עֹבַדְיָה

Detailed Definition

• 1the 4th of the 12 minor prophets; nothing personal is known of him but it is probable that he was contemporary with jeremiah, ezekiel, and daniel
• 2the prophetic book by him; prophesies against edom
• 3father of ishmaiah, one of the chiefs of zebulun in the time of david
• 4a merarite levite overseer of the work of restoring the temple in the time of king josiah of judah
• 5chief of the household of king ahab of israel; an devout worshipper of jehovah who at risk to his own life hid over 100 prophets during the persecution of jezebel
• 6a descendant of david
• 7a chief of the tribe of issachar
• 8a benjamite, one of the 6 sons of azel and a descendant of king saul
• 9a levite, son of shemaiah and a descendant of jeduthun
• 10a gadite chief, the 2nd of the lion-faced gadites who joined david at ziklag
• 11a prince of judah in the time of king jehoshaphat of judah
• 12a priest, son of jehiel of the sons of joab who returned from exile with ezra
• 13a gatekeeper in the time of nehemiah
• 14one of the men who sealed the covenant with nehemiah 13a) perhaps the same as 12