Obadiah

[ oh-buh-dahy-uh ]

noun

1. a Minor Prophet.
2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. : Obad.

Obadiah

/ ˌəʊbəˈdaɪə /

noun

1. a Hebrew prophet
2. the book containing his oracles, chiefly directed against Edom

Word History and Origins

Origin of Obadiah¹

Ultimately from Hebrew ʿōbhadhyāh, ʿōbhadhyāhū “slave of Yahweh”

Example Sentences

Macgregor, or rather Obadiah Marston, opened his eyes but once after that, and seemed as if he wished to speak.

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Sir, answered Obadiah, making a bow towards his left shoulder,—my Mistress is taken very badly.

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Obadiah pulld off his cap twice to Dr. Slop;—once as he was falling,—and then again when he saw him seated.

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This answered all that Obadiah and the maid intended; but was no remedy against some evils which neither he or she foresaw.

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Well go in the coach, said my father—Prithee, have the arms been altered, Obadiah?

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