Obadiah

English

Etymology

From Hebrew עובדיה (Ovadya, “servant of Yahweh”); comparable to Arabic عبد اللّٰه (ʕabd-allah, “servant of God”).

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌoʊbəˈdaɪə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə

Proper noun

Obadiah

1. A book of the Old Testament of the Bible, and of the Tanakh.

   Synonym: (abbreviation) Obad.

2. A minor prophet.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Obadiah 1:1:
     :

     The vision of Obadiah. Thus saith the Lord God concerning Edom; We have heard a rumour from the Lord, and an ambassador is sent among the heathen, Arise ye, and let us rise up against her in battle.

3. A male given name from Hebrew, of biblical origin.

Related terms

• Obed
• Abdias

Translations

book of the Old Testament

• Afrikaans: Obadja (af)
• Armenian: Աբդիու (Abdiu)
• Asturian: Abdíes (ast)
• Basque: Abdias (eu)
• Breton: Ovadia (br) m
• Catalan: Abdies
• Cebuano: Abdias
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 俄巴底亞書／俄巴底亚书 (ngo⁴ baa¹ dai² aa³ syu¹)

  Eastern Min: 阿巴底亞書／阿巴底亚书 (Ŏ̤-bă-dī-ā-cṳ̆)

  Hakka: 俄巴底亞書／俄巴底亚书 (Ngò-pâ-tí-â-sû)

  Mandarin: 俄巴底亞書／俄巴底亚书 (zh) (Ébādǐyàshū)

• Corsican: Abdia (co)
• Czech: Abdiáš m, Abdijáš m
• Danish: Obadias
• Dutch: Obadja (nl) m
• Estonian: Obadja raamat (et)
• Faroese: Obadias (fo) m
• Finnish: Obadja (fi)
• French: Abdias (fr)
• Georgian: აბდია (abdia)
• German: Obadja (de)
• Greek: Οβδιού (el) m (Ovdioú)

  Ancient: Ὀβδιοῦ m (Obdioû)

• Hawaiian: ʻObadia
• Hebrew: עֹבַדְיָה
• Hungarian: Abdiás (hu)
• Icelandic: Óbadía m
• Ido: Abdias (io) m
• Irish: Leabhar Óbaidiá m, Óbaidiá (ga) m
• Italian: Obadia m
• Japanese: オバデヤ書 (Obadeya-sho)
• Kazakh: Абди (Abdi)
• Latin: Abdiæ m
• Latvian: Obadja (lv) m
• Limburgish: Obadia
• Lithuanian: Abdijo knyga (lt) f
• Maltese: Ktieb Għabdija (mt)
• Maori: Oparia (mi)
• Norwegian: Obadja, Obadias (no)
• Polish: Księga Abdiasza f
• Portuguese: Abdias (pt), Obadias (pt) m
• Romanian: Obadia m
• Russian: Кни́га А́вдия f (Kníga Ávdija)
• Scots: Obadiah
• Scottish Gaelic: Obadiah (gd) m
• Slovak: Abdiáš m
• Slovene: Abdija (sl)
• Spanish: Abdías (es), Obadías m
• Swahili: Obadia (sw)
• Swedish: Obadja
• Tagalog: Obadias (tl) m
• Waray-Waray: Obadia
• Welsh: Obadeia (cy) m
• West Frisian: Obadja
• Zealandic: Obadja