Strong H5662H5662Nעֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ
Obadiah
One of the 12 senses of Strong H5662
- Transliteration
- ‛ôbadyâh ‛ôbadyâhû
- Pronunciation
- {o-bad-yaw'} o-bad-yaw'-hoo
- Morphology
- Proper Name (Masculine) of a Person
Definition
A man living at the time of Divided Monarchy, only mentioned at 2Ch.17.7
Meaning of the name
Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Obadiah
Levite sent to teach in Judah
Obadiah was a Levite sent by King Jehoshaphat to teach the Book of the Law in the cities of Judah.
In the Bible
Strong H5662N appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obadiah1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 17:7Also in the third year of his reign he sent to his princes, even to Ben–hail, and to Obadiah, and to Zechariah, and to Nethaneel, and to Michaiah, to teach in the cities of Judah.