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Obadiah Servant of the LORD
Obadiah is a Hebrew name meaning servant of the lord, said o-bad-yaw'. The shortest book in the Old Testament carries this name, borne by more than a dozen men in scripture.
Where the name comes from
עֹבַדְיָה ʻÔbadyâh — Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites. Strong's H5662 derives it: or עֹבַדְיָהוּ; active participle of H5647 (עָבַד) and H3050 (יָהּ); serving Jah.
Obadiah in Scripture
The name appears in 19 verses, first at 1 Kings 18:3.
1 Kings 18:3 · KJV
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the LORD greatly:
1 Kings 18:4 · KJV
For it was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred prophets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water.)
1 Kings 18:5 · KJV
And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.
1 Kings 18:6 · KJV
So they divided the land between them to pass throughout it: Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went another way by himself.
1 Kings 18:7 · KJV
And as Obadiah was in the way, behold, Elijah met him: and he knew him, and fell on his face, and said, Art thou that my lord Elijah?
1 Kings 18:16 · KJV
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.
1 Chronicles 3:21 · KJV
And the sons of Hananiah; Pelatiah, and Jesaiah: the sons of Rephaiah, the sons of Arnan, the sons of Obadiah, the sons of Shechaniah.
1 Chronicles 7:3 · KJV
And the sons of Uzzi; Izrahiah: and the sons of Izrahiah; Michael, and Obadiah, and Joel, Ishiah, five: all of them chief men.
1 Chronicles 8:38 · KJV
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles 9:16 · KJV
And Obadiah the son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun, and Berechiah the son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, that dwelt in the villages of the Netophathites.
1 Chronicles 9:44 · KJV
And Azel had six sons, whose names are these, Azrikam, Bocheru, and Ishmael, and Sheariah, and Obadiah, and Hanan: these were the sons of Azel.
1 Chronicles 12:9 · KJV
Ezer the first, Obadiah the second, Eliab the third,
and 7 more.
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