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עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ,
עֹבַדְיָה proper name, masculine (
servant of Yah, compare Gray
Prop. N. 295, No. 90; also Phoenician
עבדבעל, Palmyrene
עבדבל, Old Aramaic
עבדההד Lzb
333, Old Hebrew
עבדיהו Id.
334); — I.
עֹבַדְיָ֫הוּ:
1 chief of Ahab's household 1 Kings 18:3 (twice in verse); 1 Kings 18:4,5,6,7,16, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ιου.
2 father of one of the chiefs of Zebulun 1 Chronicles 27:19, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ιου (genitive).
3 a Levite overseer in time of Josiah2Chronicles 34:12, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια, A ᵐ5L Αβδιας. II. עֹבַדְיָה:
1 the prophet Obadiah, ᵐ5 Οβδ(ε)ιου (genitive), Αβδ(ε)ιου.
2 a descendant of David 1 Chronicles 3:21, ᵐ5 Αβδεια, ᵐ5L Οβδιας.
3 chief of tribe of Issachar 1 Chronicles 7:3, ᵐ5 Μειβδεια, A Οβδια, ᵐ5L Αβδια.
4 a Benjamite 1 Chronicles 8:38; 1 Chronicles 9:44, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια.
5 a Levite 1 Chronicles 9:16 ("" עַבְדָּא Nehemiah 11:17), ᵐ5 Αβδεια A Οβδια, ᵐ5L Αβια.
6 a Gadite chief 1 Chronicles 12:9, ᵐ5 Αβδ(ε)ια.
7 a prince in time of Jehoshaphat2Chronicles 17:7, ᵐ5 Αβ(δ)ιαν.
8 priestly companion of Ezra Ezra 8:9; Nehemiah 10:6, ᵐ5 Αδεια, Αβ(α)δ(ε)ια, ᵐ5L Αβδιου, Αβιας.
9 a doorkeeper Nehemiah 12:25, א Οβδιας, ᵐ5L Αβδιας.
