Strong H5662H5662Oעֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ
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.34.12
Meaning of the name
Obadiah = "servant of Jehovah"
General definition
In the biblical story
Obadiah
Levite overseer of temple repairs
Obadiah was a Levite who served as an overseer during the temple repairs under King Josiah.
In the Bible
Strong H5662O appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- obadiah1
First verses
- 2 Chronicles 34:12And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick.