūlūn Yishmaˊ^yāh/(Ishmaiah) the _son _of ˊOⱱad^yāh for_Naftālī Yərīmōt/(Jerimoth) the _son _of ˊAzrī^ʼēl.

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Sense 3: Obadiah

Semantic domains: Names of People (003001007)

Definition: = man; ◄ descendant of Merari; tribe of Levi; ► time of Josiah

Show passage in OET: CH2 34:12

OET-RV CH2 34:12

12 and the workers did their work faithfully. Their supervisors were Yahat and Ovadyah (Obadiah) (Levites descended from Merari), as well as Zekaryah (Zechariah) and Meshulam (descendants of Levi’s son Kohat), and all the Levites who were good on their musical instruments.

OET-LV CH2 34:12

12 And_the_men were_working in_faithfulness in_work and_over_them Yaḩat/(Jahath) and_ˊOⱱad^yāh the_Lēviyyiy of the _descendants _of Mərārī and_Zəkar^yāh and_Məshullām of the _descendants _of the _Qəhātites were_appointed to_act _as _overseers and_the_Lēviyyiy every _of one _who _was_skilled in_instruments _of song.

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