Word Study · Strong's H5662 · Hebrew
עֹבַדְיָה
Obadyah
o-bad-yaw'
Strong's 1890 spelling: ʻÔbadyâh
“Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Obadjah, the name of thirteen Israelites
Rendered in the KJV as
Obadiah.
- 20occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 6 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 18inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 20 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 18
- וְעֹבַדְיָ֖ה2
- עֹבַדְיָ֖ה2
- וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣ה1
- וְ֠עֹבַדְיָה1
- וְעֹבַדְיָה֙1
- וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּ1
- וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּ1
- וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּ1
- עֹבַדְיָה֙1
- עֹבַדְיָ֥ה1
- עֹֽבַדְיָ֑ה1
- עֹֽבַדְיָֽה׃1
and 6 more spellings in the ledger below.
How it is rendered · 3
- Obadiah12
- and Obadiah7
- and to Obadiah1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- proper noun (a name)12
- conjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)7
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- HNpm · 12
- HC/Npm · 7
- HC/R/Npm · 1
All 20, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
- 1 Kings7 of 20 · 35%
- 1 Chronicles7 of 20 · 35%
- 2 Chronicles2 of 20 · 10%
- Nehemiah2 of 20 · 10%
- Ezra1 of 20 · 5%
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1 Kings7 occurrences
- 1 Kings 18:3עֹבַדְיָ֖הוּʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,here: Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:3וְעֹבַדְיָ֗הוּveoadyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)and Ahab summoned Obadiah, who was in charge of the palace. (Now Obadiah greatly feared the LORD,here: and Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:4עֹבַדְיָ֜הוּʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)here: Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:5עֹ֣בַדְיָ֔הוּʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)Then Ahab said to Obadiah, “Go throughout the land to every spring and every valley. Perhaps we will find grass to keep the horses and mules alive so that we will not have to destroy any livestock.”here: Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:6וְעֹֽבַדְיָ֛הוּveoadyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)So they divided the land to explore. Ahab went one way by himself, and Obadiah went the other way by himself.here: and Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:7עֹבַדְיָ֙הוּ֙ʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)Now as Obadiah went on his way, Elijah suddenly met him. When Obadiah recognized him, he fell facedown and said, “Is it you, my lord Elijah?”here: Obadiah
- 1 Kings 18:16עֹבַדְיָ֛הוּʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)So Obadiah went to inform Ahab, who went to meet Elijah.here: Obadiah
1 Chronicles7 occurrences
- 1 Chronicles 3:21עֹבַדְיָ֖הʾoadyahproper noun (a name)The descendants of Hananiah: Pelatiah, Jeshaiah, and the sons of Rephaiah, of Arnan, of Obadiah, and of Shecaniah.here: Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 7:3וְ֠עֹבַדְיָהveoadyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)The son of Uzzi: Izrahiah. The sons of Izrahiah:here: and Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 8:38וְעֹבַדְיָ֖הveoadyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. All these were the sons of Azel.here: and Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 9:16וְעֹבַדְיָה֙veoadyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)Obadiah son of Shemaiah, the son of Galal, the son of Jeduthun; and Berechiah son of Asa, the son of Elkanah, who lived in the villages of the Netophathites.here: and Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 9:44וְעֹבַדְיָ֖הveoadyahconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And Azel had six sons, and these were their names: Azrikam, Bocheru, Ishmael, Sheariah, Obadiah, and Hanan. These were the sons of Azel.here: and Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 12:9עֹבַדְיָה֙ʾoadyahproper noun (a name)Ezer the chief, Obadiah the second in command, Eliab the third,here: Obadiah
- 1 Chronicles 27:19עֹבַדְיָ֑הוּʾoadyahuproper noun (a name)over Zebulun was Ishmaiah son of Obadiah; over Naphtali was Jerimoth son of Azriel;here: Obadiah
2 Chronicles2 occurrences
- 2 Chronicles 17:7וּלְעֹבַדְיָ֣הuleoadyahconjunction (“and”) + preposition + proper noun (a name)In the third year of his reign, Jehoshaphat sent his officials Ben-hail, Obadiah, Zechariah, Nethanel, and Micaiah to teach in the cities of Judah,here: and to Obadiah
- 2 Chronicles 34:12וְעֹבַדְיָ֤הוּveoadyahuconjunction (“and”) + proper noun (a name)And the men did the work faithfully. The Levites overseeing them were Jahath and Obadiah, descendants of Merari, and Zechariah and Meshullam, descendants of Kohath. Other Levites, all skilled with musical instruments,here: and Obadiah