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Obadiah

American  
[oh-buh-dahy-uh] / ˌoʊ bəˈdaɪ ə /
Douay Bible, Abdias

noun

  1. a Minor Prophet.

  2. a book of the Bible bearing his name. Obad.

Obadiah British  
/ ˌəʊbəˈdaɪə /

noun

  1. a Hebrew prophet

  2. the book containing his oracles, chiefly directed against Edom

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Etymology

Origin of Obadiah

Ultimately from Hebrew ʿōbhadhyāh, ʿōbhadhyāhū “slave of Yahweh”

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