Strong H5662H5662Gעֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ

Obadiah

Definition

A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, first mentioned at 1Ki.18.3

Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"

Active participle of H5647 and H3050; serving Jah;
{Obadjah} the name of thirteen Israelites: - Obadiah.

Obadiah

Ahab's palace administrator, protected prophets

Obadiah was a palace administrator under King Ahab who feared the Lord and protected a hundred prophets during Jezebel's persecution.

Strong H5662G appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

1 Kings 18:3
And Ahab called Obadiah, which was the governor of his house. (Now Obadiah feared the Lord greatly:
1 Kings 18:4
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
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
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
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
So Obadiah went to meet Ahab, and told him: and Ahab went to meet Elijah.